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Agronomist and Arable Farmer - February 24th
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N-Min test predicts exact soil N reserves nearly 80% of the time compared to less than 50% for SMN Significantly more precise than SMN or RB209 estimates in all cases CF N-Min test is the most accurate starting point for optimising N-use efficiency A series of national farms trials has shown CF N-Min is the most accurate method of measuring …
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To protect the future availability of high potency rodenticides to farmers, gamekeepers and pest controllers, new practical guidelines have been issued by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use UK. According to CRRU chairman Dr Alan Buckle: “The need arises because, as responsible rodenticide users already know, annual monitoring of barn owls from 2016 to 2021 finds stubbornly static rodenticide presence …
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Get to know guests Tom Mellor, whisky producer and farmer as well as Simon Alexander, potato agronomist and Nematicide Stewardship Programme (NSP) board member in this month’s episode of Arable Chat. Join hosts John Swire, Agronomist & Arable Farmer editor, and Lydia Turner, as they bring you the latest news and greatest guests. The first podcast guest is Tom Mellor, …
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In 2018, the agricultural technology specialist added hoeing technology, a promising field for the future, to its product range for professional arable farming. Since then, Steketee, the Dutch machine factory that LEMKEN acquired for this purpose, has grown rapidly, benefiting from the global shift towards mechanical, camera-controlled weed control. LEMKEN will therefore invest in a new plant to be built …
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The February 2022 issue is now available online! News: Recycled Batteries Make Fertiliser News: Autonomous John Deere Tractor News: Innovation to Overcome Regen Challenge News Analysis: Aicc Conference Looks at Reducing Nitrogen Usage Opinion: Fera Response to Eustice Land Markets: Demand Outstripping Supply Agronomy Matters: Broad Spectrum Fungicide Joins Barley Arsenal Crop Protection & Weed Control: Spring Weed Control Crop …
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Working closely with BDC Systems Ltd and its partner, McArthur Agriculture, enabled W E Foers & Son Ltd to replace its ageing grain drier and grain handling system with a state of the art solution that successfully met the challenging conditions around harvest 2021 and will continue to meet the challenges of harvests to come. “The previous system had been …
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Ag-drive, the new digital app helping agricultural contractors and farmers to manage their business more effectively, is now even easier to use thanks to the release of significant updates to the desktop dashboard and app, made in response to user feedback. Launched in summer 2021 and developed by Yorkshire farmer and contractor Will Dunn and his father, Ag-drive replaces time-consuming …
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Dragonlight Films, an award-winning production company that specialises in producing documentary and corporate films, is announcing that it’s in production for an independent, environmentally important, documentary feature film, Six Inches of Soil. Directed by Colin Ramsay and Produced by Claire Mackenzie, the film will tell the untold story of Britain’s agroecological movement. It centres on both new entrant and established farming pioneers …
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A new high yielding and early maturing maize variety that has successfully come through two years of UK trials will be commercially available to maize growers for the first time, through a partnership between leading independent seed breeder Elsoms Seeds and agricultural merchant CROPCO. The two companies, who have collaborated successfully before on the marketing and sales of hybrid wheat …
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