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Agronomist and Arable Farmer - March 3rd
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The benefits of adding sulphur to a spring nutrition programme shouldn’t be forgotten as growers seek to improve nitrogen efficacy for applications in the coming months. Farmers may have prioritised securing a supply of straight nitrogen when prices began to rise, but there is still the opportunity to incorporate sulphur into a fertiliser programme to add valuable nutrition to this …
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The emerging market for carbon trading bring potential opportunities for the agricultural sector, as well as shining a light on what the farming community needs to do to reduce emissions. At this year’s new Low Carbon Agricultural Show, at the NAEC Stoneleigh near Kenilworth, the Agrecalc team will be giving practical guidance on how farm operators can practically navigate the …
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New Holland Agriculture has unveiled a T5.140 Dynamic CommandTM with livery specially designed to celebrate its sponsorship of the Giro d’Italia which will be displayed on the stand of the New Holland dealer, Gruppo Dalla Vecchia at the Fieragricola show in Verona – the city that will host the arrival of the final stage. The tractor, which will be on …
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Frontier’s David Waite, Seed Business development manager for Scotland, advises growers in the North to consider widening their varietal choice of spring malting barley this year to include Firefoxx, an early maturing spring malting barley from breeder Elsoms-Ackermann Barley. Mr Waite, who has followed the variety’s progress within National List trials since spring 2020, believes Firefoxx cannot only resolve the …
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Visitors to Cereals can enjoy all their favourite attractions plus some exciting new ones at this year’s event. New features for 2022 include Crop to Kitchen which will showcase arable farmers selling direct to consumers, a curated version of the winter wheat and barley RL and a demo area for machinery and kit that qualifies for the Improving Farm Productivity …
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With autumn herbicide programmes working well in most oilseed rape crops, growers now have a short window to control any spring-emerging weeds. With a warmer than average winter, spray programmes were generally well timed and will have kept weeds such as cleavers, cranesbill and fumitory at bay. But even if pressure appears to be low, a spring flush is likely …
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