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Agronomist & Arable Farmer 29th March
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Greenhouse control system experts, Tomtech are helping new and existing growers get the very best from their crops as the UK government encourages more horticulture in commercial greenhouses. George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs recently spoke at the National Farmers Union Conference and laid out the government’s ambitions for expansion in the horticulture sector, particularly …
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CropRadar by Kleffmann Digital has measured the cultivated oilseed rape areas in the top 10 countries in Europe. In January 2022, rapeseed can be identified on more than 6 million hectares in these countries. Whilst there were only two countries, Ukraine and Poland, with a cultivation area of more than 1 million ha in the 2021 harvest year, there are …
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Local people joined liverymen of the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers on Thursday 24 March 2022 at the Allerton Project in Loddington, Leicestershire, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the pioneering research and demonstration farm. Five new pear trees were planted in Allerton’s Community Heritage Apple Orchard to mark the project’s birthday and commemorate HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. The tree planting is part …
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In 2022, Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke KG (NPZ) celebrates the 125th anniversary of its plant breeding. The origin of NPZ goes back to Hans Lembke (28.05.1877–07.03.1966) who took over his parents' farm in Malchow on the island of Poel in 1897. At that time, he had already begun his first cultivation work with winter oilseed rape. In the following years, …
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PheroSyn, the company spun-out from Rothamsted Research to develop and produce novel pest pheromones, has secured an Innovate UK smart grant for a project to validate new high-value pheromones, and to scale-up their production and distribution. The £0.5 million project is a 36-month collaboration with Rothamsted Research, the globally acclaimed agricultural research institute, and Andermatt Biocontrol UK, the leading supplier …
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Plant nutrition guidelines require a radical rethink to meet the needs of crops, the environment and carbon reduction policies, writes Chris Martin, head of soil health at Agrovista. Much of the advice on which arable crop nutrition is based is decades old, raising questions as to how relevant that information is to present day arable production. Crop requirements have changed …
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Kuhn has announced a new 12 metre model has been added to the popular Optimer range. It is the first 12 metre machine to feature Kuhn’s unique Steady Control system which maintains a uniform working depth, even at higher speeds and on undulating land, regardless of soil conditions. Product specialist Edd Fanshawe explains: “Steady Control exerts equal pressure across the …
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Don’t cut back on T0 sprays to save costs, is the advice from leading off-patent manufacturer Life Scientific. Reports of yellow rust in wheat crops means growers should be planning both preventive and curative control in their T0 sprays. Getting on top of yellow rust early is crucial to avoid losing valuable margin and can be achieved in a very …
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Stronger activity against key barley disease threats Rhynchosporium, net blotch and Ramularia is the benefit of fluopyram approval in barley, claims manufacturer Bayer. Ascra (prothioconazole + bixafen + fluopyram) is approved for one application per season for both winter and spring varieties. Independent and Bayer farm trials with its Forward Farmer group delivering mean yield responses of 0.3 t/ha in …
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