Agronomist & Arable Farmer 14th April

LG Typhoon – a wheat bred with consistency and security in mind

LG Typhoon is a high yielding Group 4 hard wheat from breeders Limagrain UK, that joined the AHDB Recommended List in 2022-2023 and will be available to UK growers this autumn.

Revystar® XE is tested and proven by real farmers.

Farmers, like Richard Budd, put Revystar® XE to the test on their farm and hosted a Real Results trial. The results have been compelling, with Richard seeing increased yield of 0.85 t/ha over a competitor product and confirming that using a strong Septoria product at T1 is critical.

Major potato supplier announces exciting partnership to extract functional plant-based protein

Pioneering work to use potatoes to generate plant-based protein that’s ideal for vegan and vegetarian food products is being led by national potato supplier Branston in the first UK partnership with innovations company RootExtracts Ltd.

Two new SESVANDERHAVE sugar beet varieties offer consistent, resilient performance

The addition of the SESVANDERHAVE sugar beet varieties Adder and Tawny to the British Beet Research Organisation’s Recommended List for 2023. The recommendation reflects the result of a decade of breeding and extensive UK trialling where both varieties have delivered consistent and resilient performance.

Sugar cane quota extension could lead to decline of UK sugar beet

75% of farmers say regenerative farming is important for the future, survey finds

A recent survey has found that 75% of UK farmers feel regenerative techniques are important to the future of farming. A further 67% of those surveyed believe that regenerative farming methods are important now.

Claydon still exporting to Ukraine

Despite terrible war and conflict, Ukrainian dealer and importer Technotorg continues to import Claydon machinery to supply their farming customers.

What's going on at LAMMA Show 2022

With an extended wait to LAMMA '22 due to the postponement, we will be back at the NEC Birmingham on 4-5 May. Live and in-person for the first time since 2020 and we can't wait to see you!

You'll find innovations and tech, a myriad of exhibitors to network with, farm safety talks and the opportunity to claim CPD points - find out more about what's going on here.

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Increasingly popular oat crop gets new fungicide option for 2022

Elatus Era provides label approval against crown rust. Crown rust is a major disease that has increased as oats have become more popular, says Syngenta regional technical manager, Joe Bagshaw.

Making your nitrogen applications as efficient as possible

There has been no shortage of news articles lately covering the ‘perfect storm’ that rising fuel and nitrogen prices will have on UK agriculture and the wider economy, with fertiliser prices high, (at the time of writing nearly £1000/t for Ammonium Nitrate)

Strategies to ensure crops can maximise their use of available nitrogen

Women in the World of Agriculture - an Arable Chat episode

Agronomist & Arable Farmer are delighted to welcome two incredible female guests onboard the latest episode of our podcast, Arable Chat. Joining host John Swire in this month’s episode is guest Louise Taylor, managing partner at Barbers Rural, discussing the importance of succession planning, and Sally Cox the Young Agronomist of the year, who will be talking about her burgeoning career in Agronomy.

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