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Agronomist & Arable Farmer 26th April
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Dozens of volunteers have hand-pulled, topped and tailed around 3,000kg of surplus leeks at a Lincolnshire farm – helping to reduce waste, combat food poverty and support the agricultural sector.
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While potato planting is only just getting underway, growers are being reminded to put crop haulm destruction plans in place now.
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The Rothamsted Insect Survey has recorded the first peach–potato aphid (Myzus persicae) catches of 2022 and BBRO has reported that green wingless aphids are increasingly being found in non-Cruiser (thiamethoxam) treated sugar beet crops.
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With the price of inputs rocketing over the last six months, farmers and growers are having to look outside their normal regimes to support their crops.
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The April 2022 issue is now available online! News: ASCRA Now Approved Forwinter And Spring Barley News: Light weeder developed News: BDC takeover News Analysis: War threatens food security Opinion: Travel improves the mind Agronomy Matters: Putting science into wild oat control Fungicides: Varietal resilience Fungicides: New chemistry shows clear advantage Crop Nutrition And Biostimulants: Ideal time to use biostimulants …
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Growers may be keener than ever this year to keep valuable nitrates in the soil by under-sowing maize with a grass or legume-rich cover crop, but caution is needed to receive the full benefit of the practice, advises grass breeder Barenbrug UK.
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ADAMA Agricultural Solutions UK Ltd. has appointed David Roberts to the newly created position of marketing and technical manager for the company’s molluscicide, sugar beet, oilseed rape and plant growth regulator portfolios.
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Bayer’s CropCheck service is further proof that eyespot is more prevalent this season The disease is being picked up from a number CropCheck partner farms.
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High prices for fertiliser and grain are putting extra pressure on farmers not to let wheat yields slip through their fingers over the rest of this season, says Nigel Scott, regional technical manager for agronomy firm, ProCam.
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Agronomist & Arable Farmer are delighted to welcome two incredible female guests onboard the latest episode of our podcast, Arable Chat.
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Joining 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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