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More than half of Basic Payment (BPS) money is set to be diverted to less than 5% of English farmland for environmental recovery, so farmers shouldn’t rely on these schemes to fill the income gap.
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Farmers and growers are being asked to send large white butterfly caterpillars they come across to assist research into the control of crop pests. Large whites are sometimes parasitised by a wasp, Cotesia glomeratus, who kill their caterpillar host.
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The market for carbon credits in U.K. agriculture is growing at a steadfast rate, and soil carbon certification company Agreena says it is experiencing increased interest among farmers taking the green transition into their own hands.
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The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) – the UK’s fresh produce trade association – has unveiled today brand new websites for the 2022 edition of FPC Future and FPC Careers, the ground-breaking agritech and unparalleled careers event for the fresh produce and flower industries.
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Terravesta, the Miscanthus specialist, celebrated a successful first decade in the business with a 10th birthday party at Groundswell Show, June 22. William Cracroft-Eley, co-founder of Terravesta, said a few words to toast the special occasion: "In our 10th harvest year, it's apt to celebrate it at Groundswell. We've moved heaven and earth to turn something unknown into something user-friendly, and …
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Improving the reliability of trap cropping to help farmers overcome potato cyst nematode (PCN) pressure, is being investigated as part of a new feasibility study, funded by Defra and Innovate UK. The project will look at DeCystTM solanaceous trap crops, which stimulate PCN to hatch at a different point in the rotation to when potatoes are planted. As a result, mature female PCN …
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UK’s largest regenerative agriculture show, Groundswell, got underway yesterday, with many of the field’s leading experts discussing a broad range of topics - from food security, supply chains and big data to soils, grazing systems, water management, carbon and cover crops.
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