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Agronomist and Arable Farmer January 18th
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Potato experts from across the UK and USA will provide Scotland’s growers with valuable advice on how to tackle topical issues such as climate change and labour shortages. Organised by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), the 23rd annual conference of the SAC Association of Potato Producers (SACAPP) will take place online on 26 January. Among the speakers will be Julian Bell, of SAC …
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KUHN is offering significant incentives to farmers looking to embrace more precision led spraying methods. Both the DELTIS and ALTIS mounted models and LEXIS and METRIS trailed sprayers will now be offered with GPS section control, boom assist, and five other options at a discount. “We want to incentivise precision farming methods that can reduce costs and increase yield. Therefore, …
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Growers thinking of tapping into the evolving pulse crop market are being encouraged to explore the latest breeding lines being developed by plant breeders Limagrain UK. One of the key aims of the pulse breeding programme is to provide attractive varieties, so growers are well placed to take advantage of the premiums available in specialist pulse markets, explains pulse breeder Will Pillinger. …
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The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is concerned at the growing number of cases of landlords attempting to evict farm tenants to regain possession of land let under Agricultural Holdings Act for tree planting under the wrong notice. The Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 allows a landlord to use what is called a Case B notice to quit on a tenant if …
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It is estimated that as little as 30% of all applied fertigation is taken up by the crops it is applied too, the excess acts to reduce the biodiversity of essential microbes in the soils, compounded with soil organic matter reducing at an alarming rate, is there a viable solution for those interested in sympathetic soil management? PlantWorks, one of …
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The oat market is seeing a shift, with more farmers planting spring oats to spread labour and workloads, control blackgrass, and provide a good break crop option. And with this shift, stronger varieties are coming to the market and are being accepted by major oat mills. Brin Hughes, Agronomy manager at Bedfordshire-based Richardson Milling, which is said to be the …
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Plans to boost nature recovery and safeguard England’s iconic national parks for future generations set out today by Environment Secretary George Eustice have met with a certain amount of concern. The proposals, which will be subject to consultation, are set out in the Government’s response to Julian Glover’s independent Landscapes Review which looked at whether the protections for National Parks and Areas …
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