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Agronomist and Arable Farmer January 20th
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Biomass is vital for achieving high grain yields in your cereal crops. When waterlogged conditions occur, as we’ve experienced this winter, nutrient deficiencies can result due to the root-system damage. This means a limiting of early spring growth and development, reducing the number of tillers produced. How then can we help support the foundation for high biomass establishment? According to …
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Smallholders in India will be able to trial a new monitoring tool to assist in the fight against prolific crop pest fall armyworm, thanks to a recently launched international agri-tech project. Although native to the Americas, fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a highly invasive pest with the potential to cause significant damage to crops worldwide. First reported in the cornfields of sub-Saharan …
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Woodland managers, landowners, tree nurseries and the forest industry are being urged to remain vigilant after the Forestry Commission (FC) introduced extended demarcated areas in Devon, Cornwall and Cumbria to combat the spread of the tree pathogen Phytophthora pluvialis. The UK Chief Plant Health Officer has confirmed further findings of the disease in woodlands in the affected areas, following routine Forestry …
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Defra has announced that new powers will be granted to explore and research gene editing in plants. The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) chief executive Samantha Brooke has welcomed today’s announcement saying: “New legislation laid before Parliament will simplify requirements for our members to undertake plant-based research and development, using genetic technologies such as gene editing, more easily.” The …
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Soil management, carbon and the impact it may have on the environment is front and centre of discussion at the moment.Speculation is rife on what this means for UK farmers, and it is sometimes difficult to understand the steps we should be taking to make businesses both more sustainable and to move towards a net zero position. Hutchinsons National Carbon …
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It is often said that the simplest ideas make the best solutions; and that is certainly the case with the SeedSock, a device that makes emptying a seed drill or fertiliser spreader hopper a whole lot easier. Arable farmer Olly Harrison came up with the idea and a neighbour who manufactures bouncy castles enabled him to turn the idea into …
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Redesigned from the ground up, the all new Agribuggy features a new Stage-V compliant Cummins engine, heavier-duty drivetrain and larger 3000-litres capacity spray tank for greater performance, durability, and output. With a ground pressure of just 8psi when the 3000-litre capacity tank is fully filled, the new Agribuggy AB30 remains the market leading light-footed sprayer that allow growers to confidently …
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