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Agronomist and Arable Farmer Newsletter February 9th
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Farmers and land managers are being encouraged to apply for the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CS) which opens today. The scheme allows farmers to apply for funding to improve their local environment – from restoring wildlife habitats and creating woodlands to managing flood risk. Farming Minister Victoria Prentis explained: “An improving and expanding Countryside Stewardship scheme is a great opportunity to …
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The benefits of early flowering maize hybrids with a dent grain texture and high levels of rumen-degradable starch are being recognised in a new Pioneer brand, M3. These hybrids offer farmers the chance of increased productivity and better returns. In warmer maize-growing countries, dent hybrids dominate the market principally due to their higher starch yield and quality starch type but in …
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The first ever winter oilseed rape variety with a claim for tolerance to the stem disease sclerotinia has been launched by Pioneer, the seed brand of Corteva Agriscience. The Pioneer Protector Sclerotinia PT303 hybrid has gained National Listing and the results from the independent AHDB Candidate List trials have been published. UK farmers are now able to order seed for …
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NATIONAL potato supplier Branston has announced that Richard Fell has joined the prepared team as managing director, to facilitate the company’s growth plans. The appointment supports Branston’s planned investment of £12m to expand its prep factory, in order to provide more capacity to meet the increasing customer demand. The new venture will allow the company to introduce new technologies and capabilities, as well as a protein plant that will extract vegan protein from waste potatoes, creating a whole new product range and customer base. …
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csfbSMART – ‘Sharing Management and Agronomy Research Tools’ - has been set-up to test management methods and tools for use against the pest on UK farms, with oilseed rape growers provided with information on how to implement and assess these management strategies over the next three years. It connects two research projects investigating CSFB control. ‘Reducing the impact of CSFB …
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DSV’s new LiRoyal maize offers growers in both favourable and less favourable areas the ideal combination of yield, quality and agronomics. Although a very early forage variety, LiRoyal has a relatively tall growth habit and a well-formed cob that leads to high starch content, great digestibility and strong yields, demonstrated across a wide range of UK trials, say Michael Farr …
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Merlin is a new outstanding addition to the spring oat market launching exclusively from Cope Seeds and Grain in spring 2022. Delivering an unrivalled combination of yield, quality, agronomic features and disease resistance, Merlin’s trial results are so good that seed production has been fast-tracked. According to Gemma Clarke at Cope Seeds and Grain, the UK agents of the new variety, Merlin is a …
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