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Agronomist and Arable Farmer Newsletter February 11th
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A UK-grown sustainable feed that can replace soya in dairy cow rations has scooped this year’s Royal Dairy Innovation Award at Dairy-Tech Online. NovaPro from Trident Feeds is a high energy rumen-protected protein made from UK rapeseed. With proven performance benefits including improved intakes and milk yield, it can also provide a cost-effective alternative to soya. Trials run by the …
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With sugar beet growers facing their first full season without desmedipham, 2021 could be the year in which the sector witnesses a resurgence in the use of metamitron and quinmerac-based pre-emergence herbicides such as Goltix (700g/l metamitron) and Goltix Titan (525g/l metamitron and 40g/l quinmerac). That is according to Bill Lankford, herbicides technical specialist at ADAMA UK, who advises that …
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OF&G (Organic Farmers & Growers) is championing the launch of the English Organic Forum’s (EOF) new report, ‘Why organic – contributing productively to future farming and food policy’. Produced as an organic industry-wide blueprint, the report sets out a comprehensive rationale for how and why organic land management should be integrated into English agricultural policy. It's publication is welcomed by …
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Agricultural commodities and specialties company Cefetra Group is delighted to announce that Simon Borthwick has been appointed to head up the new European fertiliser division. This brand-new role, which commences in the spring, has been specifically created by the Group, and will see Mr Borthwick focus and take overall responsibility for sales of a new multi-nutrient and organically-certified fertiliser called …
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According to the team at SAC Consulting, part of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), the Scottish Farm Business Survey is now arguably more important than ever with today’s farmers facing the challenges associated with Covid-19, climate change and Brexit. First conducted in 1936, the survey gathers data which goes to both the Scottish and UK Governments to assess the impact of …
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Released today, Soil Association Certification’s (SAC) Organic Market Report 2021 reveals the UK’s organic market is now worth £2.79 billion, after a 12.6% growth in sales in 2020. The market has now reached its highest growth rate in 15 years, outperforming growth in the non-organic sector. With people associating ‘organic’ with safe and fully traceable food with less pesticides, and …
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The University of Warwick’s research commercialisation wing, Warwick Innovations, has signed a contract with agronomy specialist Agrii to promote the commercial production of UK haricot beans developed by scientists at the University of Warwick. Professor Eric Holub, from Warwick’s Crop Centre, part of the School of Life Sciences, has bred three haricot bean varieties which are adapted for growing in …
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