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Agronomist and Arable Farmer Newsletter February 16th
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Cereals 2021 is offering free early bird tickets for visitors who register before the end of March, in the hope of enabling people to look forward to a physical event. Event organiser, Alli McEntryre, explained the reasoning behind the free tickets: “Times are uncertain, and we wanted to provide farmers with a no-risk way to put the event in the …
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61% of levy payers who participated in a ballot voted no to retaining AHDB Horticulture. The dramatic results of the ballot have been passed to Ministers, who will ultimately make the final decision on the levy body’s future. The call for a ballot on the continuation of a statutory levy in horticulture came late last year and a yes/no vote …
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Reaching net zero in farming is a cornerstone of the Agricultural Transition Plan and of Environmental Land Management (ELM) policy. And with many farmers on board with the NFUs ambitions to reach net zero by 2040,the Low Carbon Agriculture show, an online event coming March 2021, will see an expert panel of speakers debate the stepping stones needed to get …
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Each year barns full of crops are lost to disease, but the Roboscientific Barn Monitor automatically 'sniffs' the air to identify disease before it spreads. Roboscientic, a Cambridgeshire based biotech firm have developed an artificial intelligence device that can immediately identify a disease or virus in an enclosed space. The Roboscientific Barn Monitor automatically 'sniffs' the air in the barn …
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Corteva Agriscience and Dadelos Agrosolutions, S.L., an affiliate of Ajinomoto Co., Inc., announced yesterday an agreement to develop, validate and commercialise biostimulants for farmers around the globe. Recognised for combining its extensive expertise of biostimulant technologies and their modes of action, Dadelos Agrosolutions develops technologies that achieve desired effects on plant nutrition use efficiency, plant metabolism and stress response. …
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Robert Hawkin has been appointed to the new position of director of marketing with the specialist crop nutrition company Fielder (UK) Ltd. Son of founder Barrie Hawkin, Robert has a wealth of marketing experience gained over a ten year career in the cosmetics and food industries and will apply his communication and marketing skills within the agricultural, horticultural and amenity sectors …
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With spring rapidly approaching and arable growers, spray operators and agricultural contractors gearing up for the new spraying season, Adama is spreading a little joy by hiding 50 Golden Prize Tickets within boxes of Arizona. Hidden at random within boxes of Arizona (500g/l folpet), Adama’s Golden Tickets are designed to make winners smile this spring with prizes including: 10x £250 …
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The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) interviewed PhD student Yeorgia Argirou in honour of World Women in Science Day. Yeorgia is a student in NIAB's Cambridge Crop Science division working on hybrid wheat. Her PhD focuses on using wheat with genes from ancestral species to assess whether the increased genetic diversity has an effect on yield in hybrids. She …
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