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Agronomist and Arable Farmer Newsletter February 23rd
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Accurate application of post-emergence grassweed herbicides in winter cereals will be especially important over the next few weeks after prolonged wet weather hampered earlier attempts at control. Choosing appropriate nozzles and setting them up correctly is vital to achieve the correct spray pattern and quality, particularly when grass weeds are small and difficult to hit. Agrovista technical manager Mark Hemmant …
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A total of 27 young service technicians have formally graduated from the latest John Deere Ag Tech, Parts Tech and Turf Tech advanced apprenticeship programmes, which are run in partnership with national training provider ProVQ. With Covid-19 restrictions damaging prospects of a traditional graduation ceremony in 2020, John Deere’s training team came up with an alternative plan. Each graduate had …
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An ambitious and revolutionary approach to levelling up rural Britain can create jobs, boost green economic growth, increase exports and improve the wellbeing of the entire nation, a new report from the NFU highlights. Launched at the NFU’s annual conference today, the report ‘Levelling up rural Britain’ highlights how British farming and rural Britain can provide the solution to many of the …
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Farmers, agronomists, buying groups, processors and utility companies have embraced the concept of ‘data collaboration’, recognising its value in decision-making, management of day-to-day farm operations and more effective use of crop protection products, says agri-weather pioneer Sencrop. Offering an early insight into how strategic data collection, analysis and sharing is creeping into the whole agri-food value chain, the French agri-tech …
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This year Syngenta will be sponsoring the Global Tomato Congress, on 16 March 2021. The premier global event for the fresh tomato industry offers a mixture of online talks, interviews and discussions, to explores the latest innovations in the tomato category, along with the chance to meet and interact with Syngenta. The Global Tomato Congress presents a whole range of …
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Syngenta has appointed Kris Goen as the company’s Vegetable Seeds Commercial Manager for the UK, Eire and Nordics. Kris replaces James Gray, who has moved to the role of Sales Head for LSV across Europe. Kris Goen joined Syngenta in 2012 and has held a number of roles with both the Crop Protection and Vegetable Seeds business. She has a …
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Responding to the launch of British Sugar’s ‘Beet Package Plus’, NFU Sugar board chairman Michael Sly said: “NFU Sugar in no way supports or endorses British Sugar’s ‘Beet Package Plus’ communication sent to growers this morning and does not believe it is anywhere near enough to stop many growers giving up sugar beet for good when their current contracts finish. …
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