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With the recent hot weather and lack of rainfall, concerns are building for farming as UK water security considerations fail to gain attention. NFU president Minette Batters has said that the Tory leadership candidates, must set out emergency water plans before the drought disrupts next year's farming too. "I am calling on the two candidates …
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Oilseed rape (OSR) growers across England are still awaiting a much needed rainfall, which threatens the United Oilseeds' forecast that OSR acreage could increase by 30% in 2022. Michael Wilton, BASF Real Results grower and farm manager at the Stody Estate in Norfolk, said: "I need between 25 and 50ml of rainfall before I can confidently drill OSR." "Moisture is …
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With hot and dry growing season conditions, UK maize growers are being urged to check crop maturity much earlier than they usually would. Dr Simon Pope, Wynnstay crop protection manager, is saying that growers should be checking their maize from as early as late August. "Maize harvest date will always vary across the country, depending on whether the crop is …
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Scotland's business minister Ivan McKee recently visited Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) Barony Campus, where he was given a tour of the college's green innovation and natural economy projects. During the visit, professor Wayne Powell, principal and chief executive of SRUC, and professor Nick Sparks, dean of the south and west faculty, explained how Forestry and the associated SRUC courses are …
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The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) has been nationally recognised for its support of the farming community, having been shortlisted for four awards in the 2022 Charity Times and Third Sector Awards. Alongside being shortlisted for the Charity of the Year award, RABI has also been shortlisted for the Charity Times Change Project of the Year award, Charity Times Supporting …
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Lincolnshire farmer David Hoyles said he is very pleased with his late-September drilled seed crop of biscuit wheat, after it yielded nearly two tonnes more than the farm's five-year average. Mr Hoyles, of GH Hoyles in Long Sutton, harvested two fields of the Limagrain LG Astronomer biscuit wheat crop on July 27 and 28. The two fields were drilled in …
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