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Severn Trent is issuing a final application call to farmers and landowners for its latest round of Spring STEPS for biodiversity funding, which closes on 31 October. Dr Alex Cooke, principal catchment management scientist at Severn Trent, explains that Spring STEPS works in a similar format to the wider STEPS grant programme but offers funding options specifically for biodiversity projects. …
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A combined approach to weed control can help reduce reliance on chemical inputs by incorporating the use of mechanical weed control alongside reduced herbicide programmes, according to latest research from NIAB. Non-chemical approaches to weed control, including the mechanical inter-row hoe, have the potential to help offset herbicide resistance and substantially reduce reliance on herbicides in conventional broadacre arable crops, …
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The EU has failed to agree on the European Commission's proposed 10-year renewal for the use of glyphosate. Despite two days of technical discussion, a number of member states abstained in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF) vote last Friday, 13th October. Austria, Luxembourg, and Croatia voted against the proposed extension. With no qualified majority either for or …
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Resilience is the subject of the first AHDB monitor farm events of the season. The first at the Wisbech site on Thursday 2nd November will be hosted by Andrew and Sam Melton, they will be joined by Gary Markham, Director of Farms & Estates at Rural Tax Accountants, Land Family Business. On the agenda is the need to understand your …
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A new project by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) is trying to find out if larger numbers of lapwing chicks can survive on farmland fallow plots if provided with more space to hide from predators and increased levels of invertebrates to feed on. Researchers will be visiting sites on farms across Dorset, Hampshire, Wiltshire and Berkshire that implement …
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The October 2023 issue is now available online In this issue, SFI applications are now open, but the NFU is calling for DEFRA to delay the cuts in Basic Payments until issues are resolved. BOFIN’s Tom Allen Stevens says that it’s time for growers to take a lead in agri-research…
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