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Despite fewer new varieties added to the latest AHDB Recommended Lists, they include several exciting additions. Gaining approval is the first BYDV-tolerant six-row hybrid winter barley, the first new provisional UKFM Group 1 winter wheat since 2017 and a ‘barn-filling’ Group 3 winter wheat. The 2024/25 RL also features verticillium stem stripe resistance in oilseed rape for the first time. …
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The Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) has added 11 new pea and bean varieties to its 2024 Descriptive List for pulses. A total of six combining peas, two winter beans and three spring beans have completed the requisite number of years in trials and demonstrated the necessary qualities for inclusion. Dr Chris Judge noted that the varieties grown across …
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A nationwide study of commercial wheat crops in arable soils has revealed a huge variation in the levels of soil-borne beneficial fungi. The results indicate that soil management practice directly influences how much a wheat crop can benefit from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). Variety choice can also have a sizeable influence on colonisation of wheat roots by AMF, which is …
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Severn Trent is inviting farmers to learn about improving spray efficiencies in an upcoming series of virtual workshops, where they will receive a free set of low drift spray nozzles upon completion of the session. Running from December to January, the Swap Your Nozzles webinars will help farmers in priority catchments further their knowledge on how to reduce spray drift …
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The November 2023 issue is now available online NEWS: Smallest UK oat crop for seven years Women in Agriculture Awards launched NEWS ANALYSIS: Red Tractor’s botched green move turns spotlight on farm assurance MARKET REPORT: No guarantee of long-term support COMMENT: Farmers let down by communication failure amid the fury at Red Tractor Why autumn storms are a reminder to …
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