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With winter drilling interrupted by storms, a larger than average spring crop acreage is being forecast and nearly all certified spring cereal seed has been sold. Unless a window opens for late-drilled winter crops, this will mean that many have to look to farm-saved seed to source spring cereals. “We’re expecting farm-saved spring seed use to be up massively on …
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The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed that 97% of farmers have received their final BPS payment in the first few days of the payment window. The announcement means that a further £525 million has now been released into the rural economy, building on the advance payments made in August this year. So far over 91,000 applications and claims have …
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Glasson Fertilisers has launched a protected urea fertiliser that’s compliant with upcoming changes to English and Welsh legislation. According to the company, Starbur uses a patented coating that achieves a 98% reduction in ammonia losses. This is said to be the highest reduction available to UK growers. Will Ingham, supply chain manager at Glasson Fertilisers, said: “Starbur is more than …
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Conservative MP Julian Sturdy, chair for the APPG on Science and Technology in Agriculture, has called for Defra to publish material on the impact of its Environmental Land Management (ELM) and Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) policies, to see evidence that their strategies are maintaining national food production levels. He wrote in an article for Science for Sustainable Agriculture how the …
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A collaboration between Amazone and Bayer’s digital platform Fieldview, aims to simplify digital data capture. Amazone equipment is already FieldView compatible but this partnership should lead to seamless capture of layers of agronomic data. The collaboration has led to better documentation for variable fertiliser rates based on application maps. For those varying fertiliser rates on opposing sides, this variable data …
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The December 2023 issue is now available online NEWS Red Tractor governance review New Defra Secretary unveils funding opportunities MARKET REPORT Confidence in Black Sea supplies NEWS ANALYSIS We need practical policy from COP28 Fertiliser ‘closed-loop’ initiative COMMENT Time to evaluate your farm’s true potential Why the AHDB has ‘turned a corner’ and levy players are now in charge after …
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Mark Allen Agriculture Ltd, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, SM2 5AS, United Kingdom
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