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UK farmers all over the nation have been protesting and blocking roads across England and Wales in an cry of outrage against recent legislative changes to the agricultural sector. The marches got started underway last week at the Carmarthen showground in Nantyci on Thursday 8 February. 3,000 Welsh farmers gathered to make their voices heard about recent changes to financial …
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Emerger, the pre-emergence residual herbicide with activity against a range of common broadleaved weed species, can now be applied in field beans (winter and spring) and combining peas. The authorisation does not include vining peas. Richard Phillips, Bayer’s campaign manager for roots and horticulture crops, believes the news will be welcomed by growers given the low number of pre-emergence herbicides …
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KUHN Farm Machinery has introduced a new VB 3200 variable chamber baler range offering users 10% additional capacity and bale density compared to the outgoing models. The new VB 3260 and VB 3290 models replace the VB 3100 series – VB 3160 and VB 3190 machines – and along with the increased capacity, the new models feature Progressive Density Plus …
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A partnership between Cefetra and NatWest has been announced to reduce financial barriers for growers looking to adopt more sustainable practices. The banking firm’s asset finance arm, Lombard, will provide financial assistance to farmers in the Cefetra supply chain through the Ecosystems Services programme, alleviating capital investments such as new equipment, as well as the costs of implementing sustainable practices. James Neilson, …
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Nitrate leaching can be reduced by up to 90% by using cover crops, a study has found, helping add benefits to future yields. A project by the Nitrogen release from Cover Crops (NiCCs) project, funded by Affinity Water and Portsmouth Water and delivered by ADAS, aimed to identify which cover crop species and methods of destruction were the most beneficial …
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Farming Minister Mark Spencer has confirmed the draft UK National Action Plan on Pesticides (NAP) will be published for consultation shortly. Originally scheduled for December 2020 the final iteration has failed to materialise, despite the plan previous plan published in 2013 only covering a five year period. He was responding to a written question by Green MP Caroline Lucas who had …
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