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For the first time this year, there’s some positive news with the latest AHDB Grain Market Report. After hitting a seasonal low on February 22nd, grain prices have seen a slight recovery over the last seven days. UK feed wheat futures (May-24) gained over £2.00 and currently stand at £165.00/t. New crop futures (Nov-24) also rose slightly to reach £182.30/t. …
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The project is inviting UK pea and bean growers to conduct paid, on-farm trials to contribute. NCS aims to increase pulse cropping in the UK from 5% to 20% within arable rotations, displacing up to half of the imported soya meal currently used in livestock rations. At least 40 farmers will be recruited, with the first contracts for work already …
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Kuhn Farm Machinery has announced a new 12.5m version of its Optimer disc cultivator, designed to work in controlled traffic farming systems (CTF). The 12500 L means that the range now runs from 3m mounted up to 12.5m, with the flagship featuring a hundred 510mm diameter discs across two rows. Working depth ranges from 30mm down to 100mm and the …
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Holding off maize planting might be the better option this year following extensive rainfall and flooding. Waterlogged soils can impact establishment and hold back root development as this can limit oxygen supply. Will Andrew, regional manager at Timac Agro UK, points to past weather patterns that have seen spells of dry weather occurring in late spring and says that there's …
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Red Tractor has been officially awarded a data governance certification by Farm Data Principles Ltd (FDP), meaning it operates to the “highest standards of data security, privacy, and integrity”. The FDP, who push secure and safe data management, have a two-tier system of classification for farming organisations - Full and Provisional. These are awarded after a rigorous assessment of the data …
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Nitrogen fixing Vixeran® could provide crops with an equivalent of 30-40 kg/ha conventional N fertiliser this spring, and create a more resilient nutrient strategy to cope with increasingly challenging seasonal conditions. The endophytic bacteria in Vixeran convert atmospheric nitrogen into a form that is readily accessible to all crop plants. It is a new opportunity for farmers looking reduce the …
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