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Grain prices hold despite Russian export pressure

Despite the pressure of Russian exports, UK feed wheat futures have held on to the gains made earlier in the week. The current AHDB Grain Market Report sees UK feed wheat futures (May-24) at £165.40/t yesterday, 14th March. New crop futures (Nov-24) were also up on the previous week by over £7.00/t, ending at £185.70/t. Russian wheat has continued to …
Grain prices hold despite Russian export pressure

Unique, flexible cereal disease control.

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Growers advised to assess soils for sulphur

Soils could be short of sulphur this season as a result of depleted reserves following the wet weather. Sulphur is a highly mobile nutrient, and farmers should assess soil requirements to correct nutrient deficiencies as sulphur plays a key role in nitrogen conversion and supports crop quality throughout the growing season. Lower sulphur levels mean the availability of other nutrients …
Growers advised to assess soils for sulphur

Apply foliar nutrition to accelerate sugar beet establishment

Early applications of foliar nutrition could be key to helping this year’s sugar beet crops establish after the effects of the difficult winter. That is the message from Procam agronomist Ian Jackson who says slumped soils caused by heavy rainfall have caused havoc for creating good seedbeds, with poorer seedbeds, in turn, potentially delaying sugar beet emergence. And even though …
Apply foliar nutrition to accelerate sugar beet establishment
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Lemken iQBlue ISOBUS integration

Lemkin’s iQBlue Weeder software has now been integrated into the ISOBUS control system, including camera imagery and width sections. Previously, operators would have needed two terminals in the cab to monitor camera feeds and section control from their hoeing machines. With this update, Lemken states that the full operation can be controlled through one CCI 800 or 1200 terminal. The …
Lemken iQBlue ISOBUS integration

Open Farm event looks to engage the public with UK agriculture

Open Farm Sunday, an annual open day for the public to learn about farming is celebrating its 18th anniversary this year, focusing on bringing unique stories to farming’s centre stage. Managed by Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF), the event will take place on 9 June, opening the farm gates to connect with the public and to promote the values of …
Open Farm event looks to engage the public with UK agriculture

Scottish Young Farmers raise £4k for RSABI

Stirling, Strathendrick and Strathkelvin (SSS) Young Farmers has held a series of events to raise money for the agricultural charity RSABI, resulting in a £4,000 donation. The three events coincided with the club’s 80th anniversary celebrations and included a stock judging competition, held in conjunction with NFU Scotland Forth and Clyde; a dinner dance at the Inchyra Grange Hotel; and …
Scottish Young Farmers raise £4k for RSABI
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