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Wheat disease pressures continue to mount with late-drilled fields, susceptible varieties and the mild winter creating what Syngenta cereal disease expert, Joe Bagshaw calls a perfect storm for yellow rust. Mr Bagshaw says the disease is now lurking in many winter wheat crops with the potential to inflict yield losses as high as 50%. “Unlike Septoria tritici, which is favoured …
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With strong Russian exports continuing, grain traders didn’t expect a golden egg this Easter and that has been the case with little change in grain and oilseed markets. As the first week of April trading draws to a close the latest AHDB Grain Market Report shows UK wheat futures (May-24) standing at £170.55/t, a slight fall on the March closing …
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The mild and wet conditions that have dominated the first three months of 2024 could culminate in a perfect storm for BYDV (barley yellow dwarf virus) infections in spring barley. That is the warning from Dr Bill Lankford, herbicide and insecticide technical specialist at ADAMA, who explains that an early aphid migration is predicted to coincide with when crops are …
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75% of cereal crops had below optimum levels of zinc when tissue analysis was conducted in 2023. This result is based on the analysis of over 1300 samples collected from crops across the country by FMC last year, and deficiency levels were over 10% higher than the average level seen over the previous 5 years. Chris Bond, Product Manager for …
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The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) have urged a scheme to help farmers hit by floods open following one of the wettest winters in decades. Across the UK, thousands of acres of food-producing land are still waterlogged due to the prior months of rainfall and the wettest 12 month-period in 150 years. After storm Henk in January, the government …
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York-based Wharram and Kay have been impressed with Michelin’s latest generation of its EvoBib tyres after fitting them to a new Fendt 728 tractor. The EvoBib is said to be the first agricultural tyre on the market specifically designed to be used with Central Tyre Inflation Systems (CTIS), allowing it to obtain excellent performance on the road and in the …
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