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Two row winter barley LG Caravelle joined the AHDB RL last year as a contender to match hybrid barley yields, and early harvest reports confirm that it has lived up to its promise. Despite the challenging season, the variety has performed well on the Yorkshire Wolds. Mark Ullyott of Langtoft Grange Farm near Driffield, is really pleased with his seed …
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The National Arable & Grassland Awards is back for 2024!
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Celebrating the best of the Arable Industry, it’s your chance to showcase your achievements and be crowned a National Arable & Grassland Awards winner!
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Outbreaks of late blight are springing up in potato crops across the country following an unusually wet July and early August. Fortunately, EU_43_A1 has yet to be found in the samples analysed, but growers must remain vigilant. According to the Met Office, the UK had 170% of its usual July rainfall, making it the wettest July since 2009 and the …
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The UK's leading manufacturer of potato handling equipment has announced it is launching several new products at this year's British Potato show. Event sponsors Haith Group will unveil its new potato dryer and the latest version of its Queen's Award-winning Rota-Tip at the November event. Visitors to the Yorkshire Event Centre in Harrogate will be the first to find out …
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Cefetra, the trader of grains and animal feed raw materials, has appointed a specialist in farming regeneration to a new role with responsibility for increasing the levels of low carbon crops supplied to customers. Jason Hayward-Jones has joined as Sustainability Specialist Agriculture to encourage more farmers to introduce environmentally regenerative practices tailored to their own farms. Cefetra aims to reduce …
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The UK’s largest field-based potato event, Potatoes in Practice, took place on 10 August with over 600 potato farmers and representatives from across the sector attending. Held at one of James Hutton Institute’s research farms near Dundee, the Institute hosted the event in collaboration with Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and Agrii. A key date in the industry calendar, this year’s …
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