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UK arable farmers face a challenge in battling wild oats this spring due to limited opportunities to create stale seedbeds or apply autumn herbicides. Kirsty McKenzie, commercial technical manager at FMC, explains that traditional strategies, like utilising stale seedbeds for early control of wild oats, have been prevented in some parts of the country by adverse weather conditions. “A portion …
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BlueN TM captures nitrogen from the air for use by the crop throughout the growing season. BlueN can be used on a wide range of crops including potatoes. Find out more at: www.corteva.co.uk/bluen
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Strong milling wheat and protein premiums are making for an easy decision to push crops for grain quality this season, says ProCam agronomist, Justin Smith. But the washout winter and spring means crops could face a double challenge for meeting protein specifications – of depleted soil nitrogen (N) due to leaching, and compromised N uptake due to poor rooting, requiring …
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Cereals 2024 will be the first chance to see the new Fendt 600 Vario. The top model Fendt 620 Profi+ offers 209hp from its 4-cylinder 5 litre AGCO Power CORE50 engine that also features a DynamicPerformance system that can provide an additional 15hp regardless of forward speed. “This tractor is a superb all-rounder that can be used for towing heavy …
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The average price of bare agricultural land in England and Wales hit a new all-time high of £9,250/acre in the first quarter of 2024. According to the latest Farmland Index ran by property consultancy Knight Frank, the firm’s Q1 Index saw farmland values rise by 1% rise over the previous quarter. This takes the annual rate of price growth to …
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The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is asking ministers to consider using residual potato levy funds as a grant to support industry initiatives. Seven projects, ran by “umbrella” organisation GB Potatoes that helps co-ordinate the UK’s potato supply, will cover a wide range of topics. Some will address industry management of nutrients, transparency of chemical- and potato-based data and …
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A new plant health test offered by Eurofins Agro UK can identify nutrients in cytoplasm and vascular bundles. PlantSapCheck offers growers an accurate way to identify the nutrient composition of plant material, as Eurofins Agro UK specialist Shane Brewer explains: “We now have the technology in our UK laboratories to test pressed plant material that has been frozen and thawed. …
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