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Agronomist and Arable Farmer July 15th
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The July 2021 issue is now available online! Packed full of news, features and comments, including: News: Be Vigilant For Blight News Analysis: Grants For Water Quality Agronomy Matters: New Software For Practical Planning Agronomy Matters: Early Root Development Key Renewables: Decarbonisation Initiative Cover Crops: Cover Crops Need Care Cover Crops: Putting Science Into Biological Farming Events: Cereals Back After Hiatus …
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A new National Food Strategy has today called on the Government to invest £1bn in research and development to help improve the national diet, develop sustainable farming practices and protect the environment. In a landmark report commissioned by the Government in 2019 as the basis for its post-Brexit food strategy, food entrepreneur Henry Dimbleby calls on the Government to commit …
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ADAMA Agricultural Solutions UK Ltd. has appointed Jonny Oosthuizen as the company’s new regional agronomy manager in the south west. Jonny joins ADAMA from Bartholomews Agri Food Ltd. where, for the last five years, he has worked as an agronomist covering 7,000 acres in Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire. Jonny originally joined Bartholomews as a trainee agronomist in 2012 and was …
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Despite the loss of several key herbicides in recent years, leek growers can still achieve effective weed control by using a combination of the remaining active ingredients, with the addition of aclonifen to tank mixes ensuring the full spectrum of annual broad-leaved weeds are accounted for. That is according to ProCam agronomist, John McCulloch, who explains that effective weed control in …
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Visitors to this year’s Driffield Show will be the first to see the latest enhancements to a revolutionary system that counts and sizes potatoes at the point of harvest or while grading potatoes into store. GRIMME UK will be attending its first event in over a year and will be showcasing the latest version of HarvestEyeTM, the patented technology developed …
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A new approval for flutriafol in sugar beet, which came into effect in January 2021, will provide greater control options for growers in the fight against Ramularia and Cercospora, following the imminent loss of key fungicide actives in the beet industry. This new crop approval for flutriafol will provide relief to many sugar beet growers who will have fewer options in the fight …
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The latest farming industry fatality figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) should serve as a stark reminder to farmers as harvest approaches, cautions a leading industry safety expert. Recognised as a period of heightened risk, harvest involves long working hours and greater use of casual labour, as well as the operation of machinery and trailers often only used …
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