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Agronomist and Arable Farmer June 24th
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BASF Digital Farming GmbH has joined forces with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) to integrate their detailed environmental data in the ASSIST E-Planner tool, with the comprehensive online crop optimisation solution, xarvio FIELD MANAGER. Alongside the business-orientated agronomic features and advice offered by FIELD MANAGER, such as pest and disease forecasting and variable rate application maps, its …
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Farmers can save money and help the environment by reducing tillage, but they must also be wary of its pitfalls. This is according to a group working under the Farming For a Better Climate initiative, run by SAC Consulting, which has been looking at ways of minimising soil disturbance and moving away from ploughing. Ploughing or ‘inversion tillage’ is well …
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The UK biostimulant industry is facing an extensive review of the regulatory environment relating to the ability of UK farmers to apply them after September 2022. This legislative review (DEFRA, Project 31280 “Creating an Enabling Regulatory Environment for Enhanced Efficiency Fertilisers”) has come about under the EU withdrawal agreement, as within it the UK signed up to the EU Fertiliser …
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The majority of oilseed rape-growing counties across the UK recorded positive results for light leaf spot disease in leaf samples sent to Bayer’s SpotCheck service from October 2020 to March 2021, in partnership with ADAS and the Association of Independent Crop Consultants (AICC). The wet conditions in the autumn and winter drove early light leaf spot infections and despite the …
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Investment in technical personnel continues at Kuhn Farm Machinery, with the latest recruits to the company’s regionally deployed product support team including Sam Murphy and Tom Hume. Sam Murphy will cover the South and South West of England from his base in Somerset. He is an Agricultural Engineering graduate of Harper Adams University and has previous experience working in product …
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IAgrE Fellow Jane Rickson, Professor of Soil Erosion and Conservation at Cranfield Soil and Agrifood Institute, Cranfield University, has been honoured with a Top 50 Women in Engineering Award from the Women’s Engineering Society. The awards are a UK event linked to International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) which takes place on the 23rd June each year. In association with the …
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Independent research charity, the Organic Research Centre (‘ORC’), has today announced that it is strengthening its leadership with the appointment of three additional trustees. The new appointments - Janet Dwyer, Honor May Eldridge and Jake Pickering – will bring a breadth of experience from research in sustainable agriculture, agricultural economics and policy through to food retail and will support ORC …
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Experts from Frontier’s sustainable crop production team will join SOYL precision and official Groundswell cover crop partner, Kings Crops at this year’s event. With new farm policy and environmental management top of the agenda, advisors from each of the businesses will be at Lannock Manor Farm to discuss the support that is available for growers. “UK growers are facing a period of significant change …
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