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Time to be smart about the future of farming: Overcoming challenges with technology
Farming has always had an intrinsic relationship with technology, with the last century seeing farm yields greatly increased by new methods and…
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Cereal growers urged to identify brome populations pre-harvest
Cereal growers should spot fields with significant brome populations and identify the brome species at harvest to ensure autumn weed control plans…
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Winter barley 2016 harvest yield under five-year average of 9.30t/ha down to 8.79t/ha
The overall 2016 harvest yield average for winter barley is under the five-year average, according to AHDB Cereals. A total of seven trials in Devon…
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Good biosecurity needed as weed infestation could 'devastate' Scottish farmers
Good biosecurity and sourcing safe seed is required as weed infestation could be devastating for farmers, NFU Scotland has said. As many Scottish…
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Plant breeding techniques in spotlight as study shows EU will need 19m more hectares to grow food
A new study reveals that the EU would need 19 million more hectares of farm land to produce the same amount of food if countries don't start…
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Port of Ipswich sets a new grain handling record in 2015/16 harvest year
BP’s Port of Ipswich, the UK’s number one grain exporting port, has handled more than one million tonnes of grain in the 2015/16 harvest year, a…
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Barbados oilseed rape gives Essex seed grower a day in the sun
Essex grower Nigel Cutmore admits to being more than a little relieved not to mention impressed with his of Barbados oilseed rape seed crop as it…
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Industry tour to inspire next generation of crop scientists
AHDB-funded PhD students will grow their understanding of the practical applications of science in horticulture at a series of visits next week (3 –…
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Pioneering SPot Farm hosts share new innovations
Hosts of the very first AHDB Strategic Potato (SPot) Farm opened their doors to over 100 industry peers in discussions of best practice in the face…
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Government rejects emergency application to control 'crop damaging leatherjackets'
The government has rejected an emergency authorisation application for the use of chlorpyrifos, applied by NFU Scotland. Farmers and crofters have…
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