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Getting 'Generation Y' inspired by Agri-Tech at Cereals 2016
Could keeping wheat foliage green until the end of harvest boost yields? This is just one of the research projects to be discussed at a special event…
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Next generation of potato industry leaders assemble at AHDB
The second year of the highly-rated AHDB Potatoes ‘Next Generation’ initiative launched last Friday 20 May at AHDB Headquarters in Stoneleigh…
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Largest UK wheat export to the USA departs
The largest export of wheat to the USA for more than two decades departed from Bristol this week. The Sbi Lambada, carrying 63,000 tonnes of grain…
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Monsanto rejects $62 billion acquisition bid by Bayer, but open to more talks
Seed company Monsanto has rejected a $62 billion acquisition bid by German agriculture supplier Bayer as 'incomplete and financially inadequate', but…
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Outlook for 2016 'looking worse for farmers' due to falling prices and poor weather
As the continuing farm income crisis deepens due to falling prices and poor weather, the outcome for 2016 is looking significantly worse, Irish…
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British Crop Production Council attacks Green Alliance's opposition to glyphosate and GM crops
The EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed continues to be deadlocked over renewal of licences for glyphosate use, which, unless…
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Bayer offers $62 billion for Monsanto to create biggest agriculture supplier
German crop chemical group Bayer has made an offer of $62bn (£43bn) for seed company Monsanto in a deal that would create the world's biggest…
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'Bees make priceless contribution to agriculture and are a bellwether for environmental health', says the UN
Bees make a priceless contribution to agriculture and are a bellwether for environmental health, working without pay while both delivering and…
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Hogan meets with Sturgeon to discuss CAP failures
EU agricultural commissioner Phil Hogan has met with Scotland's First Minister to discuss the Scottish government's failures in handling the Common…
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Farming organisation warns against using patents in EU plant breeding sector
The discussions over the patentability of plant traits continue to gather pace with the issue set for debate in Europe. EU co-operative Copa & Cogeca…
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