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Versatile grass mixture provides grazing and silage on Somerset dairy
The cold, wet spring has delayed turnout for Mark Humphry’s 240 crossbred dairy cows at Manor Farm, Isle Abbots near Ilminster. The 163ha (400 acres)…
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Wilt could hit oilseed rape crops especially hard this season, warns plant pathologist
Verticillium Wilt could hit oilseed rape crops especially hard this season, with crops already under stress from unprecedented Cabbage Stem Flea…
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New EU proposal 'severely weakens' import control to prevent black spot disease
European agricultural cooperative Copa and Cogeca have today slammed a new EU Commission proposal which severely weakens import controls to prevent…
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Triticale is a valuable second crop, research shows
Triticale is capable of competing with wheat in terms of both yield and profitability, especially as a second cereal, a report funded by AHDB Cereals…
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London's Underground farm opens next phase of trading with 20 crops
Growing Underground, London’s first subterranean farm, opens for its first phase of full production today. After months of product development and…
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New Scottish Strategic Potato Farm announced
Bruce Farms, the multi-facetted Perthshire based agricultural business, has been announced as the host for a new project which aims to be of benefit…
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Barenbrug launches fast growing Barspectra II
Forage grass experts from Barenbrug UK have announced the availability of Barspectra II, a tetraploid westerwold ryegrass. The grass stablishes…
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European Parliament gives glyphosate the green light - re-authorised until 2023
The European Parliament has voted in favour of re-authorising the use of glyphosate, but have limited this approval to seven years. Glyphosate’s…
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McCain awarded ‘best potato industry host’ by future leaders
Delegates of AHDB’s first ever Next Generation Programme overwhelmingly voted McCain Foods as their ‘Best Industry Host’. The award was presented at…
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BASF supports student’s research project on how to farm in space
Limburgerhof, Germany – Summer of 2016 is set as the launch date: The V3PO student project supported by BASF will fly to the International Space…
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