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Make the most of manure: Experts say it is time to break old habits
Scotland's Rural College experts are advising farmers to make better use of their slurry and manure to increase profitability and reduce their…
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New evidence on the pollinator costs and farming benefits of neonicotinoid pesticides
Farmers who use neonicotinoid seed coatings subsequently use less insecticide to control pests on oilseed rape, according to new research published…
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Urgent changes to cross compliance needed to safeguard arable and potato production in Wales, says NFU Cymru
NFU Cymru is repeating calls for the Deputy Minister to make urgent changes to the Cross Compliance regime to safeguard the future of arable and…
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Protecting water and promoting farmland biodiversity high on the agenda on MP visit to Research Farm
Angela Smith, Member of Parliament for Penistone and Stocksbridge, visited Bayer CropScience’s research farm near Cambridge this week to discuss the…
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Back British Farming Day highlights need for greater UK self-sufficiency
Today, August 14, marks the day in the calendar where the British larder would run bare if we fed the nation British food from January 1. This figure…
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Never ignore the basics when it comes to heavy soils
Since the wet winter of 2012 one thing has become abundantly clear at the Hutchinsons black-grass site at Brampton; it is not possible to actively…
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Emergency approval granted for insecticide InSyst
For the second year in a row, Certis’ insecticide InSyst (acetamiprid) has been granted emergency approval for the control of cabbage stem flea…
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Conventional Mambo out yields hybrids
The new conventional rape variety Mambo has out yielded all but one of the 15 rape varieties in Anglia Grain Services farm-scale trials, according to…
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UK agriculture sets new baker's dozen world record
A new unofficial world record of just 15 minutes and 27 seconds to produce 13 loaves from field to plate was set in Essex on Friday August 7th 2015…
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Dry Matter Challenge competition launched by Hutchinson
Crop Protection Specialists Hutchinsons, have launched the 2016 Dry Matter Challenge Competition with the aim of encouraging growers to lift the…
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