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Wholegrain ingredient producer Edme wins prestigious Food & Farming Award
The presentation of a highly contested award pays to grain farmers and the sections of the bakery and food production industries that use malted…
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New £1.1 million R&D call to improve biopesticide performance for protected and ornamental crops
A substantial investment into research that will improve the performance of biopesticide products for use in protected edible and ornamental crops…
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Parliament’s Beer Group honours Maris Otter champions
There will be jubilation among farmers as well as brewers at an award from the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group. It was the Lifetime Achievement…
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Clearfield – a growing practice
Over its five years of sales, Clearfield has grown from a niche weed control system to a mainstream management tool, allowing oilseed rape to be…
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The best you can do for Verticillium wilt
Just about now growers will be seeing areas in the field where the crop looks to be ripening prematurely, especially in recent warm conditions. This…
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OK-Net Arable for more knowledge exchange in organic farming
The complexity of organic farming requires farmers to have a very high level of knowledge and skills. But exchange on organic farming techniques…
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NFU calls for a transparent process as emergency use application is refused
The NFU is deeply frustrated with the process to consider its applications for emergency use of neonicotinoid seed treatment in the UK. The NFU…
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Mites, the commonest pest of stored grain, need controlling too
Poor store hygiene can lead to significant mite and pest attacks of stored grain, which can spoil quality, can be responsible for between 5% and 10%…
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AHDB Horticulture announces “industry leading” soils programme
Following a funded-study aimed at identifying gaps in horticultural soils knowledge, a comprehensive ‘industry leading’ programme of projects to…
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Soil Association warns farmers not to spray Glyphosate due to cancer links
This harvest, the Soil Association is urging cereal farmers not to spray Glyphosate on milling wheat crops – to reduce the amount of this probable…
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