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Protecting valuable grain after a wet and difficult harvest
Following a very difficult, protracted and wet harvest, growers will need to be proactive in preventing insect pest and mite damage in store. This…
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Weed seedbank requires brutal focus this autumn
Richard Peake of Harlow Agricultural Merchants suggests that 80% of the poor levels of black-grass control last autumn is down to farmers not being…
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Torch is 'highest yielding wheat variety'
Amongst some very interesting results from Frontier's Horningsea trials site, RAGT's wheat variety, Torch, has come out as one of the highest…
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The usefulness of Dithane in potatoes
With such a heavy blight year this year, growers are having to throw everything at their potato crop in order to keep disease at bay and protect…
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Police Crime Commissioners 'needed for rural crime'
The election of the new Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), due in November, offers a key opportunity to raise concerns and secure commitments to…
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Rape varieties perform better than hybrids
In a season where hybrid oilseed rape varieties look to have underperformed, a leading expert has observed that in his trials conventional varieties…
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Sclerotinia control measures in main crop carrots
As main crop carrots are now at risk from Sclerotinia as well as from a range of other foliar diseases, fungicide treatments should be programmed at…
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Renewable Obligation response is 'good news' for wind energy
Developers of onshore wind projects have received welcome news as the government announced a lower than expected reduction in the Renewables…
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Es Alienor – growing away from pigeons
Oilseed rape growers know only too well about pigeons and the damage that they can cause, but farmer Ian Kendall has even more of a challenge as he…
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High blight pressure puts earlier focus onto tuber blight activity
Earlier tuber initiation in potato crops this season plus increasing blight pressure overall has put focus on integrating fungicides with proven…
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