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Preview of UK farmer survey
A series of in-depth annual surveys of UK farmers conducted by the Kleffmann Group have indicated that the area of winter wheat, spring barley and…
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Crop Protection key to Environmental Protection
Crop protection is vital not only in securing Europe’s future food needs, but also in protecting its biodiversity and wildlife. That was the message…
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Organic wheat yields from Tewkesbury hit all time highs
Carl Gray of Grange Farm, Bredon, Tewkesbury, is celebrating all time high organic wheat yields, having yielded 7.3t/ha. (2.96t/acre) of Group 3…
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Growers Together… Buyers Together...Saving Together… the first true agrochemical only Buying Group
A new agrochemical buying group launched in September. This bespoke buying group has been structured to provide expertise in the purchasing of Crop…
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Focusing on the best rape varieties at their best location
Enterprising arable manager Martin Smart values the HGCA variety trials but prefers to reinforce their conclusions by undertaking extensive on-farm…
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Has the UK’s commercial wheat yield record been smashed?
Group 3 wheats are rarely promoted as potential record breakers, but a 14.3t/ha crop of Invicta, bred by Limagrain UK and harvested by David Hoyles…
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Record Delivery
James Wallace of Dalton Seeds is advising his growers to take a close look at the new oilseed rape hybrid Record from DSV. "This variety has all the…
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Avadex Granules - a key component in an integrated black-grass control programme
With a recorded level of UK farms with herbicide resistant black-grass populations and a continuing decline in the performance of certain chemistry…
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Direct drilling Dimension pays off
Norfolk farmer Paul Hartley of Frank Hartley and Sons experimented with a new direct drilling system for his winter oilseed rape last autumn and has…
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Supplies of oilseed rape herbicides come under pressure
Reduced availability and increased demand for metazachlor-based products means that the quantity available to oilseed rape growers for pre-emergence…
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