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Birds Eye begin earliest pea harvest in 30 years
Birds Eye began its pea harvest in North Lincolnshire this week, following the spring drought. The company’s earliest harvest in 30 years began on…
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Time to move over to blight fungicides with known tuber blight activity
As the main crop grows and moves towards tuber initiation, this is the time to start integrating fungicides with proven foliar and tuber blight…
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Avoid pitfalls of grain cooling
Visitors to Cereals 2011 seeking to avoid a season hampered by grain rejections resulting from another season of warm post-harvest weather can gain a…
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Still threat of disease in lettuce
ADAS experts are warning lettuce growers that the risk of disease is still high, despite the very cold winter and the dry spring. The experts are…
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In carrots Sclerotinia monitoring adds to successful disease control
The BASF and ADAS sponsored Sclerotinia monitoring system for carrot growers starts in early June and growers and advisors are invited to log-on…
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Second wheats set to suffer even more than last year
Second wheat performance could well suffer to an even greater extent than last year, warns Rob Plaice of Monsanto Crop Protection following analysis…
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Mildewicide approved for apples and pears
Fruit growers now have access to a new curative and protectant mildewicide with full label approval for powdery mildew control in apples and pears…
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Compass points North
Peter Gray of WN Lindsay is keen to see how the hybrid rape variety Compass performs this year. He has been impressed with the trials performance and…
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Strong winds hinder blight programmes
Potato blight programmes are being severely disrupted by strong winds preventing spray applications. With blight risk rising sharply in showery…
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Reliability is the watchword for oilseed rape
With so many variables and such high volatility in farming today – the weather, the season, input costs, diesel costs, pricing and markets – farmers…
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