Latest trials highlight heavy land spring barley opportunities
4th February 2020
Field-scale, heavy land trials at Agrii’s Stow Longa technology centre last season revealed spring barley yield and gross margin differences of almost 3t/ha and well over £350/ha.
Barley conference raises glass to malting opportunities
30th January 2020
UK spring barley may be facing a big harvest in 2020, if more of it is grown due to difficulties planting winter cereals, but there are opportunities for the crop. That was the message from a malting barley conference held in Newmarket, Suffolk, recently.
Are you ready for potato seed treatment changes?
30th January 2020
Potato growers are being urged to prepare now for changes in the potato seed treatment line-up this spring, as product choices and application options have narrowed.
Free germination tests offered for over-yeared Syngenta hybrid barley seed
30th January 2020
Recognising the difficult planting conditions last autumn, Syngenta is offering UK growers free germination testing of undrilled 2019 seed of its hybrid winter barley varieties that are having to be carried over for planting in autumn 2020.
Use data to select optimum variety
27th January 2020
A new free selection guide from LG Seeds will help farmers identify the most suitable maize variety and help increase the return on investment in the crop.
Potato herbicide Titus back in Corteva stable
24th January 2020
Corteva Agriscience will be marketing the renowned post-emergence herbicide Titus in 2020, bringing the product back inside the company that developed it more than 20 years ago.
Hit mildew early in late-drilled winter wheat crops
21st January 2020
Powdery mildew infection can be particularly severe in late-drilled winter wheat and growers may need to consider a specific fungicide at the T0 spray timing to limit its impact on yield this spring.
Corteva to launch Korvetto herbicide
21st January 2020
Farmers growing winter oilseed rape will have a new broadleaf weed herbicide at their disposal this spring in Korvetto from Corteva Agriscience.
Top tips when ‘over-yearing’ winter seed
15th January 2020
Cereal growers having to carry over unused winter cereal seed from this season’s washout winter into next season must take adequate steps to protect its viability, says ProCam seed manager, Lee Harker.
Revystar XE receives UK authorisation for wide use on cereal crops
10th January 2020
The much anticipated new cereal fungicide, Revystar XE, has received authorisation in the UK for use on all cereal crops.
Increased seed choice for sugar beet growers
31st December 2019
Sugar beet breeder KWS and the joint Seed Working Group of British Sugar and NFU Sugar have reached an agreement that extends the seed offering to growers.
Exciting new additions to PGRO Recommended List
28th December 2019
Continued investment in pulses has seen two new additions to the 2020-21 PGRO Recommended List from breeders Limagrain UK.
