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Spring barley yields ahead of five-year average

The average treated yield of spring barley control varieties (8.2 t/ha) is above the five-year average (7.6 t/ha), reports AHDB.

Agritechnica GOLD for John Deere electric-mechanical transmission

John Deere has been awarded a gold medal and three silver medals by the DLG jury ahead of Agritechnica 2019.

Haulage fleet achieves high DVSA standards

Openfield Group Limited, the British farmer-owned co-operative, has today announced it has demonstrated that its in-house haulage fleet has the strong track record of compliance and standards required by the

McCormick dealer’s growth driven by youthful energy and enthusiasm

If an agricultural machinery dealership could be run on energy and enthusiasm alone, then AB Wight Engineering, the St Boswells-based dealer for McCormick in the Borders, has an assured future.

Triticale solution for drought-prone light land

Shropshire-based arable farmer, Matthew Williams, grows 30 hectares of Securo winter Triticale on his lighter land, where wheat, barley and OSR have struggled in the past.

NFU Sugar and British Sugar announce 2020 sugar beet contract offer

NFU Sugar and British Sugar have today announced both a one-year and three-year sugar beet contract terms for the 2020/21 crop and beyond.

Easy-to-use packaging makes chemical handling safer and more convenient

Adama has announced the launch of a new range of easy-to-use packaging for its portfolio of herbicide, fungicide and insecticide products.  Featuring design elements which are the result of feedback

John Deere 6250R rakes 188.9ha in 8 hours

A John Deere 6250R tractor equipped with a Kuhn four-rotor Gyrorake GA 15131 with a working width of 14.7m has set a new windrowing world record, raking 188.9ha of grass on four different fields in only eight hours.

BYDV-resistant wheat to be launched

RAGT Seeds is to launch a winter wheat variety with a high level of resistance to barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) to the UK market next autumn, offering farmers an

Pre-em grass weed control offers value this autumn

As well as giving the best possible opportunity for stubble weed control ahead of winter cereal drilling, sufficient moisture in the ground will make including a permitted glyphosate in the

Five things to consider for black-grass control before drilling

Make the most of the time between harvest and drilling the next crop of wheat to plan to maximise black-grass control, and especially cultivation and establishment strategies. “It’s a key

Animal welfare of ‘paramount importance and high priority’ for livestock markets

Animal welfare has been found to be of paramount importance and given high priority by UK livestock markets, results from an extensive survey by the Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) has

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