Author Posts: Farmers Guide

Some winter oilseed rape may already have 10% of the crop affected by phoma, according to the leaf spot forecast for the disease.

eyeSpot uses cameras to target individual weeds in vegetable fields and apply precise herbicide droplets with an ejector. This accurately fires treatment to the individual leaves of each weed, according to AHDB.

The ChickenStress European Training Network has received £3.5 million in investment from the EU Marie Curie Fund.

Syngenta’s Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year (FSOOTY) award aims to reward the country’s top sprayer operators, while sharing tips and best practice that could help operators enhance their results and protect the environment.

“UK sugar beet growers need more than ever to focus on their costs of production.” says Nik Johnson of JSE Systems in Lincolnshire.

Led by researchers from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), the ‘Grass to Gas’ project will use scientific and industry expertise to measure feed efficiency and methane emissions.

Farmers with autumn calving herds are urged to be ‘coccidiosis aware’ during the high-risk period three to four weeks post-calving – particularly in mild, damp weather.

A farmer who raised more than £50,000 for mental health charities has died, his family have announced.

Patrick Joice, also known as ‘the naked farmer’, helped to run a fundraising cricket match in Norfolk earlier this year, with the proceeds going to the You Are Not Alone (YANA) project for farmers.

Wet and warm autumn weather is keeping the risk of blowfly strike higher than this time last year, according to the latest update from Nadis and Elanco.

Ten leading drill manufacturers are taking part in a Farmacy trial in Lincolnshire to see how different machines perform when growing cover crops in the rotation.

Back in the spring, Limagrain UK’s arable technical manager Ron Granger challenged the perception that hard feed wheats have higher yields and quality over soft wheats.

Farmers are being urged to fully understand the legal implications of drone use and seek training ahead of new 2020 regulations.