Author Posts: Farmers Guide
Machine of the Year 2018 title awarded to latest Maxxum
15th November 2017
Case IH wins Machine of the Year 2018 title with new Maxxum Multicontroller with ActiveDrive 8 transmission ActiveDrive 8 offers eight powershift steps in each of three ranges / Total of
New head of British Beet Research Organisation appointed
15th November 2017
NFU Sugar and British Sugar have announced that Dr Vicky Foster has been appointed as the new head of the British Beet Research Organisation (BBRO). Vicky joins BBRO on 19
Spring oat opportunities
15th November 2017
With the right modern agronomy, oats offer one of the most attractive spring cropping options for difficult black-grass ground, in particular, believes Agrii northern R&D manager, Jim Carswell. Not least
Building spring cropping security
15th November 2017
Planned increases in the areas of many spring crops this season make it more important than ever to produce for secure markets offering price or premium guarantee, growers were advised
2018 budgets show relative spring cropping value and risk
15th November 2017
Spring crops are set to be as profitable as most winter plantings other than wheat and oilseed rape in 2018 according to the latest Agrii crop budgeting figures unveiled at a special briefing at Bishop Burton College this month.
Minister points to IPM and innovation as post-Brexit priorities for agriculture
14th November 2017
Delegates at this year’s BCPC Congress heard first-hand what the key pillars of post-Brexit policy would be, when George Eustice MP, Minister for Agriculture, opened proceedings.
Glyphosate decision must be based on science and evidence, not politics – NFU
14th November 2017
The NFU has said it was disappointed that no agreement had been reached over the reauthorisation of glyphosate despite the overwhelming weight of science and evidence showing it is perfectly
Defra sounds death-knell for the use of sound science in agricultural policy – Bayer
14th November 2017
Bayer has reacted strongly to the announcement by Secretary of State for Defra, Michael Gove MP that he will ‘in principle’ support the European Commission’s proposal to ban the use
Black-grass on the move
14th November 2017
New field trials using rice grains to mimic black-grass seeds have clearly demonstrated the implications of different cultivation techniques for integrated management of weed populations.
Practical and cost-effective data transfer announced at Agritechnica
13th November 2017
Valtra, a worldwide brand of AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO), will present at Agritechnica its unique Valtra Connect telemetry service. This tractor monitoring service will be made available to customers as
Recognition of water’s importance needed
8th November 2017
Government must recognise that water is a vital ingredient of our food and is essential to the economic performance of the agri-food sector.
Broad-leaved weed pattern spotted in winter cereal crops
8th November 2017
Winter cereals growers should not ignore broad-leaved weeds after reports of populations breaking through early applications of residual chemistry. Two common scenarios have been identified by Dow AgroSciences’ field