Author Posts: Farmers Guide
Winter Barley 2017 Harvest Results – 8/8
8th August 2017
The Harvest Results for this week (07 August 2017) from AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) winter barley trials are from one site in Herefordshire and three northern sites in Scotland from the Borders, Fife and Angus.
Winter Oilseed Rape 2017 Harvest Results – 8/8
8th August 2017
Tool set promotion ideal for farm workshops
3rd August 2017
Concentrating on the hand tools needed for garage or workshop tasks, the new Sealey 2017 Hand Tool Promotion, available until 31st December 2017, features a variety of the company’s new
Winter Barley 2017 Harvest Results – 1/8
1st August 2017
The latest winter barley trial results include sites from Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Cheshire and Morayshire.
The overall yield average from five trials in 2017 is 9.58 t/ha, contributing to a five-year average yield of 9.60 t/ha.
Winter Oilseed Rape 2017 Harvest Results – 1/8
1st August 2017
The four-year average gross output yields are a better measure of variety performance over several seasons, since this week’s oilseed rape results have information from just two trials from Oxfordshire and Suffolk.
Winter Barley 2017 Harvest Results – 25/7
31st July 2017
The Harvest Results (24 July 2017) from AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) winter barley trials include sites from Teesside, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Warwickshire and Hampshire.
UK combine demo tour previews new models
24th July 2017
New Holland’s harvest demonstration tour started in Bicester on 25th July and will visit 12 locations across the UK during August and September. The tour is showcasing the new CR combine models due to be launched at Agritechnica in November.
Online Seed Selector assisting growers with varietal selection
24th July 2017
Identifying the varieties best-suited to your local market and farm situation can be a major challenge. There is much to consider and market demand varies from region to region. With
Investment in innovative formulations
24th July 2017
Nufarm says it continues to invest in developing innovative formulations and one of its real successes is the product Kyleo – a special state of the art herbicide containing glyphosate
Oilseed rape to get potassium boost
24th July 2017
Autumn establishment is fundamental to a successful and healthy crop able to with stand the autumn stresses of disease and pest attack. At this stage the crop is very dependant
Online support for UK OSR growers
24th July 2017
With the recent Limagrain TuYV survey showing infection levels up to 90% in some of the UK’s key OSR growing areas, yield losses from TuYV can be expected to be high
Major funding for new crop sciences research centre at NIAB in Cambridge
24th July 2017
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has announced funding for the creation of a new Cambridge Centre for Crop Science (3CS), developed by the University of Cambridge in
