Author Posts: Farmers Guide
Fast desiccation cuts tuber blight spread
17th August 2016
With blight endemic in this season’s potato crops means growers and agronomists will have to pay greater attention to fast desiccation this season, to minimise infection spread to tubers, warns
Harvest Results – 15th August
16th August 2016
Winter barley yields are still low but improving after 14 trials, reports AHDB.
Agrow award finalists announced
12th August 2016
Certis has beaten off tough competition to be one of six crop protection companies shortlisted for the best marketing campaign category as part of the Agrow Awards 2016. Designed to
Molecular soil test for clubroot pathogen
11th August 2016
The PGRO is now offering a rapid molecular test for the detection of the brassica clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae in the soil. “PGRO has launched the first commercial test from its new Molecular
Autumn warning on light leaf spot
10th August 2016
It might sound a bit early to start thinking of autumn disease control strategies but that is what growers are being advised to do after high levels of light leaf
Harvest Results – 9th August 2016
9th August 2016
The first oilseed rape harvest results show that this year’s yields are nearly 0.5t/ha down on the four-year average.
Post-Brexit policies an opportunity to increase Britain’s self-sufficiency
9th August 2016
The 9th of August marks the day in the calendar when the British larder would run bare if we fed the nation only British food from 1st January. This figure is
Increased threat of husk in adult cows and unprotected youngstock
8th August 2016
Outbreaks of husk (lungworm) in adult beef and dairy cattle, as well as youngstock, are likely to occur across the UK in the coming weeks and months, as recent warm
Diversified farmers beware new tax rules, warns CAAV
8th August 2016
The government is clamping down on property investors, which could have significant implications for diversified farmers and rural estates. “In the past couple of years we’ve seen an increasing tax
One hundred years of John Deere tractors
5th August 2016
One hundred years of John Deere tractors will be on show at the John Deere 50 Celebration & Heritage Event at Langar near Nottingham on September 24 and 25, 2016.
Monitor flea beetle risk in OSR
5th August 2016
ADAS has published its latest Crop Action issue with advice to oilseed rape growers regarding the potential threat of cabbage stem flea beetle (csfb) this autumn: A discussed in a previous issue
Food must play a central role in a future agriculture policy
4th August 2016
In the NFU’s response to the recent National Trust statement about Britain’s “damaged countryside”, President Meurig Raymond said that the picture the National Trust is trying to paint is one that neither he nor