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High disease pressure year suits verticillium wilt

The AICC has detected significant levels of verticillium wilt on varieties at its trial sites in Suffolk and Sussex. The infection scores provide a graphic illustration of the different resistance

Fast desiccation cuts tuber blight spread

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

Winter barley yields are still low but improving after 14 trials, reports AHDB.

Agrow award finalists announced

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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