UKRI funding helps RAGT Seeds fast-track access to key wheat traits
A pioneering project to help identify and capture key genetic data that can be used…
Browsing: Agronomy
Germinal partners with leading innovators to support development of a new generation homegrown animal feed
Grass and forage seed specialist, Germinal, has begun new research with the Institute of Biological,…
Could Unlocking the Plant Microbiome Lead to the Next Green Revolution?
Plants host complex communities of microbes, which can have a significant impact on crop yields…
When the chips are down
Scientists from the UK’s foremost agricultural research institutes have teamed up to create a new…
Cereal growers urged to follow tried and tested herbicide programmes this autumn
Corteva Agriscience says farmers growing winter cereal crops should persevere with early-season herbicide programmes wherever…
Focus on peri-em applications to prolong grass weed control
Heavy rains that interrupted autumn drilling could also further compromise pre-emergence herbicide applications. Growers should…
Maximising microbes
Using an internationally trialled liquid carbon product containing filtered cane molasses and nutrients nitrogen, potash…
Do not forget the threat of Phoma
Yorkshire-based trainee technical manager and agronomist, Chris Dickinson, provides support to customers and colleagues country-wide…
Beware of higher than normal BYDV risk
The BYDV risk is likely to be elevated this season as a consequence of several…
Battle against blackgrass with Backrow this autumn
As growers contemplate earlier drilling as a result of last autumn’s washout, trouble could lie…