Stored grain/pulse insecticide launched within IPM wrapper
An insecticide protectant for stored grain and pulses has been launched by Barrettine Environmental Health.…
Browsing: Agronomy
Indecision: a risky approach to final fertilizer applications
Concerns for 30 – 50% crop losses if weather patterns don’t return to normal for…
Tillage farming damaging earthworm populations, say scientists
The digging, stirring and overturning of soil by conventional ploughing in tillage farming is severely…
Arysta LifeScience expands product portfolio in Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia
Arysta LifeScience recently expanded its BioSolutions, plant protection and plant growth regulator products offering for…
Scientists say agriculture is good for honey bees
While recent media reports have condemned a commonly used agricultural pesticide as detrimental to honey…
New fertiliser company launches with a ‘back to the future’ approach to crop nutrition services
A team of fertiliser industry veterans has launched a new crop nutrition company in Norfolk.…
Professor Graham Moore recognised for exceptional contribution to wheat research
John Innes Centre scientist Professor Graham Moore and University of Bristol’s Professor Keith Edwards have…
Digging deeper: Irish/Dutch research finds a hidden carbon sink in the soils beneath our feet.
Research on grasslands in Ireland, supervised by Prof Gary Lanigan (Teagasc – the Irish Agriculture…
Questioning the feasibility of the “4 per 1000” goal to sequester carbon in soil and slow climate change
UN plans to mitigate global warming by burying atmospheric carbon in the ground to enrich…
Fungicide resistance to three main groups found in Ramularia in Germany
A recent finding suggesting that the barley disease Ramularia is potentially resistant to three of…