High fertiliser costs create double need for top-level wheat disease management
High prices for fertiliser and grain are putting extra pressure on farmers not to let…
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Two Scottish farming co-ops back project to tackle nematodes in daffodils and potatoes
A collaborative project involving two Scottish farming co-operatives is seeking to mitigate the spread of…
Vital to protect promising OSR yields with robust Sclerotinia control programme this spring
Controlling the damaging disease of Sclerotinia in oilseed rape will be more important then ever…
Why calcium and boron are vital for a robust potato crop
Calcium and boron are two of the most cited nutrients when it comes to reducing…
ADAS report highlights yield and margin benefits from folpet
A new ADAS report indicates that the inclusion of folpet into wheat fungicide programmes consistently…
How can I make my farm business more resilient and remain profitable in the current climate of rising input costs?
As crop production specialists, Hutchinsons have been addressing these very issues at a farm-scale level…
Solar-powered Seed-n-Weed robot with simplicity on its side
A fully autonomous, solar-powered robot capable of precision drilling and weeding is set to join…
Use biostimulants to help meet milling grades
Producers growing milling wheat are advised to consider biostimulants to support their crops achieving 13%…
LG Typhoon – a wheat bred with consistency and security in mind
LG Typhoon is a high yielding Group 4 hard wheat from breeders Limagrain UK, that…
Increasingly popular oat crop gets new fungicide option for 2022
Oat growers have a major new fungicide option for 2022, with the SDHI + triazole…