Monitor Farm network explores biostimulant benefits
A coordinated series of try-outs, conducted across the AHDB Monitor Farm network, will test the…
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Maxoptra crops mileage and delivery costs for farm supplier Zantra
Agricultural merchant Zantra is implementing Maxoptra dynamic route planning and scheduling software to manage deliveries…
Call to halt new GM maize authorisation
MEPs opposed EU Commission plans to authorise imports of food and feed products derived from…
Commission clears ChemChina acquisition of Syngenta, subject to conditions
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Syngenta…
Net Blotch – no change in commercial situations
With the discovery of the reduced performance of SDHIs against net blotch in one AHDB…
‘Shark’ to control weeds in strawberries
A brand new Extension of Authorisation of Minor Use (EAMU) for ‘Shark’ acts as an…
SPot Farm Scotland trials demonstrate benefits of reducing cultivation depths
Commercial trials carried out at AHDB’s Strategic Potato (Spot) Farm in Perthshire have shown that…
Australian study puts spotlight on nitrogen supply to wheat
New research in Australia has highlighted the soil supply of nitrogen can be reduced in…
Heat is on for wildflower establishment
Soil temperatures are warming up quickly and now is the ideal time to get annual…
Bayer pollen beetle bulletin no. 5
With forward crops well in to flowering the focus shifts to backward crops. Forward crops…