OSR crops are winning the seasonal race against pollen beetle
The start of British Summer Time brought a pleasantly warm Sunday following a chilly week…
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Growing soya for the first time
Mark Bowsher-Gibbs, farm and estate manager at G.H Dean in Kent will be growing soya…
Commission clears merger between Dow and DuPont, subject to conditions
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed merger between US-based…
A step forward to making crops tolerant to severe drought
An international consortium of researchers led by Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, has…
The John Innes Centre celebrates 50 Years in Norwich in 2017
2017 marks 50 years since the John Innes Institute moved from Bayfordbury near Hertford to…
Burges Salmon issues advice on legal limits of flying drones on farmland
The specialist Farming team at independent UK law firm Burges Salmon has issued advice on…
John Deere Horst celebrates 1000th self-propelled sprayer
The John Deere Horst factory in the Netherlands has produced its 1000th self-propelled sprayer, a…
PGRO rapid molecular soil test for brassica crop clubroot pathogen
“PGRO is offering a rapid molecular test for the detection and quantification of the brassica…
Septoria Conference – Preserving current and future control
A conference on Septoria disease in wheat in Dunboyne, County Meath, on Wednesday, 22 March,…
Study examines the impact of residual herbicides on fall-seeded cover crops
Cover crops are attracting widespread attention for the benefits they provide in crop rotations, especially…