Author Posts: Farmers Guide

A series of modified, themed cars will hit the road later this year as part of a triennial charity fundraiser organised by Mark Allen, of farm buildings company Johnstruct Ltd.

NFU President, Minette Batters, joined a school visit at Barleylands Farm Park in Essex yesterday to see how its dedicated education team has been engaging children with the food and farming story for the last 36 years.

Sowing green manure seed mix on uncropped arable headlands, left where growers just managed to muddle in landwork in the autumn, could help to restore soil structure and build fertility, and play an important role as an ecological asset.

Following the unmitigated wash-out of Autumn 2019 and the elevated importance of spring sown crops this year, ADAMA Agricultural Solutions UK has launched its latest online crop protection portal to help growers tackle the twin challenges of cereal disease control and how to manage the increased area of spring plantings.

Experts are warning potato growers and buyers not to apply Chlorpropham (CIPC) at 2020 store loading, as they will face a high risk of not being able to sell the crop.

Crop science organisation NIAB has opened new headquarters in Cambridge following a two-year, £25 million redevelopment and construction project.

AHDB has launched a suite of new resources including tools, videos, web pages and publications, in a bid to strengthen its cereal disease management guidance for 2020.

Field-scale, heavy land trials at Agrii’s Stow Longa technology centre last season revealed spring barley yield and gross margin differences of almost 3t/ha and well over £350/ha.

Manitou UK has announced a number of key dealer appointments from January 2020.

Dave Baverstock spoke to Farmers Guide about his new role at the helm of PHR Rayne, where he has worked for more than 25 years.

A new water- or space-heating micro wind turbine package is now available from manufacturer FuturEnergy. It is the first of its kind as it focuses directly on producing heat, either connected to a water tank immersion heater or an electric heating radiator.

Potato growers are being urged to prepare now for changes in the potato seed treatment line-up this spring, as product choices and application options have narrowed.