Author Posts: Farmers Guide

Sugar beet growers looking to capitalise on the crop’s strong income potential by raising yields could make substantial gains by boosting leaf development with a combined early-season nutrition and plant growth stimulant programme, new trial findings by agronomy firm ProCam suggest.

  Amazone now offers the new AD-P 01 Special pneumatic seed drill in a 3m working width for use in combination with the new KE 01 rotary harrow or the

Rank Hovis Milling Ltd, one of the UK’s largest flour milling businesses, is to expand its interest in the Group 2 variety KWS Siskin after large-scale milling trials showed that

Get ready for the season ahead by testing for PCN now, says science research and innovation organisation Fera.  Potatoes cyst nematodes (PCN) are considered the most damaging pest of potato

  NEMSA, the North of England Mule Sheep Association, remains in fine heart, with a growing membership fast approaching four figures and a solid financial footing, members heard at a

A well planned T0 fungicide should be the foundation to effective disease control in wheat crops this spring, agronomy firm Hutchinsons says.

  KUHN Farm Machinery has launched a new mist sprayer as part of its Amenity Pro horticultural equipment range. The trailed Antis mist sprayer – which will be on display

Better targeting of wild oat herbicide applications this spring could improve control of the increasingly prevalent and yield robbing weed. Timing to hit weeds early and adopting new application techniques

Legislation to make CCTV cameras mandatory in slaughterhouses in England to safeguard animal welfare has been laid (23 February) by Environment Secretary Michael Gove. The proposals will also give the

Kuhn Farm Machinery has added four new models to its range of Oceanis trailed crop sprayers: the Oceanis 5002, 5602, 6902 and 7702 machines have tank capacities of 5,000, 5,600, 6,900 and 7,700 litres respectively and are available with compact, all-aluminium booms in widths of 24–48m.

The PGRO Roadshow, in association with Syngenta, has been working its way across the country, offering an insight into the crops’ latest market outlook and agronomy developments to over 250

British growers of malting barley for brewing and distilling will be able to use the new fungicide Elatus Era on crops this season, says its manufacturer Syngenta – after news