SAC Consulting questions Carbon audits are they relevant?
Carbon audits must not be treated as another tick box exercise for farmers but viewed…
Browsing: Agronomy
Biscuit wheat performs well on the fens
David Hoyles of GH Hoyles Ltd in Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, is very pleased with his…
Rapid test for light leaf spot in OSR available from September
A simple, rapid test to identify the most economically damaging disease in the UK for…
UK government provides £3.3 million in funding to Miscanthus upscaling project
A project to facilitate more planting of the perennial bioenergy crop, Miscanthus, has been awarded…
Digital farming platform pays for itself in first season
The benefits far outweighed the costs in the first year of using the Omnia digital…
NAAC field trials show that bigger seed sizes result in a better crop
New independent field trials done this year by SGS, on behalf of the National Association…
Universities collaborate on project using light to monitor crops for pests and disease
Experts at two Midlands universities are starting a new project to develop a photonic ‘nose’…
Pre-emergence broadleaf weed control in oilseed rape could aid grassweed control
Farmers planning to get back into oilseed rape growing this autumn on the back of…
Mind the gap – use a pre-emergence herbicide to allow OSR to steal a march on weeds
Dr Bill Lankford, herbicide technical specialist at ADAMA advises that with rapeseed prices remaining high,…
Wait for moisture to drill OSR
As harvest progresses almost a week earlier than normal and land is cleared, many growers…