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How adjusting septoria score can protect early wheat crops

Tweaking winter wheat fungicide programmes to reflect drilling date can help mitigate yield losses from septoria, says ADAS research.

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Optimise herbicide applications for effective weed control this spring

Maximising herbicide efficiency will be key to controlling weeds while reducing input costs this spring.

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Coveted award for agri-tech innovation Hub

A new central hub building at South Lincolnshire’s latest Food Enterprise Zone has won ‘Development Project of the Year’ at the Greater Lincolnshire Construction and Property Awards.

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Farmer builds resilience with trees and hedges

The Woodland Trust has decades of experience helping farmers to make their businesses more economically and ecologically resilient with trees and hedges. We take a look at one landowner’s experience of planting with the Trust’s MOREhedges scheme.

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Protect herds from spring butterfat depression

Good rumen function and energy supply boost butterfat during spring grazing.

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Wynnstay alters layerrations to reducephosphate excretion

Poultry feed supplier Wynnstay says it has adapted rations to reduce the amount of phosphate excreted by the birds.

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Push ahead urgently with review of pork sector, Defra warned

The government is being urged
to push forward with its pork supply chain view – and help secure lasting reform and a fairer trading environment for struggling pig producers.

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How seed potato trials are helping to control disease

Researchers and farmers testing alternative solutions to protect the high health status of the UK seed potato industry.

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£3000/ha sugar beet offer inundated with inquiries

Contract to supply Bury St Edmunds factory with
early beet deliveries this September

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Trials shine spotlight on early weed control

Growers should seek to control grass weeds sooner rather than later this spring – rather than waiting for more to emerge, suggests NIAB research.

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