17th April 2025
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Agronomy
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17th April 2025
Biological product adoption: Overcoming biological barriers
Efficacy, usability and regulatory constraints may have hindered more widespread adoption of biological products. CPM looks at how these barriers could be overcome, including innovative approaches to formulation.
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17th April 2025
Genomics webinar: Genomics – paving the way for biostimulant payback
As technology continues to drive innovation in agriculture, CPM takes an in-depth look at how genomics could help growers to get more from alternative crop inputs like biostimulants.
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16th April 2025
OSR disease control: Making the most of actives
Isofetamid could offer growers another string to their bow to help combat sclerotinia in oilseed rape, providing the option of a little-used active that works well with others. CPM investigates the ins and outs of…
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Machinery
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18th April 2025
How a single day using a chaser bin persuaded one farmer to invest
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15th April 2025
Chaser bins: No more chasing around
There’s hardly enough time, hands or weather windows during harvest to go around, meaning everything can become rather stretched. CPM explores how investing in a chaser bin could improve timeliness, staff distribution and help consolidate…
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19th March 2025
Balers: Chopping no matter what
When it comes to bailing, timeliness is key, so having a machine that can be counted on to make the most of every weather window is vital. CPM takes a closer look at why reliability…
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Roots
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19th March 2025
Free-living nematodes: Case for biological nematode control builds in beet
The risk of free-living nematode damage in sugar beet crops is increasingly being influenced by changes in climate and farm management practices, which could strengthen the case for using a bionematicide where risk is identified.…
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14th February 2025
CUPGRA: Pricing position strength for potato growers
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12th December 2024
Potato webinars: Storage finesse
Rotations
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19th April 2025
Maize: Matching maize’s requirements
Much of what maximises the potential of maize occurs in the spring, with the emphasis being on getting the crop off to the best start. CPM takes a look at the role of nutrition and…
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18th April 2025
BASE-UK: Overcoming regen frustrations
Farming following regenerative agriculture principles isn’t always sunlit uplands, as shared by speakers at the recent BASE-UK conference. CPM provides insight into their challenges and the solutions they’ve identified to overcome them.
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15th April 2025
Bioscience in practice: Keeping a finger on the pulse
By identifying key stress points and applying appropriate interventions at the correct time, UK farmers could have the opportunity to improve the consistency and profitability of home-grown protein crops. CPM explores some of the products…
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24th March 2025
BASE-UK: Is lucerne the answer to living mulch challenge?
Could lucerne provide the benefits of a living mulch system without some of the associated yield challenges? A Danish grower presented his innovative strategy at the recent BASE-UK conference, where CPM joined delegates.
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24th March 2025
Pulse Progress: Growing for gold – getting the best out of pulse crops
With pulses garnering more interest across the sector, CPM finds out how growers can get the best out of these protein-packed break crops.
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22nd March 2025
Spring cropping: Golden gains with oats
With minds firmly on spring cropping plans, CPM speaks to experts about the advantages of growing spring oats, whether that’s naked or conventional.
Innovation
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30th May 2023
Seven Future Agricultural Machinery Trends
New products are constantly being launched into the agriculture machinery market, but as technology advances, these could soon look very different to what the industry’s come to expect. CPM takes a closer look.
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8th November 2022
Natural alternative for CIPC established for potato market
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18th July 2022
The root crop debate
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18th July 2022
Food for fertile minds
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18th July 2022
Farming has the answers
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19th June 2022
Green Horizons – A circular approach tells its own story
Opinion
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26th March 2025
Smith’s Soapbox: Survival of the fittest
One of the main winter distractions that punctuated my farm day was patrolling oilseed rape crops for pigeons. The daily routine of checking gas bangers while persecuting the blue menace with aerial bombardments from rockets…
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26th March 2025
Talking Taties with Andrew Wilson: Biting the bullet
It’s funny how a few dry days in winter makes everything look better on farm. As I write, we’ve tray tested our brand-new-second-hand spreader and spun some urea onto backward crops and the strip-tilled wheat…
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25th March 2025
Last Word: Imaginations running wild
Given I’m a self-proclaimed socially inept individual, yet have often worked in positions where schmoozing is a pre-requisite, I’ve fast learnt to keep a few talking-point topics up my sleeve, ready to fire at the…
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25th March 2025
Nature Natters: Share with nature, share the responsibility
Many of you will have noticed the increased focus both in policy and in the media on how we use our land and what it can deliver for society. Whether it’s the Land Use Framework…
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13th March 2025
CPM POV: “We don’t need another tax thrust upon us…”
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14th February 2025
Lastword with Janine Adamson: Change is as good as the rest
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