5th December 2024
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Technical
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20th October 2024
Pest control: Guarding grain
Unlike Roland Rat, Mickey Mouse or Jiminy Cricket, most rodents and insects are an unwelcome sight in grain stores, leading to a multitude of issues including grain being rejected. CPM investigates what can be done…
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19th October 2024
Sulphur management: The forgotten nutrient
Following wash-out conditions during the past year, early-season sulphur applications could do much to boost crop establishment this autumn and create the foundation for optimising nitrogen utilisation next spring. CPM finds out why sulphur management…
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18th October 2024
Wholecrop: The whole approach
While grain crops remain the backbone of UK arable production, wholecrop cereals can play a key role in rotations with rising demand underpinning a range of new marketing opportunities. CPM takes a look at the…
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Machinery
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21st October 2024
On farm opinion: A career well crafted
What separates a job from a career? While a job pays the bills, careers are built over years, with learning and craftsmanship poured into them. As Amazone’s Simon Brown retires, CPM finds out what’s shaped…
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15th October 2024
New kick on the block
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15th October 2024
Foragers: Chopping champs
A 50-year legacy is certainly something to write home about, and as Claas’ Jaguar celebrates this particular milestone, CPM speaks to one farmer who’s been loyal to this machine for almost three decades.
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Roots
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11th October 2024
Sugar beet varieties: Compare and contrast
With the lifting of current season sugar beet crops well underway, variety performance is under scrutiny as growers make decisions on what to sow this spring. CPM speaks to those in the know.
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17th September 2024
Potato-LITE project: Lowering cultivation intensity
Developing lower intensity potato cultivations could help growers to improve soil health and save money, but stone content remains a challenge. CPM investigates the latest research which aims to address this.
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16th September 2024
Soil pH survey: Lucky number (pH) 7
Good soil health is down to an amalgamation of factors. CPM explores how growers can optimise these in order to achieve optimum performance.
Sustainable Farming
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25th August 2024
Wildflower meadows: Meadows matter
The introduction of SFI has created a surge of interest in implementing actions which aim to promote biodiversity through habitat creation. But does simply ticking a box deliver enough? CPM investigates what’s possible when inspiration…
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19th August 2024
Soil Farmer of the Year: Soil superstars
Following this year’s Groundswell event, CPM caught up with 2024’s Soil Farmer of the Year to find out how they’re making the most of the ground below.
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15th August 2024
Fertiliser: What can wee do?
Self-sufficiency is a broader issue than just the food grown and consumed within the UK, extending to all other inputs including fertiliser. CPM explores a novel approach which converts urine to a domestically produced fertiliser…
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14th August 2024
Sustainable Solutions: A wider viewpoint
Widening the crop rotation has been a vital tool for one farm manager in his drive to make the land both more productive and sustainable. CPM speaks to him to dig into the details.
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25th July 2024
Food chain conference: Driving sustainability
A sustainability conference organised to discuss and debate topics around building a more resilient food supply chain has highlighted some clear strategies for the future. CPM reports.
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24th July 2024
Crop production insights: Incentivising sustainable action
Contracts providing incentives for sustainable production are becoming increasingly common. CPM finds out more from Frontier Agriculture.
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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17th October 2024
Talking Taties: From dust to clart
Firstly a few positives – for one, our late-drilled spring cereals were just about worth sowing; not anything like as good as the earlier planted crops, but I didn’t expect they would be. However, the rent…
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11th October 2024
Smith’s Soapbox: Of naturists and naturalists
Being a coastal farm brings benefits and burdens – it means you get more wind and less rain as storm clouds rush to the magnetic attraction of the sea. So in September, while the English…
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11th October 2024
Nature Natters: Nature has answers if government provides the budget
It's that time of year when farming businesses are committing new investments and hope into next year's harvest. Rotational plans have been made, inputs been bought and crops have been planted in the hope of…
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21st September 2024
Smith’s Soapbox: Behold the flatliners
It’s a pensive moment to be writing in CPM magazine on its 25th birthday – a quarter of a century is a notable passage of time. It used to be the definition of ‘a generation’…
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17th September 2024
Talking Taties: Threat means opportunity
Before I get my crystal ball out, I think we should consider the past – 25 years ago feels like it should be 1985, but it’s actually 1999 – scary!
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17th September 2024
Last Word: The future is feeling
During our latest readership survey, one thing was apparent – CPM readers treasure physical copies of the magazine. In fact, 65% of those who participated answered ‘no’ when asked if they’d be happy to receive…
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