3rd September 2024
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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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Technical
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24th August 2024
Responsive rotations: Farming for tomorrow
As growers grapple with trying to balance rotations, a new initiative from Elsoms is claimed to help them do just that. CPM finds out more.
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23rd August 2024
Rhizophagy cycle: Attracting soil microbes
The role microbes play in plant growth and nutrient acquisition is a relatively recent discovery. CPM talks to researchers about endophytes and rhizophagy.
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22nd August 2024
Tissue testing: Nutritional nuances
A wealth of nutritional data has been collected during the past seven years, allowing the analysis of regional and national trends. CPM hears how one farmer has been contributing to the data set and the…
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Innovation
Machinery
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20th August 2024
Tyres: Treading a new path
Returning to agricultural tyre manufacturing has seen Continental design its new products from the ground up by introducing new technologies and improving efficiencies. CPM finds out why tyres are back in focus.
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19th August 2024
Drills: A drill for all seasons
Autumn drilling season has come back around with many hoping for a kinder term ahead. But whatever the weather decides to do, having the right drill for the job is as important as ever. CPM…
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15th August 2024
On-farm opinion: Healthy soils on the horizon
Moving into a regen farming system requires both time and patience with the drill playing a fundamental role in this transition. CPM speaks to a farmer who’s aiming to reinvigorate his soils using his latest…
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29th July 2024
Storage preparation: Separation solutions
Investment in a new piece of kit has helped a Cambridgeshire farmer to make the most of intercropping. CPM finds out more.
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26th July 2024
Cultivators and ploughs: Soil preparation
Soil preparation provides a multitude of benefits on farm, but having the right machine for the job can make all the difference. CPM explores some new machines that can help towards achieving the ideal seedbed.
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23rd July 2024
Balers: The plastic problem
Plastic use in modern farming is unavoidable - its uses are many and varied. But more often than not it isn’t recycled, creating a large and growing problem that one organisation is trying to tackle.…
Roots
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21st August 2024
Sugar beet agronomy: Pest-killing grass
A grass containing endophytes is showing promise in controlling two key sugar beet pests. CPM speaks to researchers to find out more.
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15th August 2024
Potatoes: Potato virus prevention
The 2022 spike in aphid numbers has resulted in a significant impact on the production cycle for seed potatoes, despite populations decreasing since. CPM investigates the steps industry experts are taking to combat the most…
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26th July 2024
Potato agronomy: Winning the war on volunteers
The potato industry and those that rent out land to grow the crop have to take a robust, joined up approach to reduce numbers of volunteers, which cause a long list of agronomic problems across…
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23rd July 2024
Sugar beet survey: Smart sugar beet
With the development of the Conviso Smart system offering a lifeline to sugar beet growers struggling to grow the break crop, CPM explores how it can be best deployed on farm.
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22nd June 2024
Alternative approaches to sugar beet: Nitrogen nuances
In the second of a two-part series investigating new techniques or technologies to improve sugar beet growing, CPM looks at trials seeking to improve agronomic practice.
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18th June 2024
SPot store event: Evolving ethylene
Could ethylene finally be used safely in crisping and chip shop potato stores? CPM hears about advances in its use at a GB Potatoes SPot store event, run in conjunction with Potato Storage Insight and…
Opinion
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16th August 2024
Last Word: Timeworn pages
“Remember the real me when I cannot remember you” – wow, as someone who’s cared for a relative with dementia, that quote has brought a tear to my eye.
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16th August 2024
Talking Taties: Variable outcomes
Somewhat predictably, given the rain, it’s a light land year. Our winter barley is all cut and varied in yield from not quite 6t/ha to a reasonable 7.9t/ha, with the average tantalisingly close to 7t/ha.…
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16th August 2024
Nature Natters: Harvesting new opportunities
It’s been a busy summer of conferences, shows and events across the country and I’ve had conversations with many different farmers. It’s become increasingly obvious that they fall into two distinct camps – those who…
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15th August 2024
Smith’s Soapbox: St. Margarets field under new holy orders
Harvest 2024 is erased from the fields but probably not from the memory, for all the wrong reasons. The record wet that fell in both the autumn and winter left its scars – cereals don’t like…
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24th July 2024
Talking Taties: Testing Times
As seasons go, spring 2024 must be one of the most frustrating that I’ve experienced in 30 years of farming. It’s tested everything – from kit to people to resolve, and everything in between. But…
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24th July 2024
Nature Natters: Hopes for harvest and beyond
With a changing climate, the unpredictability of our weather has certainly been bad news for food this year and not for the best for farming. Predictions were always that it’d get warmer, but lately we’re…
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