11th October 2024
Carbon cycle: Balancing matters
How does carbon cycling help to build soil organic matter and what role does nitrogen play during the process? CPM explores the topic.
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11th October 2024
Residual herbicides: From the ground up
Solubility, adsorption, mobility and persistency – considering herbicide properties is all part and parcel of informed decision making, but how do current options stack up? CPM goes back to basics with residual herbicides.
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11th October 2024
Theory to field: Balancing nutrient management priorities
A time of change for AHDB as well as on farm has led to a major strategic review of RB209, the industry’s nutrient management guide. CPM reports on findings so far.
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11th October 2024
Pushing Performance: Tackling resistant ryegrass
With ryegrass becoming an increasing problem on arable farms, CPM learns how one farmer is using a multitude of tools to tackle resistant species.
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19th September 2024
Agricultural spiders: Wonders of the web
Despite all UK spider species being harmless to humans, these eight-legged creatures continue to be one of the most underestimated groups in nature, particularly when it comes to pest control. CPM learns why these heavy-hitting…
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18th September 2024
Nutrient plans: Planning for success
It’s sometimes regarded as a compliance ‘tick box’ exercise, yet creating a nutrient plan can deliver tangible benefits on the bottom line for a business, with new technology set to make the task even simpler.…
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17th September 2024
OSR disease: What’s the score?
It’s been almost a year since AHDB first published its new verticillium scoring system on the Recommended List, but what was involved in getting there and how do breeders feel about it? CPM delves deeper.
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17th September 2024
OSR weeds: A CCase of control
With talk circulating of a severely low planted area of oilseed rape going into autumn, industry experts are highlighting why it’s a vital break crop – namely, the opportunity it provides for grassweed control. As…
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17th September 2024
Milling wheat: The quality conundrum
In a growing season which some have described as ‘savage’, many commentators believe the most profitable wheats on many farms have been Group 1s, with some varieties performing better than others. CPM explores the potential…
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17th September 2024
BYDV control: Making an informed choice
As growers strive to reduce insecticide use spurred on by the incentives offered by SFI, what happens when high aphid pressure means there’s little choice but to consider a solution from a can? CPM talks…
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17th September 2024
Ghent visit: Biotech pioneers
Where better to visit than the birthplace of GM crops, Ghent, to learn about research coming out of its world-leading plant science research facilities 50 years later. CPM reports.