30th July 2025
Forcing a fungicide re-think
A new strain of yellow rust has ripped through crops from Scotland to East Anglia but this time, fungicide efficacy isn’t in question. CPM investigates what’s behind the shift.
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28th July 2025
Last Word: Farming forgiveness
Something I was exposed to very early on in life was how to bear an effective grudge, and while I loved him dearly, this was an attribute my grandad John was most skilled at.
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28th July 2025
Nature Natters: Beat the heat
It’s been the sunniest, warmest and driest first half of the year on record, and like many around my way in Cambridgeshire, we’ve harvested our crops around 2-3 weeks earlier than in a ‘normal’ year…
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28th July 2025
Smith’s Soapbox: Timeless charm of the tented field
One suspects crowds of folk have been occasionally gathering in farmed fields for as long as there have been farmed fields. In times past, the causes of such al fresco occasions could be manifold – from…
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28th July 2025
Talking Taties: Ever optimistic
Is it going to be a back end of sheeting trailers and dragging tow straps around? Who knows? Mother Nature tends to pay her debts at some time or other.
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25th July 2025
How LimeX makes the most of sugar beet processing
For growers looking to ensure optimum soil pH and therefore maximise yields and enhance overall soil health, LimeX is arguably becoming a go-to product to address this critical aspect of rotational management.
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24th July 2025
Reclaiming rapeseed
Despite a challenging few years for the crop, innovation in oilseed rape breeding continues to evolve. CPM travelled to NPZ HQ in Cambridgeshire to learn more about its latest offerings and how to get the…
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24th July 2025
Finding a place for electric tractors
Compressed gas fuels such as hydrogen and methane would appear to be the way forward for alternative propulsion in larger arable tractors, but might battery-electric power be more practical for smaller ones? Fendt believes so,…
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24th July 2025
Common Ground: Taking a zero tolerance approach to grassweeds
With autumn 2023 still fresh in minds and harvest likely to fall earlier this year, delaying drilling may prove hard for many, placing additional pressure on herbicide programmes and weed control approaches. CPM hosts this…
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24th July 2025
Why you should care about PCN
Just because many in the potato sector are deeply knowledgeable about PCN and the catastrophic damage the microscopic pest can cause, it seems others could be lacking the basics regarding its control and management. CPM…
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24th July 2025
Phoma’s evolutionary journey
Research investigating phoma stem canker in oilseed rape indicates the pathogen continues to mutate, posing a potential threat to the efficacy of fungicides particularly azoles. CPM investigates what this could mean for growers.