24th July 2024
Smith’s Soapbox: A PTSD-conditioned harvest
I once read that to claim to have lived a full farming life, a farmer should see first-hand at least fifty harvests. I’d guess I’m far from alone in that given I was handed harvest…
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24th July 2024
Cereals Event report: Focus on food production
Farming has faced an incredibly trying season, but this year’s Cereals Event proved there’s still plenty to be positive and optimistic about, whether it’s a change in the administration, progressive breeding or the wider adoption…
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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.
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24th July 2024
Early drilled wheat: Getting ahead
With the recent washout autumn proving a stark reminder of the volatilities of Mother Nature, some growers will be conscious to drill winter cereals as early as realistically viable, to avoid missing out altogether. CPM…
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24th July 2024
Better buying, better selling: Optimising economic wheat options
So far, the 2023/24 season has been one many might want to forget, but a global tightening of wheat supplies could help drive up prices. CPM examines the current market, its future prospects and what…
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24th July 2024
Theory to field: RL changes afoot?
Scoping reviews into reducing inputs in Recommended List trials have left AHDB with tricky decisions. CPM finds out more.
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23rd July 2024
Pushing Performance: Supercharging soils
Two years on from our last visit, CPM catches up with Overbury Enterprises’ Jake Freestone to find out about his latest endeavours to ‘supercharge’ soils.
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23rd July 2024
Groundswell report: Immersive learning
Nine years of Groundswell festival and it continues to be a sell-out event. CPM joined the 8000 visitors at Lannock Manor Farm in Hertfordshire to hear this year’s hot topics, meet faces new and old,…
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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.…
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23rd July 2024
Alternative crops: Grape minds think alike
With international winemakers buying land in England to produce sparkling tipple, could viticulture prove the ideal diversification exercise for arable growers looking for something different? CPM reads between the wines.
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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.
