8th September 2025
Mitigating emerging threats
Trials to unlock greater understanding about cercospora and beet moth should help growers with control of the two threats in future years. CPM reports.
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27th August 2025
Potatoes: setting up for success
Fast becoming the realm of specialist root crop growers, there’s much to consider when it comes to producing a profitable potato crop. CPM attended Hutchinsons’ potato trial open day in Spalding to hear the latest…
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27th August 2025
Where less is more
A ten-year study confirms that doing little and treading lightly pays dividends when it to comes to soil productivity. CPM speaks to the researcher behind the work.
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27th August 2025
Treading lightly: why tyres could be the most powerful soil health tool
While soil health has earned its rightful place at the top of the agronomic agenda, it’s easy to overlook one of the simplest, yet most influential pieces of equipment in the fight against compaction –…
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27th August 2025
Talking Taties: We’ve come a long way
Taties get a bad press when it comes to soil. If we were to assume nothing had changed since the ‘bed-till to death and blather everything with Temik’ days of the 1990s, perhaps it’d be…
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27th August 2025
Smith’s Soapbox: No profiting from perversity
I know I’m not the only one who won’t remember 2025 for its benign weather. The scale of this meteorological adversity is neatly illustrated by the accompanying image of my neighbour’s maize…
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27th August 2025
Nature Natters: To plough or not to plough?
As harvests have progressed and fields have cleared, we begin to refocus on what to do with our soil to prepare for the next crop. Post-harvest soil condition varies tremendously each year depending on what…
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27th August 2025
Harnessing soil-based power
Driving carbon into soils by optimising cover crops could prove a way to help combat blackgrass as part of a sustainable rotation. CPM heads to Agrovista’s flagship trial site to find out more.
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27th August 2025
Mulch to learn
New research on living mulches confirms some key soil health benefits from a system that requires careful tailoring to suit. CPM gets a sneak preview of the results.
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27th August 2025
Building on a proven pedigree
Following a successful reign for KWS Extase, the variety has now spawned a daughter that has already made a mark on the Recommended List… CPM reveals more about KWS Equipe.
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26th August 2025
A simple approach to the carbon economy
With the loss of SFI and confusion over its structure for the future, growers are urged to embrace the carbon economy. But how do they ensure starting out on the journey is as simple as…