14th August 2024
Sustainable Solutions: A wider viewpoint
Widening the crop rotation has been a vital tool for one farm manager in his drive to make the land both more productive and sustainable. CPM speaks to him to dig into the details.
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25th July 2024
OSR new season: A recipe for success
In a bid to retain valuable oilseed rape within rotations, growers and agronomists are devising multi-faceted ‘recipes’ to help improve the establishment success rate of the crop. CPM finds out more.
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25th July 2024
Seed treatments: Avoiding the take-all trap
Wet weather, mild temperatures and high grassweed burdens this season are set to boost the build-up of the take-all fungus in soils. CPM explores the latest research to find out more.
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16th June 2024
Sustainable Solutions: Making every hectare pay
Optimising productivity to return the best profit possible is helping one Kent farmer target long-term sustainability. CPM speaks to him to discover how he’s doing this.
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22nd May 2024
Insider’s View: barley – Buzzard against BYDV
Growing more comprehensive and steadfast disease tolerant and resistant varieties has become increasingly important in agriculture and with the launch of SY Buzzard, growers now have the option of BYDV tolerance in hybrid barley. CPM…
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15th April 2024
Sustainable Solutions: Refining a mixed system
Ensuring an efficient agricultural business across every productive square metre of the land is the primary aim of Gatley Farms in Herefordshire. CPM learns how this approach is complementing the farm’s sustainability goals.
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10th March 2024
Sustainable Solutions: Success in flexibility
Taking a flexible and adaptable approach to farming has helped Ed Walton to successfully manage multiple challenges, proving the area of land doesn’t always matter, but the way it’s farmed does. CPM speaks to him…
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9th February 2024
Mancozeb: As one door prepares to close…
After much uncertainty, the HSE finally announced last month that mancozeb doesn’t meet approval criteria and therefore it proposes to withdraw it from use. CPM asks whether the industry is prepared for the impending loss…
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4th December 2023
Drone technology: Eye in the sky
Drones may not be new to the industry but they are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are being utilised for more and more operations as the technology improves. CPM investigates.
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20th August 2023
Oilseed rape: A place for pyrethroids?
The questions around applying pyrethroid-based insecticides aren’t new, with many feeling their use is severely limited and, in some cases, detrimental. CPM discovers whether they still have a place on farm.
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18th August 2023
Sustainable Solutions: Old lessons hard learned
Complacency is not an option when it comes to grassweed management and in years where forces favour them, it’s more important than ever to prioritise cultural control methods. CPM explores sustainable approaches to help manage…