HDC works with Belgian grower groups to secure new EAMU for celery and fennel growers
Silver Y Moth is one of the most serious celery pests, with the caterpillars able to bore through petioles towards the top of plants, as well as eating through entire leaves. Crop protection staff at HDC worked with Belgian grower groups using Belgian residue data to secure the EAMU for ‘Tracer’ containing (480 g / […]
NFU and British Sugar agree price increase for 2014/15 beet campaign
Following months of detailed discussions, the price for the 2014 crop, which would have been set at £27.67/t under the IPA model, has been agreed at a higher level of £31.67/t. NFU sugar board chairman William Martin said: “We are pleased to have reached a successful agreement with British Sugar on the 2014/15 sugar beet […]
Savvy marketing needed to shift oat surplus
Following the wet autumn and winter of 2012 in which many growers struggled to plant crops as normal and also resulted in large swathes of partially established crops failing. Many growers switched to oats for their fit within rotations and because there was seed available. Some growers will have secured buy-back contracts offering premiums or […]
Early CIPC applications critical
Potato Council technologist and member of the Potato Industry CIPC Stewardship Group (PICSG), Adrian Briddon, reminds growers that the ‘Be CIPC Compliant’ initiative, launched last month, urges growers and contractors to apply CIPC as early as feasible, once crops have gone into store. “This strategy improves product efficacy and, where applicable, extends the interval period […]
Black Isle growers selected as new East Highland Monitor Farms
Joining the Mathesons on the three-year AHDB project is Grant Cuthill, farm manager for John Gordon at neighbouring Rosefarm which rents land from the Mathesons as part of its 3,000 tonne Pre-Basic seed potato enterprise. The project is being financed by HGCA, with additional funding being made available through the Scotland Rural Development Programme, which […]
Nitrogen Ideas Lab
Three teams of UK and USA researchers will begin a programme of novel research to revolutionise current farming methods by giving crops the ability to thrive without using costly, polluting manufactured fertilisers. The three highly innovative projects include: searching the planet for a lost bacterium with special, sought-after properties; using synthetic biology to create a […]
Fife growers come together for new Arable Monitor Farm project
Danny and Alison Milne from Demperston Farm, Auchtermuchty, and neighbour John Weir at Lacesston Farm in Gateside, will come together for the next three years in the new Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Monitor Farm project, starting this autumn. The project is being financed by HGCA, with additional funding being made available through the […]
Don’t be the next one to be fined – protection Zone?
Farmers everywhere are receiving phone calls and visits from RPA officers who have the job of assessing just how compliant farmers are being with all the Regulations that apply. People are up to speed with NVZ matters much more now, animal loadings are routinely considered and quite a few wasteful practices – such as Winter […]
2013 AHDB/HGCA survey reveals mixed picture for GB crops
As a result of the poor planting and growing conditions this year farmers were asked to submit their intended harvest area rather than planted area. Total GB area dedicated to barley and oats has increased, while wheat and oilseed rape area has reduced, reflecting the poor planting conditions of last autumn and a switch […]
