Importance of varietal resistance in Phoma stem canker control
Last autumn Phoma stem canker escalated within a matter of days and some oilseed rape growers were caught unawares. With the current weather events already encouraging disease development plus high levels of inoculum in stubble, this years rape crop could also be at high risk early on. Growing an oilseed rape variety that performs […]
GrowHow introduces new blueprint for grass growth
Deciding which fertilisers fit best into your livestock management system is now a little easier with the introduction by GrowHow UK of a new booklet. Called the Blueprint for Growth Grass, it was launched at the Dairy Event on September 6. In essence, Blueprint for Growth is about looking carefully at the fertiliser options on […]
Food price spikes linked to Middle East revolts
Comment from Alan Bullion, Head of Analyst Team, Informa Agra Two new US studies suggest that there is a specific link between rising food prices and protests, as seen recently in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). According to researchers from the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI), the tipping point for […]
Organic wheat yields from Tewkesbury hit all time highs
Carl Gray of Grange Farm, Bredon, Tewkesbury, is celebrating all time high organic wheat yields, having yielded 7.3t/ha. (2.96t/acre) of Group 3 wheat, Invicta. The 12.5 ha field of Invicta was combined on 31st August using a John Deer 1177; and is the highest of any yields taken off the 120ha of organic cereals grown […]
Ashlyns Catering achieves Silver Food For Life catering mark
Ashlyns Catering has achieved the prestigious silver Food for Life Catering Mark from the Soil Association for serving fresh, healthy meals to Braintree Community Hospital and St Margarets Hospital in Epping, making them the first hospitals in the UK to gain a silver Catering Mark. Achieving the award demonstrates that the food served is fresh, […]
Bayer launches brand new rodenticide in time for autumn battle
As outside temperatures drop, daylight levels fall, and harvested maize crops come off the fields, the battle of this autumns rodent control programmes commence across many of the countrys livestock units. But for farmers faced with increasing problems of rodent resistance and an armoury waning in effectiveness, they now have access to a brand new […]
NK Bull tops maize list for ME yield
NK Bull has topped the official NIAB forage maize Descriptive List 2012, for the highest yield of Metabolisable Energy (ME) per hectare. The high ME yield of NK Bull can enable dairy and beef farmers to drive profitable production, whilst minimising the use of costly brought in energy rations. Published at the Dairy Event and […]
Members of the Yarcombe Young Farmers Club are crowned the ultimate Beefcakes of East Devon, Somerset and Dorset
Members of the Yarcombe Young Farmers Club are celebrating after beating off stiff competition to be crowned the regions biggest, and brightest, beefcakes by Synergy Farm Health. Taking the prize was no mean feat. Throughout the summer, at agricultural shows across the East Devon, Somerset and Dorset region, Synergy Farm Health challenged clubs to cram […]
Zara Phillips receives first Range Rover Evoque
Land Rover ambassador Zara Phillips is the first person to take delivery of a new Range Rover Evoque. Ms Phillips drove away the 5-door Stornaway Grey Evoque from the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, where she was competing this weekend. Land Rover UK Marketing Director, Laura Schwab showed Zara around her new car and said […]
