Latest PGRO pulse crop bulletin: Timely advice on Combining pea and field bean dessication
Becky Ward, PGRO senior technical officer, advises: If you are considering desiccating combining peas, the correct stage of application is important. Moisture content should be between 40-45% when the crop is turning yellow, bottom pods are parchment-like and the seed is hard. Middle pods should be pitted and crinkled, pods becoming parchment-like […]
Young Food Writer of the Year Announced
Eleven-year-old Joseph Wigley from Somerset has won the 2011 WriteIt! competition, fighting off stiff competition from many aspiring young food writers. This annual competition, organised by the Guild of Food Writers, is open to entrants aged up to 18 years old. Entrants were asked to write a descriptive piece of about 1,000 words, either […]
Farm food shops grow on Ice – battle with multiples hots up
Ice, the burgeoning loyalty scheme, has seen an exponential growth in partners from the farm shop sector in its first six months of operations. The growth, from 15 to 500 partners, comes as the sector sees the benefits of offering local produce and national level rewards as well as the attractiveness among consumers for being […]
Field trials with GM potatoes and wheat destroyed
On the nights of 9 and 11 July 2011, two field trials funded by the German Ministry of Research involving genetically modified plants were destroyed by unknown attackers, who used brutal violence against the guards. The trials in Gross Lsewitz near Rostock and in plingen (Saxony-Anhalt) were being used to develop new risk […]
Scottish company gives cow breeding a power-up with game console technology
A Scottish technology company has created a groundbreaking new cattle breeding product using the same technology found in popular games consoles. Embedded Technology Solutions (ETS), based in Glasgow, invented the Silent Herdsman technology using a three-axis accelerometer; the movement-detection hardware found in consumer consoles like the Nintendo Wii. The technology, a collar which sits around […]
Kent council unanimously condemns live exports
A Kent council horrified by live animal exports from Ramsgate is pressing the government to back an EU movement which could see the end of live exports from the UK. Thanet District Council last night unanimously passed a resolution calling for the government to push the EU for an eight hour limit on all […]
Time to start Sclerotinia prevention programme in carrots
The BASF and ADAS sponsored Sclerotinia monitoring system for carrot growers has recorded sclerotial germination and indicates that the first fungicide treatments will be required soon as main crops approach full ground cover. Dr. Peter Gladders from ADAS Boxworth explains that sclerotia are now germinating in carrots and barley in Norfolk and in some […]
Land Rover to the fore at the 2011 CLA Game Fair
As the worlds biggest celebration of country sport and pursuits, The CLA Game Fair provides Land Rover with a superb opportunity to connect with a key part of its UK market. This years event at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire (22nd to 24th July), promises to attract thousands of visitors to enjoy a vast range […]
Sesame set for second year of success for growers
Seed grower Nick Wilson, who farms near Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, achieved an overall yield seed of 4.6t/ha (1.9t/acre) from his Sesame oilseed rape last season, with yields touching the golden number of 5t/ha on the main parts of his field. This season, Nick’s crop looks set fair to equal or exceed that yield and he […]
