Latest PGRO pulse crop bulletin: Post-emergence herbicides, pest control, disease control, pea moth
Becky Ward, PGRO senior technical officer, advises: Post-emergence herbicides In beans, post-emergence options are limited to bentazone. If it is used at full rate, then applications are from 3 nodes. Full rate applications are expensive but split options at reduced rates can be both effective on small susceptible weeds and significantly reduce costs. Weeds beyond […]
Rupert and Ryan set to light up make mine Milk campaign
Rupert Grint, star of the Harry Potter film franchise, and Ryan Reynolds, the man behind the mask in new super hero film Green Lantern, have been unveiled as the new faces of the make mine Milk campaign. Each actor has had their upper lip adorned with the iconic milk tash, and can be seen on […]
Latest developments in demand at Grassland & Muck
Advance ticket sales for Grassland & Muck 2011 are higher than ever, reflecting strong demand from visitors keen to save money and time, reports event organiser the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Thousands of farmers and contractors from across Great Britain and Ireland will visit the event to seek out the latest developments and advice […]
EU biodiversity route risks undermining farmers green achievements
The NFU has said the EU risks undermining the efforts made by farmers to protect precious biodiversity and water resources if it chooses to continue with its greening route for the Common Agriculture Policy. The news comes as the The EU Commission adopted a Communication1 on its 2020 Biodiversity Strategy: Our life insurance, our natural […]
Continuing dry weather brings scab threat forward for potato growers
Lack of rain has affected most of England and Wales and unusually dry ground may result in higher levels of common scab than in the last few years, says Potato Council technical executive Chris Steele. The disease costs the industry about 4m a year in rejections and remains quite a problem. It mostly affects the […]
William and Grace head for Newark Show
Horncastle schoolboy, William Lovely, will be heading to Newark & Nottinghamshire County Show (14 and 15 May) for his first show with his 8 month-old Belgian Blue calf, Grace 2010 otherwise known as Speckle. What makes 15 year-old Williams story so special is that he is autistic and bought Speckle, his first calf, with money […]
West Midlands Potato Day 2011
Food security and the sustainability of the potato industry are top of the agenda at this years West Midlands Potato Day to be held at Woodlands Farm, Weston-under-Lizzard, Staffordshire on June 8. The day will follow the popular formula of a mixture of talks, an open forum and field workshops. Keynote speakers will be AHDB […]
Wynnstay brings Midlands grain companies together for increased National presence
Leading agriculture and retail group, Wynnstay is bringing together two of the Midlands premier grain marketing businesses to create a substantial new company providing farmers across a wide trading area with the best possible access to national grain, oilseed and pulse markets. The deal announced this week (Thursday May 5) sees Wrekin Grain acquired by […]
New Rentokil treatment tackles the pests you can’t see
Agricultural Industry set to benefit from thermal imaging Rentokil, the pest control experts, have developed a new thermal imaging treatment to deliver quicker and more effective identification of pest control problems, using infra red technologies. This will give businesses access to pest-related information they would otherwise be unable to see such as rodents harbourages in […]
