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Encourage your black-grass to grow Curve Overlay
09/09/2016

Encourage your black-grass to grow

Cover crops are proving to be a useful component in the heavy land battle against resistant black-grass, particularly when grown ahead of direct drilled spring wheat and spring barley. Dominic Kilburn explains.

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Timely Companions Curve Overlay
09/09/2016

Timely Companions

At Reaseheath College, Nantwich, Agrovista and Pottinger have worked together on a project researching new methods of undersowing grass into maize. With two months to go until harvest, we went along to find out more. Matthew Tilt reports.

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Recognising progressive farmers - leading through business practice and example Curve Overlay
08/09/2016

Recognising progressive farmers - leading through business practice and example

Agriculture has always faced challenges, and in the current marketplace it takes strong leadership and business acumen to stand out and succeed...

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Precision agronomy – Map it and make use of it Curve Overlay
07/09/2016

Precision agronomy – Map it and make use of it

Whether knowledge on field variability is something you know from experience or is contained in vast amounts of historical data, it must be captured before it can be used to improve productivity. CPM seeks advice on how.

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Encourage your black-grass to grow Curve Overlay
06/09/2016

Encourage your black-grass to grow

Cover crops are proving to be a useful component in the heavy land battle against resistant black-grass, particularly when grown ahead of direct drilled spring wheat and spring barley. Dominic Kilburn explains. 

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Timely Companions Curve Overlay
06/09/2016

Timely Companions

At Reaseheath College, Nantwich, Agrovista and Pottinger have worked together on a project researching new methods of undersowing grass into maize. With two months to go until harvest, we went along to find out more. Matthew Tilt reports.

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Project Lamport: Update Curve Overlay
06/09/2016

Project Lamport: Update

Despite all the talk and advice surrounding blackgrass control over the years, the problem refuses to go away. As a consequence, Agrovista and Bayer CropScience joined forces to set up Project Lamport, a 5 year project to develop new ways of controlling blackgrass on heavy land.

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Spring crops rid heavy land of bad blackgrass Curve Overlay
26/08/2016

Spring crops rid heavy land of bad blackgrass

A long-term heavy land trial in Northamptonshire examining how growers can control blackgrass is offering good proof that spring-sown crops and a healthy dose of patience make a winning combination.

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Companion cropping could solve maize environmental issues Curve Overlay
26/08/2016

Companion cropping could solve maize environmental issues

- Companion crops can reduce soil erosion, leaching and structural damage in maize - First UK trial aims to uncover best seed mixes and weed management strategy - Drill gives one-pass solution to establish maize and companion crop at same time

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