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Borders quest for record-breaking wheat Curve Overlay
26/08/2015

Borders quest for record-breaking wheat

A Borders farmer has set his sights on growing a record breaking crop of winter wheat this year.  David Fuller-Shapcott, of Sweethope Farm, Kelso, has entered a 4ha plot of Zulu into ADAS’s Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) competition.

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Yorkshire grower hits unofficial oilseed rape yield record Curve Overlay
24/08/2015

Yorkshire grower hits unofficial oilseed rape yield record

It’s been a harvest to remember for one North Yorkshire grower whose oilseed rape yields might have trumped the current world record, while his barley yields have matched the UK’s top yield.

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Cover key to heavy-land spring cropping Curve Overlay
21/08/2015

Cover key to heavy-land spring cropping

Two years of trials undertaken by Agrovista have shown cover crops followed by a spring wheat delivers by far the lowest population of blackgrass.

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Soil set for a quick OSR start Curve Overlay
20/08/2015

Soil set for a quick OSR start

For the growers’ who’ve gathered for the Syngenta Driving Up Oilseed Rape Yields meeting, the first question to address is whether they’ll be growing the crop at all this autumn.  With rapeseed prices hovering around £250/t and the challenges and costs of getting a crop established in the first place, the UK rapeseed area for 2016 harvest is set to dip. 

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New exhibitors and new products at Fruit Focus 2015 Curve Overlay
18/08/2015

New exhibitors and new products at Fruit Focus 2015

Fruit tree nurseryman Nick Dunn has served the stone fruit industry well over many decades with the induction of improved varieties and rootstocks. 

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Record number of visitors at Fruit Focus 2015 Curve Overlay
18/08/2015

Record number of visitors at Fruit Focus 2015

A record number of visitors headed to Kent in July to attend the UK’s premier fruit event, Fruit Focus.

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Are roots the new iron? Curve Overlay
11/08/2015

Are roots the new iron?

Part article taken from Crop Production Magazine By Nick Fone & Sara Studden

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Crop choice key when tackling blackgrass Curve Overlay
11/08/2015

Crop choice key when tackling blackgrass

Selecting the right species is critical to the success of autumn cover crops when tackling blackgrass in badly infested fields.

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Farming Review Curve Overlay
10/08/2015

Farming Review

Fruit growers now have the ammunitionto fight back against another potentiallycostly disease following the launch ofAgrovista’s new fireblight warning serviceat this year’s Fruit Focus show in East Malling. 

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