Planting a complementary crop with oilseed rape to aid soil structure, weed control and rooting is established practice in France, and interest is growing here. CPM looks at a prototype drill designed to ensure both crops get off to a good start.
Using a fungicide to control disease in trials of maize last year has also produced some added benefit.
Fireblight is the latest disease to be included in Agrovista's Cloud-based pest and disease forecasting service for top fruit growers, Growers Choice Interactive (GCI)
Why Agrovista is sponsoring the Progressive Farmer of the Year award
Agrovista agronomist Craig Green will be using a new fungicide in his potato blight programmes this season and plans for wheat T3s and OSR desiccation are also taking shape.
Crops have endured the coldest spring for a long time up in the north of Scotland and have now enjoyed a bit of respite with a warm week.
Exhibitors at next month's Fruit Focus show at East Malling in Kent (22 July) will be unveiling a number of innovations to the industry,
Two new web tools - one focused on calculating seed rates and other on weather forecasting - were unveiled at Cereals this year to help growers maximise crop potential.
Agrovista's Chris Martin believes the key to using cover crops effectively is to choose the most appropriate mix for the specific purpose, be it soil conditioning, nutrient trapping, fumigation to tackle soil pests, or weed suppression.
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