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Covid-19 notice

Dear Valued Customer,

With the unprecedented situation we are all currently experiencing due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19), we wanted to provide you with reassurance that all of our agronomy and product delivery services will continue to operate as effectively as they can at all times.

We have been in regular communication with the...

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Cover crops offer opportunity to repair damaged soils

Establishing a cover crop to help restructure soils may be a better option this year than trying to drill a spring cereal on some of the heavier waterlogged clay land. So says ProCam agronomist Ian Jackson, who adds that this strategy would also present an opportunity to reduce levels of black grass where that is a problem.

“There...

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Ryegrass blends offer cost-effective bare soils solution

Sowing a high performance ryegrass catch crop this spring could offer a flexible low risk solution for farmers with bare ground following aborted autumn drilling.

Specialist catch crop mixtures tested in Field Options’ trials programme at Harper Adams University (HAU) have the potential to produce more than 10tDM/ha in the season...

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Restricted roots set to put wheat on the back foot

Restricted growth of vital moisture and nutrient-absorbing roots could cause serious setbacks in winter wheat crops this season, unless steps are taken to remedy the problem, says ProCam regional technical manager, Nigel Scott.

But while limited root growth is no surprise in late-planted fields, because crops have had less time to...

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