Leading agronomy and crop production business, ProCam, has strengthened its vegetable and salad crop team with the appointment of Ashley Cooley.

Mr Cooley, a farmer’s son from South Lincolnshire and now based in Rutland, has been working in the vegetable and salad sector since 1980 when he joined the family farming business from...

Jamie Swift has joined national agronomy and crop production business ProCam, expanding the team of agronomists based at ProCam Rutherfords at Lewes in East Sussex.

Hailing from a livestock farm in Surrey, Jamie’s hands-on experience on the family farm, along with over a decade working on arable farms in both the UK and abroad, has...

It may be tempting to drill winter cereals promptly as soon as conditions allow, but there are multiple reasons not to drill too early this season if you have grass weeds, says Paul Gruber, regional technical manager for agronomy firm, ProCam.

1. High black-grass seed dormancy

High dormancy in black-grass seed shed this summer,...

Watch out for a resurgence of slugs in farm crops over coming weeks after recent wetter weather, says James Collingwood, commercial business manager for agronomy firm ProCam.

Be aware also that successful slug control may look different if switching to alternative slug pellets, now that metaldehyde is in its phase-out period, he... Read More