Soil health and its importance to the future of UK farming will be a central theme of ProCam’s LAMMA exhibit, with innovative displays being used to demonstrate root as well as foliar growth characteristics of a wide range of crop types.

The company will invite farmers to challenge conventional approaches to arable cropping and...

Colonisation of roots by mycorrhizal fungi has been shown in new research to be compatible with modern wheat crops, but with variation between varieties. According to ProCam agronomist Lottie Alves, who carried out the trials, the results are an important indicator for farmers practising no-till conservation agriculture, for those...

Think before rushing in to drill winter wheat after the early harvest and now we’ve had rainfall, farmers are being urged.

With large areas of land harvested much earlier than normal, and soil moisture levels improved, growers will be itching to drill empty fields, says Nick Myers, head of crop production for agronomy firm, ProCam....

Eastern counties arable farmers planting cover crops to improve soils this autumn must choose ones appropriate to the particular field situation, a regional crop adviser is urging. Otherwise, he says, difficulties could ensue. According to ProCam agronomist, Ian Jackson, who advises farmers in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, temporary...