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Hold your nerve: keep wheat drills under wraps to beat black-grass
Farmers with a known black-grass burden shouldn’t be lured into bringing their winter wheat drilling date forwards just because large parts of the UK have seen improved soil moisture levels following the dry, early harvest. That’s the advice from Mike Thornton, head of crop production for agronomy firm ProCam, who recommends that...
Read MoreAlign oilseed rape drilling to soil moisture, growers urged
Winter oilseed (WOSR) rape growers facing continued dry soils should not rush into drilling the crop too early, says ProCam technical development manager, Rob Adamson.
According to Mr Adamson, there has been a shift to drilling WOSR earlier in recent years, primarily with the aim of getting crops established ahead of cabbage stem flea...
Read MoreProCam welcomes trainee agronomist to its Driffield team
Leading agronomy firm ProCam has appointed Josh Baker to its Driffield-based team of BCS Agriculture agronomists.
Josh, who joins BCS Agriculture as a trainee agronomist, hails from a farming family and is an agri-business graduate from Harper Adams University. During his studies he held placements in both the arable and livestock...
Read MoreYorkshire open day offers guidance in anticipation of oilseed rape area surge
Britain’s winter oilseed rape (WOSR) area could surge by about 20% this autumn, driven by strong OSR prices and after two years of generally low levels of cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB). But flea beetle has not vanished, so carefully consider your attitude to risk.
That was a key message from a recent trials hub open day of...
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