By unlocking the export potential China offers the pig industry, not to mention the red meat sector as a whole, we could gain entry into a marketplace which comprises a fifth of the world’s population.Arable features
Do not allow spring delays to alter your T3 plans
THE weather may have severely disrupted many fungicide strategies and heightened disease pressure this season but growers still need to think ahead to further sprays.
Blight special: 'Fight against blight' campaign highlights outgrade pile links
AS part of the Potato Council’s ‘Fight against blight’ campaign, the mapping of late blight outbreaks has demonstrated outgrade piles remain a significant source of blight in potato crops.
Blight special: An integrated approach to help control of alternaria in potatoes
Use of decision support systems could help to improve alternaria control in potato crops, trials results from SAC have indicated.
Blight special: Keeping ahead of blight still vital
No grower can afford to allow blight into a potato crop. Teresa Rush met up with the field director of a leading potato supply business to get some practical advice.
Cereal growers share in success of Scotch whisky
Success stories are few and far between in this time of recession, but the Scottish distilling industry, supplied by Scottish cereal growers, is thriving.
Winning the battle against blight
THE weather, an unpredictable entity, is the number one factor in determining how significant blight will be to this season’s crops.
Improving OSR output to achieve best market value
Greater precision has been paying increasingly good dividends across the 6,000 hectares (14,820 acres) of oilseed rape grown annually by The Co-operative Farms, the business’ head of arable operations has told FG.
Angled nozzles can help improve disease control and yields
?Agronomy advice and supply business Agrovista has put together best practice spray guidelines for T0 to T2 wheat fungicide applications this season, based on results from its own application trials.
New technology solution for OSR weed control
?Herbicide-tolerant oilseed rape varieties available commercially for the first time for drilling this autumn will be a welcome addition to the agronomy toolbox for growers struggling to cope with difficult-to-control weeds, believes one Kent farmer. Teresa Rush finds out more.
Sprayer washout essential to protect crops
?DO not put crops at risk of contamination or damage by compromising on sprayer hygiene this spring.
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Cost efficiencies key while maintaining septoria control
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Treat and tackle active yellow rust now
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Assessing the income effect of fungicide inputs
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Focus on septoria at T1 despite recent low levels
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Clawing back £75m of yield lost annually to septoria tritici
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Strong case made for strobilurins at T1?
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Fewer choices to tackle yellow rust issue
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Precision in every aspect has aided farm business growth
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Arable technology plays a vital role on mixed enterprise
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Aiming for a clean start for your 2012 sugar beet crop
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SMN testing is critical part of Suffolk farm’s agronomy
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Search is on for champion milling wheat grower 2012
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Laying solid disease control foundations with T0 fungicide is key to reducing risk
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Spray nozzle choice for fungicide applications
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Spring spraying: Manage lodging early to prevent OSR yield losses
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Tradition runs alongside modern on historical estate
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Spring spraying: Best practice approach to nematicide applications
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Target rusts with mid-March T0 spray
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How to select maize varieties to grow under plastic
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Dry autumn leaves grass-weed legacy
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Dry weather weed control challenge
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Self-sufficient system ensures the future of Scottish pig unit
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Conservation Grade oats provide dual benefits
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Conservation Grade (CG) farming explained
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Roaring distilling demand creates grain opportunities
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Maltster working with growers to add value to barley
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Farm businesses of the future
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Time to spread the word on potatoes
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Crop management and community part of the strategy at Grove Farm
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UK farmer discovers common ground with St Lucian producer