Agri-Business
LettUs Grow named best 'tech-for-good' startup in the UK
Bristol agri-tech firm LettUs Grow has been named one of the UK’s top tech startups at this year’s Vodafone Techstarter awards clinching...
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Agri-Business
Agronomy firm appoints new UK managing director
UK agronomy firm ProCam has named Diane Heath as its new managing director. The specialist agronomy and crop production firm was...
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Have your say on the Monitor Farm Programme
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is calling for cereal and oilseed growers to have their say how its...
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Could you come up with the next diquat alternative?
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is inviting researchers to tender for a new project to understand alternative burn-off...
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MSG seeks extension on metaldehyde withdrawal period
The Metaldehyde Stewardship Group (MSG) has called for the Health and Safety Executive to urgently consider an extension of the...
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RB209 updated with new comprehensive advice on sulphur
The AHDB Nutrient Management Guide (RB209) has been updated to provide further clarity on sulphur management in cereals and oilseeds...
Agri-Business
BASIS launches new award for FACTS candidates
BASIS has launched a new award for high achieving FACTS examination candidates, in honour of Prof. Brian Chambers – a...
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Horticulture conference to bring international robotics experts to UK
Experts in agri-tech, robotics and automation are set to talk at SmartHort 2019, a two-day conference examining new technologies in...
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AHDB opens tender for potato desiccants research project
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is inviting researchers to tender for a new project to understand alternative potato...
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British potato supply chain making moves to protect stocks
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has estimated GB grower-held potato stocks at the end of November 2018 at...
Rural Life
Inspiring a new audience for watercress
A new watercress marketing campaign is set to increase awareness and inspire a new audience of consumers to include it...
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AHDB funds increased storage support amid CIPC uncertainty
Potato store managers will be able to call on information and support from an £800,000 fund ring-fenced for sprout suppression...
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3-step blackgrass plan could help weed out uneconomic crops
Winter cereal growers facing uncontrolled blackgrass brought on by early drilling and the dry autumn are being urged to make...
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UPCPVS stakeholder event to reflect on cereal pathogen populations
Relatively low cereal disease pressures in 2018 have provided a rare opportunity to reflect on the UK pathogen population. The...
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Tillage focus: Meet a member of the world’s first Hands Free Hectare team
Hands Free Hectare (HFH) is the world’s first ever hectare of cereals produced using autonomous machinery. Earlier this year – at...
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ADAS reporting that all winter crops are now sown out
The latest UK advisory update from ADAS discusses the impact of this year’s weather on combinable crop – winter wheat,...
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Can the UK avert a BYDV crisis?
Rothamsted Research recently hosted a technical seminar on how the UK can avoid a potential Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV)...
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UK potato production hits lowest level since 2012
The total potato harvest for 2018 in GB is 13% down on the five-year average of 5.6m tonnes at 4.9m...
