Agri-Business
Yara to build new global production plant in UK
Yara International has chosen a site in the UK as the home of its new global production plant for specialty...
crops
Agri-Business
Crop care company raises €1.2m in financing
Minagro, a developer of high-quality green products for crop care, has announced that under new management it has raised €1.2...
Arable
ADAMA adds new plant growth regulators to protection range
ADAMA UK has announced that it has added two plant growth regulator (PGRs) active ingredients to its range of crop...
Agri-Business
Aberystwyth University appoints new crop genomics chair
Aberystwyth University has today (Friday, March 24) announced the appointment of Professor Gancho Slavov as its new Germinal chair of...
N.Ireland
Workshop: Variety and make-up of fertiliser is changing
Agrii agronomist Tom Land has confirmed that the variety and structural make-up of fertiliser is changing. He spoke at a recent...
Arable
CAFRE crops update confirms impact of high fertiliser prices
The latest crops update from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) in Northern Ireland has confirmed the...
N.Ireland
Research: Co-locating crops and solar can increase performance
Growing commercial crops on solar farms can both increase commercial food production and improve solar panel performance and longevity, according...
Arable
US production of maize, soya and wheat expected to rise
The expectations for the 2023 cropping levels in the US indicate growth in the planted area of maize, wheat, and...
Arable
ProCam appoints three new agronomy and research team members
Agronomy and crop production firm ProCam has announced the appointment of three new members of staff to its agronomy and...
Agri-Business
2.0 HarvestEye system to be showcased at Fruit Logistica event
Agri-tech innovator, HarvestEye, has said it will unveil the newest version of its crop insights tool at Fruit Logistica, the...
N.Ireland
Importance of plant potassium measurements highlighted
The Potash Development Association (PDA) is highlighting the benefits of measuring the potassium (K) concentrations of growing crops. In a...
Arable
AHDB: Crop planting update for wheat, barley and oilseed rape
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has just released a crop planting update for the UK, referencing winter wheat,...
Agri-Business
RCSI teams up with Syngenta on project to protect crops
Researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin have teamed up...
N.Ireland
Nitrogen Use Efficiency – optimising uptake in crops
According to the Potash Development Association (PDA), the optimal rate of nitrogen (N) for a crop will depend on many...
Arable
£1.5m crop research centre opens at University of Warwick
A new research centre, using gene-editing technology to improve vegetable crops, has opened at the University of Warwick. The Elizabeth...
N.Ireland
Crops: Impact of soil pH on nutrient availability
According to the Potash Development Association (PDA), soil pH must be considered the all-important starting point of any crop fertiliser...
N.Ireland
Is converting grassland to tillage unsustainable?
Converting farms from grassland to tillage would lead to regular crop failures, according to recent research. This research involved an...
N.Ireland
Farm manager discusses weather impact on UK tillage farm
North Bedfordshire farm manager Andy Mahon took part in the most recent edition of the Tillage Edge podcast to discuss...
