Agri-Business
ProCam calls for growers to maximise oil content despite falling OSR prices
Agronomy business ProCam has called for growers to maximise oil content to optimise bonuses paid on top of yield despite...
OSR
Arable
Resistance emerging to key light leaf spot fungicide
The fungus responsible for light leaf spot, an important disease of oilseed rape, is showing increasing resistance to azole fungicides...
Arable
Parasitic wasp discovery offers chemical-free pest control for OSR
A species of parasitic wasp discovered by chance could provide farmers with a chemical-free way of controlling a major pest....
Arable
Why breed bee-friendly oilseed rape varieties?
Research has been carried out in the UK to identify varieties of oilseed rape (OSR) that are more attractive to...
Arable
Farming opportunities abound in western Poland
There are tremendous prospects for young people from Ireland to establish attractive share farming opportunities in western Poland, according to...
Arable
Pyrethroid resistance issues could cause problems for rape growers
According to the Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) resistance to pyrethroid-based insecticides in UK populations of cabbage stem flea beetle...
Arable
UK harvest 80% done, following 500,000ha push this week
Some 80% of the total UK cereal and oilseed rape area has been harvested according to latest reports from the...
Arable
New research results on the impact of pyrethroid resistance
Research has confirmed that pyrethroid resistant cabbage stem flea beetles are present in the UK. This information is vital for...
Arable
Rapeseed improvements for livestock identified
Ways to improve the nutritional value of rapeseed and meal for non-ruminant livestock have been explored as part of a...
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Improving energy from oilseed rape straw
Researchers at the Institute of Food Research in the UK are looking at how to turn straw from oilseed rape...
