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17th April 2025
Efficacy, usability and regulatory constraints may have hindered more widespread adoption of biological products. CPM looks at how these barriers could be overcome, including innovative approaches to formulation.
17th April 2025
As technology continues to drive innovation in agriculture, CPM takes an in-depth look at how genomics could help growers to get more from alternative crop inputs like biostimulants.
16th April 2025
Isofetamid could offer growers another string to their bow to help combat sclerotinia in oilseed rape, providing the option of a little-used active that works well with others. CPM investigates the ins and outs of…
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There’s hardly enough time, hands or weather windows during harvest to go around, meaning everything can become rather stretched. CPM explores how investing in a chaser bin could improve timeliness, staff distribution and help consolidate…
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19th March 2025
The risk of free-living nematode damage in sugar beet crops is increasingly being influenced by changes in climate and farm management practices, which could strengthen the case for using a bionematicide where risk is identified.…
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Much of what maximises the potential of maize occurs in the spring, with the emphasis being on getting the crop off to the best start. CPM takes a look at the role of nutrition and…
18th April 2025
Farming following regenerative agriculture principles isn’t always sunlit uplands, as shared by speakers at the recent BASE-UK conference. CPM provides insight into their challenges and the solutions they’ve identified to overcome them.
15th April 2025
By identifying key stress points and applying appropriate interventions at the correct time, UK farmers could have the opportunity to improve the consistency and profitability of home-grown protein crops. CPM explores some of the products…
24th March 2025
Could lucerne provide the benefits of a living mulch system without some of the associated yield challenges? A Danish grower presented his innovative strategy at the recent BASE-UK conference, where CPM joined delegates.
24th March 2025
With pulses garnering more interest across the sector, CPM finds out how growers can get the best out of these protein-packed break crops.
30th May 2023
New products are constantly being launched into the agriculture machinery market, but as technology advances, these could soon look very different to what the industry’s come to expect. CPM takes a closer look.
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I don’t usually profess to have an opinion regarding political issues, but the government’s recent announcement – well, blog – regarding SFI has caused even me to shift in my seat.
22nd April 2025
Isn’t it grand to have a decent spring? In the past month I’ve sown spring malting barley after sugar beet, and also in place of second wheat on heavier land.
21st April 2025
Defra’s sudden closure of the SFI scheme has divided farmers into two main camps: those who’d entered the schemes and are being rewarded for delivering public goods, and those who hadn’t yet hit ‘apply’.
26th March 2025
One of the main winter distractions that punctuated my farm day was patrolling oilseed rape crops for pigeons. The daily routine of checking gas bangers while persecuting the blue menace with aerial bombardments from rockets…
26th March 2025
It’s funny how a few dry days in winter makes everything look better on farm. As I write, we’ve tray tested our brand-new-second-hand spreader and spun some urea onto backward crops and the strip-tilled wheat…
25th March 2025
Given I’m a self-proclaimed socially inept individual, yet have often worked in positions where schmoozing is a pre-requisite, I’ve fast learnt to keep a few talking-point topics up my sleeve, ready to fire at the…
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