10th March 2024
Talking Taties: Knowledge is power
Unsurprisingly, I have no field work activities to report this month – the nearest we’ve been is making a muck heap in one of our driest undrained fields three times bigger than is required for…
Advertisement
CPM Magazine
-
-
10th March 2024
Weed control: The big questions answered
Slow herbicide discovery, resistance development and a rapidly changing farming landscape are all threats to sustainable weed control in UK arable systems. CPM attended a recent debate to see what leading experts view as potential…
-
10th March 2024
Theory to Field: Aiding disease control decision making
AHDB Fungicide Performance trials provide farmers and agronomists with key information to help decision making. CPM looks at both the project’s history and latest results.
-
10th March 2024
Adapting disease management: Proactive T1 planning
Adaptability in a T1 programme can help to set growers up for unpredictability in weather and disease pressures. CPM explores fungicide options and approaches as we move into the spring.
-
10th March 2024
Smart Farming: Thinking big
Smart technology in agriculture is progressing at a rate of knots with new innovations promising to optimise workflow, streamline processes and utilise every ounce of data available. CPM digs into some of these unfolding technologies.
-
10th March 2024
Pulse Progress: Putting the ‘pea’ in predictions
In this special edition of Pulse Progress, CPM explores how the development of a new modelling tool could revolutionise the forecasting of maturity and yield in vining peas.
-
10th March 2024
OSR weed control: Smooth operator
A difficult season for herbicide application is likely to have resulted in an unwanted bounty of weeds in oilseed rape crops. With the final window having arrived for mastering some control, CPM digs deeper into…
-
10th March 2024
Innovation Insight: Good inhibitions
Regulations are now in place which restrict the use of urea fertilisers and it’s anticipated this will lead to a surge in uptake of urease inhibitors. CPM looks at the latest on a product which…
-
10th March 2024
On Farm Opinion: Moving with the times
What’s the result when combining a carbon removal specialist with a Scottish agricultural contractor, a fleet of Fendt tractors and a ready supply of volcanic rock? The answer is, a new way to create carbon…
-
10th March 2024
Nitrogen management & nutrition: Bridging the gap
An on-farm trial investigating a two-pronged approach to NUE has now concluded. CPM catches up with the team in Darlington to assess the results and understand if it’s possible to reduce reliance on traditional nitrogen.
-
10th March 2024
Grain maize: Take a chance on grain maize
Maize is fast growing in popularity with increasing numbers of arable farmers believing it capable of delivering significant production, economic and even environmental benefits. CPM evaluates its potential.