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CPM Magazine
18th August 2024
Trials suggest that when managed correctly, winter linseed has the potential to thrive even in Scotland’s challenging climate, achieving some of the highest trial yields in Europe. CPM reviews the findings.
17th August 2024
Oilseed rape is a crop that’s having a hard time but breeders are doing all within their power to create more resilient varieties. Cue DSV’s Dolphin, with its high gross output and all-new harvest protection…
17th August 2024
As drills start to roll signalling the start of another cropping cycle, CPM looks at what slug control learnings can be taken from last season when the pest wreaked havoc during crop establishment.
16th August 2024
“Remember the real me when I cannot remember you” – wow, as someone who’s cared for a relative with dementia, that quote has brought a tear to my eye.
16th August 2024
Somewhat predictably, given the rain, it’s a light land year. Our winter barley is all cut and varied in yield from not quite 6t/ha to a reasonable 7.9t/ha, with the average tantalisingly close to 7t/ha.…
16th August 2024
It’s been a busy summer of conferences, shows and events across the country and I’ve had conversations with many different farmers. It’s become increasingly obvious that they fall into two distinct camps – those who…
15th August 2024
Harvest 2024 is erased from the fields but probably not from the memory, for all the wrong reasons. The record wet that fell in both the autumn and winter left its scars – cereals don’t like…
15th August 2024
Moving into a regen farming system requires both time and patience with the drill playing a fundamental role in this transition. CPM speaks to a farmer who’s aiming to reinvigorate his soils using his latest…
15th August 2024
The 2022 spike in aphid numbers has resulted in a significant impact on the production cycle for seed potatoes, despite populations decreasing since. CPM investigates the steps industry experts are taking to combat the most…
15th August 2024
Self-sufficiency is a broader issue than just the food grown and consumed within the UK, extending to all other inputs including fertiliser. CPM explores a novel approach which converts urine to a domestically produced fertiliser…
14th August 2024
