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This week, the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) awarded Professor Roger Sylvester-Bradley, Head of Crop Performance at ADAS, with the RASE 2025 Science and Technology Award, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to agricultural science. For over four decades, Roger has been at the forefront of agricultural science, shaping the way we understand and manage crop performance. ...
The European CAP Network (Common Agricultural Policy) has been recently created by the European Commission to support the design and implementation of the CAP strategic plans. This institution also optimizes the flow of information on agriculture and rural policy of the EU member states.Dr. Lars T. Berger (Head of Technology, Fede) is part of the focus group specialized in methods of reducing the ...
An agronomic research team made up of Maria Teresa Martínez-Ferrer, Miquel Fibla and José Miguel Campos (IRTA-Amposta) and Santiago Planas (Centro de Investigación Agroalimentaria Agrotecnio) has published the results of the IRTA’s “Dose and drift in citrus” trial on the Sustainable Use of Phytosanitary Products, which received the support of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural ...
An agronomic research team made up of Maria Teresa Martínez-Ferrer, Miquel Fibla and José Miguel Campos (IRTA-Amposta) and Santiago Planas (Centro de Investigación Agroalimentaria Agrotecnio) has published the results of the IRTA’s “Dose and drift in citrus” trial on the Sustainable Use of Phytosanitary Products, which received the support of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural ...
As combines roll and the growing season draws to a close, now is the ideal time for farmers to step back and assess whether their crop nutrition strategies worked or didn’t. In a recent NUTRI-CHECK NET webinar, ADAS crop physiologists Dr Sarah Kendall and Dr Tamara Fitters shared how grain analysis and post-harvest reviews can play a pivotal role in refining nutrient strategies for future ...
While low rainfall has helped to keep septoria disease pressure low, 2025 also saw changes in the yellow rust population, with AHDB reporting unusual early observations on several winter wheat varieties in Recommended Lists (RL) trials. This has presented significant challenges in managing winter wheat crops, says ADAS Senior Research Scientist Chloe Francis. The 2024-25 growing ...
Tell us how you make nutrient management planning decisions following catch or cover crops As part of the new Cover crop decision support tool (DST) scoping project funded by AHDB, Anglian Water, Wessex Water and Southern Water, ADAS is carrying out a survey to understand nutrient management planning decisions following cover (or catch) crops. This survey is for all farmers and ...
Researchers from ADAS have concluded that a single population of Italian ryegrass in Kent has successfully evolved resistance to glyphosate following rigorous laboratory testing and resampling. The discovered case was in a high risk scenario where large weeds were surviving high rates of appropriate glyphosate applications in the run-up to drilling a relatively late drilling spring crop. Signs ...
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), in partnership with the World Vegetable Center and Sri Lanka’s Department of Agriculture is promoting safe and sustainable vegetable cultivation in Sri Lanka through a package of good agronomic practices using farmer participatory trials. IWMI’s research under the CGIAR Initiative on Fruit and Vegetables for Sustainable Healthy ...
Individual farmers could use it to explore trends across seasons and explore for themselves the impact of IPM choices such as variety choice, sowing date decisions, or different agronomy practices. Julie Smith, ADAS Principal Research Scientist and lead for the project said: “This is the first time since the Defra Pest and Disease Survey began over 50 years ago that all ...
Segra International is excited to announce the imminent availability of an exclusive collection of proven, award-winning, and unreleased cultivars from Grounded Genetics. These premium genetics will be accessible to Canadian and international markets in the fall/winter of 2024/25, offered in the form of tissue culture mother plants and tissue culture ...
Decisive Farming by TELUS Agriculture is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Crop Intelligence, a cutting-edge platform that allows customers to maximize the use of the water available to their crop. This collaboration is part of Decisive Farming’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its position as a trusted partner for farmers by providing access to the best tools and technologies ...
Western flower thrips (WFT) and several other thrips species, are the nemesis of strawberry growers. No more so than at Bellis Brothers near Wrexham, where thrips wiped out a crop worth £25,000 three years ago. Even when using chemical controls, the business will lose an average of 5-10% of its outdoor-grown strawberry fruit to thrips in any given year. Alternative and more ...
Chocolate connoisseurs were hit by a 10% increase in the price of their favorite sweet this Easter as the world’s largest cocoa producers, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, found themselves seriously affected by disease, illegal mining, changes in land use and climate change. The price of cocoa began creeping up in the second half of 2022 reaching an all-time high in January 2024. The ...
Wheat sowing machine has the characteristics of uniform sowing, consistent depth, stable row spacing, good soil covering, seed saving, and high work efficiency. The following points should be noted when using the seeder correctly: 1. Do a good job of maintenance before entering the field. Clean up the debris in the sowing box and the grass and soil wrapped on the furrow opener to ensure that they ...
In a year marked by abnormally early crop disease pressures, over 880 British farmers, agronomists, and advisors have made use of the free IPM Tool to create over 1200 bespoke IPM cropping plans online. As part of a new update released this week, new benchmarking functionality allows users to view current invertebrate pest, disease, and weed risks on a national level, and compare their IPM ...
Does going to the extreme in fertilizer application overcome yield limitations? When it comes to plant development and yield, imbalance is more likely to threaten soil health, production and your pocketbook. Instead, achieving nutrient balance is crucial to crop success. With that in mind, we reflect on the often-perceived conflicting theories – Liebig’s Law of Minimum and ...
AGCO Corporation (NYSE: AGCO), a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision ag technology, announced today plans to build a state-of-the-art test farm in Casselton, North Dakota. This strategic initiative aims to develop innovative farming practices to create a truly sustainable farm, specifically focusing on precision agriculture ...
CNH Industrial and ONE SMART SPRAY, a joint venture between Bosch and BASF, have signed a collaboration agreement to integrate the latter’s advanced spraying system within CNH Industrial’s agricultural brand product portfolios. The system’s integration will be led by the Raven team and will be commercially available via the global Case IH and New Holland Agriculture brands. The ...
The agreement paves the way towards more sustainable irrigation practices Corteva Agriscience, one of the world’s largest agriculture companies, and Manna Irrigation, a leading provider of irrigation intelligence software solutions, have announced a new contract to enhance effective irrigation practices. Corteva Agriscience implemented the Manna Irrigation ...