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Talking agronomy with Maddy Vaughan: Crops at higher risk of lodging this season

Talking agronomy with Maddy Vaughan: Crops at higher risk of lodging this season

03 Jun 201909:38
Looking at crops in late April, concerns were starting to surface over lack of moisture in the Central and Eastern regions.
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Talking Arable with Ian Matts: Headland effect on yield must not be forgotten

Talking Arable with Ian Matts: Headland effect on yield must not be forgotten

02 Jun 201909:33
I am putting this article together a little earlier than usual as I am awaiting the arrival of my firstborn, expected any day now.
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Talking arable with Sophie Alexander: It's all a balancing act

Talking arable with Sophie Alexander: It's all a balancing act

01 Jun 201909:24
I was all gung-ho about the merits of drilling spring crops early. In the back of my mind was the hangover fear of last year’s drought repeating itself.
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Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Aggressive blight strain is too serious to ignore

Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Aggressive blight strain is too serious to ignore

31 May 201904:18
Spring has sprung, although the number of frosts we’ve had in May does make me wonder.
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Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Watching the weather

Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Watching the weather

28 May 201908:50
Some very valuable rain fell this week after the prolonged cold and dry spell which has held our crops back here in the North East. The rain is well timed for all winter crops and will hopefully set up many of the spring drillings too.
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Talking agronomy with Maddy Vaughan: Use pre-ems to get maize off to the best start

Talking agronomy with Maddy Vaughan: Use pre-ems to get maize off to the best start

08 May 201916:21
With maize drilling now commencing, talk has turned to how we can maximise our yields in this spring crop.
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Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Tools in the armoury to manage virus threat in sugar beet

Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Tools in the armoury to manage virus threat in sugar beet

03 May 201905:48
Just before Easter, we experienced a succession of frosts, with the grass in the garden white and crispy to walk on at first light caused by the dawn dip when the temperature drops as dawn breaks.
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Talking agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Steady as we go with safety first

Talking agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Steady as we go with safety first

28 Apr 201916:57
We had some reasonable early April rain in most places. In complete contrast to this time last year, we could do with a good bit more rain to keep everything on-track.
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Talking agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Safeguarding some excellent potential

Talking agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Safeguarding some excellent potential

14 Apr 201910:13
Agronomist, Ken McTaggart says rapid N uptake means crops are particularly lush and reasonably thick, presenting a good environment for disease development.
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Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Great progress in the north

Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Great progress in the north

10 Apr 201910:03
Agronomist, Andrew Roy, says septoria will need very careful management this year, particularly with high biomass crops.
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Talking agronomy with Maddy Vaughan: Watch for disease in high biomass OSR

Talking agronomy with Maddy Vaughan: Watch for disease in high biomass OSR

08 Apr 201906:23
Agronomist, Maddy Vaughan says mixing multi-sites could be more effective than a comparable increase in dose of the actives applied alone, according to new trials.
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Talking agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Gearing spring fieldwork carefully to conditions

Talking agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Gearing spring fieldwork carefully to conditions

11 Mar 201911:07
Writing in mid-February, and with the icy start we had to the month – not to mention well over two inches of rain in the past week – we are very glad we did not rush into much in the way of early fieldwork.
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Talking Agronomy with Darryl Shailes: Managing seed stock dormancy

Talking Agronomy with Darryl Shailes: Managing seed stock dormancy

06 Mar 201915:29
So far, 2019 is looking like an early spring this season, in complete contrast to the cold and wet of 2018.
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Talking agronomy with Maddy Vaughan: Attention to detail is key to give crops best start

Talking agronomy with Maddy Vaughan: Attention to detail is key to give crops best start

02 Mar 201916:48
With the nights now drawing out, lambs appearing in fields and daffodils starting to bloom, one might start to feel the promise of spring in the air. A very welcome feeling.
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Talking arable with Neil MacLeod: Preparing for Brexit is easier said than done

Talking arable with Neil MacLeod: Preparing for Brexit is easier said than done

01 Mar 201911:18
February brought with it the arrival of wintry conditions at Southesk, with two weeks of frost including five days of night-time temperatures below -7degC.
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Talking Policy with Tom Bradshaw, NFU combinable crops chair

Talking Policy with Tom Bradshaw, NFU combinable crops chair

11 Feb 201912:12
During my time as a Monitor farmer for AHDB I remember one of my genuine ‘lightbulb’ moments.
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Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Use change to adapt and grow

Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Use change to adapt and grow

10 Feb 201911:57
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Talking arable with Ian Matts: Ground conditions are unseasonably good

Talking arable with Ian Matts: Ground conditions are unseasonably good

09 Feb 201910:49
The New Year has started as 2018 finished, warmer and drier than average. Although we have now had some frosts and even a small fluttering of snow, ground conditions are still unseasonably good.
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Talking agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Nearing the end of drilling with considerable relief

Talking agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Nearing the end of drilling with considerable relief

05 Nov 201811:39
We are moving towards the end of October and our final winter drillings with considerable relief, although still without the scale of pre-planting weed growth we really wanted on bad grass-weed ground.
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Talking agronomy with Madeleine Vaughan: A disheartening start with new season OSR crops

Talking agronomy with Madeleine Vaughan: A disheartening start with new season OSR crops

05 Nov 201811:30
Flea beetle season began slowly; I actually thought early in August that perhaps this year we would have it easy, as the early-drilled oilseed rape went in and started to emerge and little damage was found.
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