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A Strong Winter Barley List for this Autumn
The winter barley recommended list is the strongest it has been for many years. This is evident in improved yield and agronomic value among two-row feed varieties and more consistent performance among the best six-rows. In what has been another challenging growing season – with a…
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Winter Barley Variety Choices – Autumn 2020
Variety choices for Autumn 2020 North region yields are given as the % of fungicide-treated controls (9.9 t/ha). Untreated yield is a % of UK treated controls (10.0 t/ha). Comment…
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Winter Barley – August 2020
SRUC’s monitored commercial crop data is shown in the table below. This data is generated in commercial crops in your area so is indicative of the disease pressure and growth…
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Weed Management in All Cereals – August 2020
Pre-harvest and desiccation options for cereals Due to the difficult growing season, there are crops with secondary tillers and uncontrolled weeds that will benefit from pre-harvest glyphosate. Where there are…
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Harvested crops – August 2020
Ensuring stores are clean and free of pests is essential to prevent any problems after all the hard work of growing and harvesting the crop Bear in mind that no…
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Agri Business News August 2020
The latest edition features articles on policy, cereals, beef, potatoes, sheep and milk. In addition this month there are feature articles on pigs, Covid-19 and autumn livestock markets and an…
Read More >Don’t Forget the Trees Outside the Woodland – Presentation slides, Stephen Adlard
These are the presentation slides used by Stephen Adlard, woodland consultant, SAC Consulting, during the Woodland Creation & Management Part 3 – Managing Existing Woodlands webinar in July 2020
Read More >Managing Native & Broadleaved Woodlands for Biodiversity – Presentation slides, Helen Bibby
Presentation slides used by Helen Bibby, a conservation consultant, SAC Consulting. Helen addressed the Woodland Creation & Management Part 2 – Managing existing woodlands webinar in July 2020.
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Webinar: Woodland Creation & Management Part 3 – Managing Existing Woodlands
This is a recording of the third and final webinar in our Woodland Creation & Management series. In this episode, we hear from a range of panellists about…
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Webinar: Brand Building (Part 1) – Where Do I Start?
“Woodside Farms” Sound familiar? Tesco got into some hot water over the ‘fake farm scandal’ in 2017. But why bother to brand produce with a farm brand name? Covid19,…
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