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* Septoria tritici is top wheat disease * FERA analysis carried out to gain better understanding * Should be primary target of fungicide programmes The mild, wet winter has increased [...]

Niagara of Wisconsin Paper Corp was established in 1889 and acquired by Pentair in 1972. Major improvements have taken place at the mill between 1972 and 1995 including capital expenditures of over $150 million between 1985 and 1995. The maintenance department is traditionally managed and had five changes to implement in 1994. The department needed to improve safety, improve training, plan downtime, improve interaction with the production department and focus on housekeeping., WITHIN THE TRADITIONAL MAINTENANCE SYSTEM, the word 'change' is often associated with uncertainty and misunderstanding. Supervisors are often all too willing to allow the maintenance manager or superintendent to lead [...]

Dan Wood Blackacre Farm Eggs, Somerset Writing jingles for a radio station is not something you would expect to see in a poultry job specification, but for Dan Wood it [...]

Brazilian poultry is often perceived in the EU as having a poor image in terms of animal welfare, food hygiene and the environment with media stories claiming that farmers are [...]

Robert Chapman ABERDEENSHIRE FARMLAY EGGS has been producing, packing and distributing fresh Scottish eggs since 1946. Today, the business grades over 1.5 million eggs each week and prides itself on [...]

CLAIMING TO be the largest exhibition for livestock and poultry production and management, poultry producers found plenty of innovations ranging from simple lighting systems to 90,000-egg incubators. As usual, Big [...]

* Adding value to marrowfat and large blue pea varieties * 7m £ investment in pulses and food ingredient processing * Growers benefiting from more market opportunities Whether it's mushy [...]

* Yields maps identify poor-performing areas * Can be used to produce variable seed plans * Many underusing their combine yield data It is 20 years since the first yield [...]

* Disease detected well before you see symptoms * Scope to cut fungicide use with more targeted approach * Separate spore trapping and reflectance-based systems * A disease forecasting system [...]

* Significant rise in pool membership * Specialise in milling varieties and Group 3 biscuit wheats * Expanding into Kent and growing in Norfolk * Interest in joining a grain [...]

* Flowering N increases yields by 0.4t/ha * Just 10% of growers regularly apply flowering dose * Greater need this season to avoid pod abortion Only 10% of growers generally [...]

* Shortage of Vydate for 2016 season * Some growers switching to Nemathorin for PCN control this spring * Key differences in application method Growers using Nemathorin for the first [...]

* New online grain trading platform * Time-saving way to secure bids from several merchants * Users can secure the best price on the day for their crop * Both [...]

* Spread of glyphosate-resistant weeds in North and South America * Blackgrass in northern Europe * Integrated approach key to tackle both There has been no new mode of action [...]

This year's Arable Farmer of the Year finalists are a valuable source of ideas, including a novel approach to blackgrass control, successful cover cropping and making full use of technology. [...]

* About 3m tonnes imported annually * New varieties suited to north make soya a viable UK break crop * Healthy looking, well-podded crop in north Cambridgeshire Soya is now [...]

* High yields key to minimising costs * Reflection tops AHDB list at 10?% * Many growing it for the first time The highest-yielding variety on the Recommended List offers [...]

Arable farmers are set to benefit from new technology in the next three years. Richard Allison and Louise Impey look at three innovations on show at Cereals * Matching nitrogen [...]

* Potential for ear blight outbreaks * GS63 optimum time for T3 spray * Research shows angled nozzle benefits Angling sprayer nozzles when applying the T3 fungicide on wheat offers [...]