Cover crops for integrated weed management
Cover crops can suppress weeds and volunteers by competing for light, water and nutrients. Some species also release chemicals that inhibit weed development.
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Levy-funded trials help fine-tune fungicide choice
AHDB Technical Content Manager Jason Pole explains the role of the fungicide performance information in choosing the best technology to protect crops. For 30 years, there’s been a trusted team that’s tested the efficacy of chemistry used to battle major crop diseases in the fungicide performance project. The wheat trial series is the oldest, going …
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The scorecard that unearths a soil’s secrets
A full picture of soil health can be captured by a new ‘scorecard’. AHDB technical content manager Jason Pole investigates. Not everything that matters can be measured. Not everything that can be measured matters. Wise words. Nobody would dispute that soil health matters. Now it can be measured. The soil health scorecard is the product …
AHDB needs new monitor farmers in England and Wales – could you be one?
What is a Monitor Farm? With economic pressures mounting, including the end of the Basic Payment Scheme this year, finding new ways to improve performance and profitability is more important than ever for farmers. One way to do this is to pool knowledge with other, similar farming enterprises. AHDB’s Monitor Farm programme brings together groups …
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Direct Driller Issue 22 – Introduction
Written by MIke Donovan Many farmers experiment with seed varieties, fertiliser, chems, machinery, target dates… looking for ways to improve results. Some farmers post their results on The Farming Forum and other media so others can benefit. Others join groups such as AHDB’s Innovative Farmers Field Labs so specific problems can be answered. The Farm …
AHDB: Speeding up cereal disease surveillance
Established nearly 60 years ago, the UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) is a constant force in the volatile foliar-disease landscape. Jason Pole, who manages technical communications at AHDB, explains how the project is exploring ways to get disease data out quicker. Strategic value of UKCPVS UKCPVS is a long-term strategic project. Set up in …
AHDB: Mycotoxin risk tool for wheat refreshed for 2023
Farmers can calculate rainfall-related mycotoxin risk assessment scores online via a weather-based mapping tool. About the tool The tool reveals rainfall levels at hundreds of sites across England and Scotland during the critical winter wheat flowering and pre-harvest periods. First released in 2019, the tool has been refreshed for the current season. Dhan Bhandari, who …
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From Precision to Autonomy: How AI is Helping Farmers Tackle the Biggest Challenges in Agriculture
As a farmer, I have always been interested in new technologies that could make my job easier and more efficient. One of the most exciting new technologies in agriculture today is Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is a broad term that encompasses many different technologies such as machine learning, natural language processing, and robotics. These technologies …
AHDB Cereals Market Outlook
The latest Cereals Agri-Outlook takes stock of the current situation and looks forward to what we might expect in the coming months, for supply availability, trade and demand. The volumes below are estimates at the time of writing. Production Wheat supply on the global market remains constrained, from the lasting impact of extreme weather trimming …
Rust in peace: pathogens versus cereal varieties
With extreme diversity locked into yellow rust and brown rust populations, the latest UKCPVS event (1 March 2023) examined how highly adaptable pathogens affect UK wheat and barley varieties. With a focus on wheat, Jason Pole, who leads AHDB’s crop disease communications, provides an overview of some of the key developments. Rust diversity Cereal rusts …
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