Planting autumn cover crops can provide some great benefits for soil health, the environment, and future crop yields. We’ve put together some handy points to make the most of your next cover crop mix.
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The pound was the key driving factor for LIFFE movements last week. What lays ahead? Richard Wright provides his thoughts.
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A full outlook on the fertiliser markets for the remainder of 2020.
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Over the weekend, the Government’s Brexit narrative hardened ahead of another round of negotiations. Find out what that means for the grain markets in this week’s market briefing.
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With current soil moisture levels higher than we would normally expect for the end of august, flea beetle damage is not the only damage to be weary of this autumn!
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An optimistic outlook for the coming season, and some handy tips for making the most of your OSR, drilling and herbicides in this month’s agronomy update.
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Record breaking crops from around the world, strong milling wheat premiums in the UK, and a strong futures market, all in this week’s market briefing.
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As harvest in the South staggers towards a slightly soggy conclusion, attention is drawn to the post-harvest landscape
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We’ve invested in our production capabilities to better serve our customers. Read more to see what our increased seed capabilities mean for you.
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Harvest in the south-east is almost done, quality is in, and markets have continued to trade off support. Find out more in this week’s market briefing.
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Is the perfect drilling time on the horizon? We take a quick look at the WOSR varieties available from Bartholomews.
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An extraordinary harvest with some extraordinary temperatures. This week takes a look a the quality of wheat seen, and asks whether we’ve reached a floor in market prices.
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Our seed, crop protection and fertiliser teams come together to provide you the ultimate guide to grassland, whatever your goals may be.
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Variable wheat quality puts greater emphasis on timely on-farm grain sampling - contact the Grain Dept to arrange sampling for this week on 01243 755650. Our Grain team give their outlook on the week ahead
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Spring 2020 has been a challenging season with a sustained wet winter preluding a hot, dry and sunny spring. Among many other factors, these weather events will impact how the crop performs nutritionally. This article briefly analyses this years weather data and suggests how forage nutritional values may have been affected.
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Jonny Oosthuizen gives you the latest news from the field, including OSR establishment and cover crops and cultivation.
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Take a look at the trials plots at Chalton, Hampshire. With 20 varieties on show in treated and untreated plots, there’s plenty of handy insight for the coming seasons.
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As expected markets were lower in the first part of last week, but an International Grains Council (IGC) update pushed us back up to close the week almost unchanged on LIFFE.
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US-China trade rumours, European harvests progressing, and a promising week ahead for the south of England are all covered in this week’s marketing briefing.
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With the ban on neonicotinoids fundamentally changing the way we grow OSR, Graham Phillippo has some tips for continuing to make it a profitable and viable crop for years to come.
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