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Arable farmers should consider applying micronutrients and biostimulants to their winter and spring crops this year, to get them off to the best possible start and make the most of declining available chemistry Although it’s easy to focus on the key nutrients: Nitrogen, phosphate and potash, none will be effective…

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Emerging wheat crops could be at high risk from aphid-borne barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) this autumn, so growers must monitor fields closely and be prepared to treat if necessary, leading agronomy firm Hutchinsons warns Latest results from Rothamsted’s aphid monitoring survey show aphid activity started building around two weeks…

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Agri-tech company Agribot AI has won the Agri-EPI and Hands Free Farm (HFF) hackathon tackling safety and security concerns around autonomous agricultural vehicles A hackathon funded by Smart Agri-Hubs, Agri-EPI Centre in collaboration with Hands Free Farm tasked participants to “hack” a safety solution for unmanned machinery. The teams which took…

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