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Volume 17 Number 10
December 2015
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Talking Tilth
A word from the editor.
Smith’s Soapbox
Views and opinions from an Essex peasant…..
Robust varieties find favour
High disease-tolerance ratings and untreated yields are the stand-out
characteristics of varieties added to the new Recommended Lists.
Plenty to plan with
spring drilling
SPRING SEEDS
Spring cropping is undergoing a revival, but new options throw up
fresh considerations.
Editor
Tom Allen-Stevens
Sub editor
Charlotte Lord
Writers
Tom Allen-Stevens
Jane Brown
Nick Fone
Robert Harris
Rob Jones
Lucy de la Pasture
Emily Padfield
Mick Roberts
Design and Production
Brooks Design
Advertisement co-ordinator
Peter Walker
Publisher
Angus McKirdy
Business Development Manager
Charlotte Alexander
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Daughter of a malting
mainstay
INSIDERS VIEW
Success often breeds success, so have Limagrain found that with
the latest spring barley variety to stem from Concerto?
Mild autumn brings on crop potential
With oilseed rape set up well for the winter, it’s time to plan spring
management to maximise profits.
Bean of bounty
Get the establishment right and you can achieve substantial yields
from a winter bean crop, according to one Suffolk grower.
Innovation under threat?
There’s an unprecedented push by the European business
community to ensure innovation isn’t stifled by regulation.
Britain’s bumper crop laid bare
A survey of growers has offered an insight into how the 2015 crop
performed and how nutrition plans for next year are shaping up.
New tech draws LAMMA PREVIEW
the crowds
A drop in machinery sales across Europe didn’t dampen the
enthusiasm of the 450,000 visitors to Agritechnica.
Smart thinking on drills and combines
Seeding technology has come on in leaps and bounds recently, while
there s a totally new approach on the cards for combine headers.
Cultivators rise to challenge of fresh thinking
Supersized cultivators to ingenious tools that measure soil strength
on the go.
Rapid pace for a
‘legendary’ drill
Väderstad’s Rapid pioneered the cultivator-drill concept and has
become Europe’s most successful seed drill of all time.
INNOVATION INSIGHT
Brand move brings ON FARM OPINION
multiple benefits
Moving its fleet over to Deutz-Fahr tractors is delivering cost savings
to one Cambs arable business, with no loss of performance.
Boom or bust for spray deposition
Two growers with BoomControl fitted to their sprayers comment on
the difference boom height makes.
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