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Promising signs for new season crop
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03 July 2008 |
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Price and yield prospects for new-season wheat, barley and oilseed rape look to be holding up well as the European harvest gets under way, say traders.
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Scientists' warning over EU stance on licensing 'hazardous' pesticides
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03 July 2008 |
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Seven leading UK scientists have warned of the "dangerous precedents" that are being set as Brussels moves towards a system of licensing pesticides based...
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Peter Kendall demands more food and less climate change
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03 July 2008 |
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DEFRA needs to move food production up its lists of priorities and not focus so much on climate change and the environment, according to NFU president Peter Kendall.
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Set-aside to go for good, says EU
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03 July 2008 |
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Set-aside looks certain to be abolished for good later this year, with set-aside entitlements converted into normal entitlements.
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Winter bean demands to be met in order to offset panic
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03 July 2008 |
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There will be enough winter bean seed to meet demand this autumn, so growers shouldn't panic and make hasty buying decisions, Peter Smith of Wherry'ssaid at a recent PGRO open day .
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New pulse varieties look promising
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03 July 2008 |
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Fuego remains the top yielding and the top selling spring bean variety on the Recommended List, but there's plenty of good new spring bean material coming through the breeding system, Keith Fox of Nickerson told a recent PGRO open day.
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Surge in interest for sprayer auto boom height control
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03 July 2008 |
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When it comes to buying a sprayer, it's not just GPS-controlled auto-boom shut-off systems that are on everyone's shortlist - auto boom height control is becoming just as popular.
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Launch of Native Breeds for Modern Needs
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03 July 2008 |
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Native breeds will make their debut in the Native Breeds for Modern Needs exhibition at the Dairy Event and Livestock show in September.
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Gett a wiggle on, trainer tells combine drivers
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03 July 2008 |
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Many combine operators are driving too slowly, losing too much corn and not getting out of their machines enough to check their losses.
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Violence continues against white farmers in Zimbabwe
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02 July 2008 |
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White farmers in Zimbabwe are still being subjected to vicious attacks and harassment by the militia, despite Robert Mugabe being sworn in as president following last Friday's (27 June) rigged election.
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