Press Releases

New easyconnect caps on BASF oilseed rape products mark UK milestone

New easyconnect caps on BASF oilseed rape products mark UK milestone

For the first time in the UK, new easyconnect caps will be available to growers on BASF’s oilseed rape crop protection products from autumn 2023. These caps enable the use of the easyconnect Closed Transfer System (CTS) and mark a milestone in UK agriculture, as new...

Pioneering new R&D project for Perthshire snack business

Pioneering new R&D project for Perthshire snack business

A new project to enhance food safety in potato crisp production has started between Abertay University and Perthshire-based Taylors Snacks. Focusing on minimising acrylamide, a natural chemical compound that can form in starchy foods when cooked at high temperatures,...

Fera Science’s deep dive into biopesticides

Fera Science’s deep dive into biopesticides

Despite widespread support across the sector, biopesticides aren’t yet realising their potential and stakeholders found out why, at a recent webinar hosted by Fera Science. From the challenges of formulating new regulation and developing meaningful ecotoxicity...

Ultimate guide to growing beans – available now

Ultimate guide to growing beans – available now

Whether you’re a seasoned grower or you have just added winter beans to your rotation, the new Bean Growth Guide has been developed to help you make the most from the crop. The free resource is the result of a collaboration between PGRO, ADAS and BASF, and brings...

Ensure maximum yield and quality potential from your barley with PGRs

Ensure maximum yield and quality potential from your barley with PGRs

With lush crops of barley easy to find this year, growers will be keen to manage their crops to ensure they reach their maximum yield and quality potential. To help achieve this, both winter and spring crops should be treated with robust PGRs to ensure an optimum ear...

Conditions conducive for chocolate spot

Conditions conducive for chocolate spot

Monitor crops closely and consider protective chocolate spot treatments this spring, farmers are warned, as conditions are conductive for the development of winter beans’ most destructive disease. Early drilling and harsh winter weather combined with cool wet...

Season update: warmer weather prompts crop growth

Season update: warmer weather prompts crop growth

Across the country a combination of sunshine and warmer temperatures has prompted rapid crop growth and reports are coming in of mounting disease pressure. While nutrients are currently top of the to-do list, many growers are starting to think about fungicide...

Liver fluke study delivers win-wins for animal and environmental health

Liver fluke study delivers win-wins for animal and environmental health

Routinely treating sheep and cattle for liver fluke has led to overuse of treatments, increased resistance and costs to farmers and the environment which could be avoided through testing. A seasonal study carried out on Islay, has demonstrated that treating ‘as little...