Within eight days of harvesting winter barley, Bishop Auckland farmer Chris Stephenson had a catch crop of Autumn Gold emerging. This mixture, of Hobson forage rape and Samson stubble turnips, will provide winter feed from November through to...

Original Cereals: 9th August 2017

Best Barley Yields Ever

It’s a harvest of firsts for Norfolk grower, Kit Papworth of LF...

Original Cereals: 27th June 2017

High yielding, early to harvest wheat variety bucks the trend

Candidate winter wheat variety LG Motown is set to interest those growers who are looking for a new early maturing wheat with high yields, say breeders Limagrain UK.

Original Cereals: 27th June 2017

Survey confirms high levels of TuYV…

Oilseed rape yields could be impacted this season as levels of TuYV...

Pulses: 13th March 2017

Collaboration delivers success for pulses

Linking up the needs of grower, processor and markets is notoriously difficult...

Forage Crops: 27th February 2017

New Fodder Beet Varieties Raise the Bar

New genetics and advancements in plant breeding are shown off at their...

12th December 2016

Higher yields and improved agronomics bring on-farm profitability

Leading the trend in producing varieties offering not only higher yields but also improved on-farm agronomics, Limagrain UK believes the recommendation of its two wheats, a spring barley and 2 oilseed rape varieties to the 2017-2018 AHDB Recommended...

Original Cereals: 1st September 2016

Early Sowing of Winter Wheat – maximizing the potential?

The early sowing of wheat has possibly lost favour and indeed is frowned upon by many growers and agronomists who have moved away from this concept due to ever increasing blackgrass levels on farm. Nevertheless, growers without blackgrass...

Original Cereals: 17th August 2016

Plant Breeding post Brexit

Nickerson, as part of Limagrain UK, is a fast growing, French farmer-owned...

Original Cereals: 11th August 2016

Robust disease resistance stands out from…

An aerial picture taken of variety trials clearly shows the robust disease...

Original Cereals: 6th May 2016

Could Warrior 3 Rust Race be a Threat This Season?

Suspicions that the aggressive Warrior 3 rust race could be a threat...

Original Cereals: 26th April 2016

Innovative Plant Genetics Tackle Production Costs

Cutting edge genetics that have paved the way for new and exciting varieties offering step-changes in performance will be on display at the Limagrain/Nickerson stand at this year’s Cereals event

Original Cereals: 21st March 2016

Early Spring Management of Evolution Pays…

The season’s mild autumn and spring conditions will be pushing wheat varieties...

Original Cereals: 25th February 2016

Improved Tillering Linked to Higher Yields

Spring barley varieties that have a better tillering ability could be linked...

Original Cereals: 11th February 2016

Use the correct seed rate for…

Use the correct seed rate for spring barley varieties to ensure optimum...

Pulses: 1st February 2016

Capitalise on pulse markets in 2016…

2016 has been declared the International Year of Pulses (IYP) by the...

Original Cereals: 26th January 2016

Spring barley performs better as strategic…

For Norfolk contract farmer Kit Papworth, spring barley is an important crop...

Original Cereals: 7th January 2016

Identify your spring barley market

Think carefully about your market before committing to a spring barley crop...

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