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- @NIABTAG: It was a packed house; #NIABTAG Network members at the Essex/Suffolk Winter Conference yesterday http://t.co/73SIYZJH
- @NIABTAG: Bill Gates calls for investment in innovative strategies for agriculture http://t.co/kNsHjRzK
- @NIABTAG: Climate change could create huge opportunities for UK farming; so do we need yield gap research? http://t.co/NH18SK4q
- @NIABTAG: RT @cocklepark: @NIABTAG @AgricAndy Min you I am very very grateful that there are people who make sure that UK seed is of the highest q ...
- @NIABTAG: The first 2012 class of crop inspectors have their exam this pm! Good luck! Fact of the day; last year #NIAB trained 365 crop inspectors
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- @NIABTAG: RT @NNFCC: David Cameron yesterday: Gov to "increase support for an expansion in sustainable biomass generation, which is reliable and c ...
- @NIABTAG: Good Luck, you'll be fine, trained by the best! @AgricAndy: Seed Crop Inspectors exam this afternoon at @NIABTAG #challengingisnottheword
- @NIABTAG: Jim's blog - implications of Drinking Water Directive on pesticide availability; doom or not that bad? http://t.co/yWFjRvqM
- @NIABTAG: A busy day at #NIAB Cambridge; crop inspector courses, in-house Poster Day and agronomy training all happening here
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- @NIABTAG: Jim asks can crop N recommendations be improved, in this week's Orson's Oracle blog http://t.co/0iun5qQR
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Orson's Oracle
Not as bad as first thought?
24/01/2012 by Jim Orson
" There have been some very doom laden studies on the financial implications of the Drinking Water Directive on pesticide availability. These suggest that herbicides relied upon to control black-grass in oilseed rape could disappear, with dire financial consequences for the whole r... "