Farmers Weekly has been moved to the top shelf at our local shop (Waitrose). I am not sure why. Is it because of some risqué language in the livestock section or the frequent mention of (oilseed) rape in the crops section? Or is it because the powers that …
We got up at 2:30 a.m. the other day to view the eclipse of the super moon. The fact that we had a good view of the event meant that the sky was clear. The weather was set fair and so I knew that cereal drilling would soon be going ahead at a frantic …
My blog in early July suggested that yields might be good except in those parts of the country where a very dry May/June could limit the yield potential on all but the most moisture retentive soils. This was along the right lines and yields have been …
It is now the time of year when there is concern about pesticides moving to water and exceeding the challenging limits specified in the Drinking Water Directive. The maximum level for an individual pesticide is 0.1 µg/l (0.1 parts per billion) when …
This is continuing the theme of my previous blog. It summarised some of the very sensible and practical approaches that can be taken to reduce pesticide movement to water in order to meet the very demanding targets set by the Drinking Water Directive …
Looking at the husbandry of those achieving extremely high winter wheat yields this year suggests that it was the weather, good crop management and possibly higher rates of applied N that were key. There are those who sell a programmed approach of trace …
In my mid-April blog, “ Roundup causing cancer ?”, the classification of glyphosate by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC - part of the World Health Organisation) as a probable carcinogen was discussed. Its evidence in humans was from …
In my final blog of 2015 I would like to express my concern over the amount of mecoprop in the raw water that has recently been feeding some drinking water treatment works. Levels of up to four or five times those specified in the Drinking Water Directive …
I have been a life-long supporter of Leicester City and can now come out of the woodwork because they have the 40 points necessary to survive in the Premier League for another season. It would have been tempting fate to declare my support earlier in the …
In my previous blog I discussed the role of dose on the speed of development of pesticide resistance. I also highlighted the concern over the possible development of black-grass resistance to glyphosate. However, it must be said that nobody is sure that …
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