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Maize harvest begins with yields off to a promising start

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly As foragers start chopping maize crops across the South and East, reports are that yields are very good, ranging between 43 and 48t/ha. Excellent growth throughout the summer was due to July and August rainfall, according to Grainseed manager Neil Groom.

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Farmer Focus: Winter wheat direct-drilled into grass ley

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly We are currently drawing to the end of the maize; it will be a welcome end to this year’s harvest. Maize yields have varied, and it has taught us lessons for the future. Then we can fully focus on next year’s crops.

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New Fastrac and trailer investment lifts contractor’s fleet

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Last year’s sub-par maize yields have forced anaerobic digester (AD) plants to expand their acreages to shore up dwindling feedstock supplies, and that has meant more work for P Russon & Sons.

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Four UK crops you might be eating in 2035

Sustainable Food Trust

On a farm in West Wales, Nathan Richards (pictured) is beginning to harvest his first small commercial crop of peaches and nectarines. Simultaneous harvest failures across major crop-producing regions are increasingly likely , linked to a strongly meandering jet stream which can trigger concurrent extreme weather events.

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Albania: A lesson in localism

Sustainable Food Trust

Changing practices In the last 30 years, Albania has moved from growing exclusively local varieties of arable crops, specifically cereals and maize, to importing 80% of its seed. The great diversity of open-pollinated varieties of maize are now lost – bar a handful in mountainous regions. Yet, unique and important varieties survive.

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Seeds from Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change

Civil Eats

Farmers plant seeds deep in the soil, use passive rainwater harvesting, and rely on hardy desert-adapted seeds. The more water you put on a crop, the more yield you get. a) teosinte and maize (Zea mays); b) chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum); c) common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); d) cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).

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