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Maize Watch: Bumper maize yields for many

Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Farmers Weekly Maize growers around the country are reporting very good yields this year. Yields are 44-49t/ha, which is very good compared with the long-term UK average of 40-42t/ha. Contractors are chopping now in all regions.

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Maize harvest begins with yields off to a promising start

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

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: Plenty of forage, but costs are still biting

Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Farmers Weekly The maize is in the clamps. The yield monitor counted 730t freshweight off 12.14ha (30 acres), which is about 60t/ha. The best bits yielded more than 100t/ha at 34-36% dry matter. After 19 weeks in the ground, it is a massive yield for only 100kg/ha of purchased fertiliser.

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Farmer Focus: Winter wheat direct-drilled into grass ley

Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 6, 2023

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

AUGUST 11, 2023

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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Diversifying rotations for climate change adaptation and mitigation

Agricultural Biodiversity

JANUARY 23, 2024

Bottom line: adding more crops to the current dominant rotation of wheat and maize increases yields and profits, sequesters more carbon in the soil and reduces overall greenhouse gas emissions. Anthropocene Magazine has a handy summary of recent research into crop diversity on the North China Plain.

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The United States Must Respect Indigenous Rights in Mexico GM Corn Case

Food Tank

APRIL 10, 2024

In 2019, Mexico enacted a Federal Law for the Promotion and Protection of Native Maize. Yields of non-GM corn are comparable to GM corn , according to seed industry sources, and can earn a premium price estimated at 10-20 percent higher than GM varieties. Unlike in the U.S., Rather than face economic harm, U.S.

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Albania: A lesson in localism

Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

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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Op-Ed | Climate and Nutrition Can No Longer Be Ships That Pass In the Night

Food Tank

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The climate modelers show us maps of Africa, for example, that show declines of up to 25 percent in the productivity of maize in the Sahel, Eastern and Southern Africa. percent decrease in global rice yield. Extreme heat and humidity mean that more food is lost to disease and spoilage.

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Four UK crops you might be eating in 2035

Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

Crops like maize – the primary staple food for many of the world’s people, particularly in lower latitudes – are especially at risk; by the end of the century, it’s possible that maize production could drop by as much as 24%. An example is the YQ (Yield and Quality) variety of wheat, which is now grown by many farmers.

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Seeds from Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change

Civil Eats

APRIL 22, 2024

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). As a university student in the late ‘70s, Nabhan recalls a professor explaining why desert-adapted crops were unnecessary. “‘The

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From Faltering to Flourishing: Local Food Supply Chains are Making a Comeback

Agritecture Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Because of the political and scientific focus on staple grain production, just three crops (wheat, rice and maize) make up almost half of global calorie consumption. Of the more than 200,000 edible plant species , people today rely on just 15 for almost all of their regular food intake.

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