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1 week ago | 
theskinny.co.uk | Adam Clarke
Album title: In Limerance Artist: Jacob Alon Label: Island / EMI Release date: 30 May Jacob Alon’s passion for music started with the discovery of an acoustic guitar that had been stowed away in their grandmother’s dusty cupboard. But Alon’s route to recording their debut album was more circuitous than it might have been. A commitment to music was preceded by unrewarding stints at medical school and the study of theoretical physics.
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2 months ago | 
fwi.co.uk | Adam Clarke
Growers will soon be able to make more informed broad-leaved weed herbicide choices with a new rapid-resistance testing method nearing commercial launch. Much emphasis has been placed on improving knowledge and management of herbicide-resistant grassweeds over recent years and rightly so, given how damaging species such as blackgrass and Italian ryegrass have become.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
fwi.co.uk | Adam Clarke
© Nigel Cattlin/Alamy Stock Photo Two consignments of ware potatoes imported from Poland have tested positive for ring rot, a notifiable disease that could pose a serious threat to domestic production if allowed to establish in the UK. The discovery has prompted immediate action from the UK Plant Health Service (PHS), a collaboration of government agencies that protects the UK’s plants and trees from pests and diseases.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
thequietus.com | Bobby Barry |Adam Clarke
Shortly after rebooting Youth Lagoon, Trevor Powers found himself in his parents’ basement. Searching for an old harmonica, he instead stumbled upon a box of home videos documenting his childhood.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
fwi.co.uk | Adam Clarke
Beet cyst nematode is an increasing threat to British sugar beet crops and growers are urged to ramp up soil testing efforts to identify problems and steer management around crop rotations. Speaking at the recent Association of Independent Crop Consultants (AICC) conference, British Beet Research Organisation crop protection scientist Dr Alistair Wright said distribution of the pest is underestimated.
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Jan 26, 2025 | 
fwi.co.uk | Adam Clarke
If you’ve had a go with a small consumer-type drone, it’s easy to understand why enthusiasts like Berkshire-based Steve Frost get hooked. They are relatively cheap, can capture great visuals and are fun to fly but, when it comes to more industrious applications, they just don’t cut the mustard. See also: Contractor transforms Hilux trucks into lightweight sprayers That means investing in bulkier, pro-spec models, two of which are now part of Steve’s contracting fleet.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
fwi.co.uk | Adam Clarke
The dwindling availability of insecticide seed treatment and nematicides has paved the way for pest control using entomopathogenic nematodes. Following successful trial work in key high-value crops, farmer uptake looks set to increase. Insecticide use has taken a battering in recent years due to environmental concerns, and many active substances – including the pyrethroid insecticide seed treatment tefluthrin – are no longer available.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
fwi.co.uk | Adam Clarke
Recent autumn drilling campaigns have been a real slog for crop producers, with periods of extreme weather limiting work windows and leading to poor establishment. And that’s all the more galling when you’ve spent big on a drill and the associated inputs – labour, diesel and wearing metal – to get seed safely in the ground.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
fwi.co.uk | Adam Clarke
Grimme has revealed a new version of its Prios 440 cup planter, which can place seed into prepared beds. The firm launched the trailed four-row machine two years ago. It works in combination with a farm’s chosen tillage tool – typically a rotary tiller or power harrow sat beneath a swan-neck drawbar – straight into level ground. Now, those who pre-prepare beds because they need to de-stone/de-clod, can opt for the Prios 440 Bed, with its revised chassis opening up the planter to a broader market.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
fwi.co.uk | Adam Clarke
The latest 12- and 18-row Grimme Matrix beet drills have been given a makeover, resulting in a more compact layout, better weight distribution and easier operation. The parallelogram that controls seeding depth is now made from hardened cast aluminium, with the lighter and more rigid design said to offer better ground contouring and force dissipation.
