CPM (Crop Production Magazine)

2 weeks ago | cpm-magazine.co.uk | Janine Adamson

Niab has awarded its 2025 Variety Cup to winter oat Mascani, honouring the variety’s longevity following 21 years in the UK marketplace. Mascani, bred by IBERS – Aberystwyth and marketed by Senova in the UK, is favoured by the milling industry. It was first added to the AHDB Recommended List in 2004 and has accounted for more than 50% of the winter oat area in the past 12 years, with a UK certified seed market share high of 77% in 2021.

2 weeks ago | cpm-magazine.co.uk | Janine Adamson

A multi-use applicator is helping to support a Chelmsford contracting business as it expands its customer base and reaches new heights of success. Not only has fourth generation farmer Jack Bosworth doubled the size of the farm’s pig herd during the past eight years, but he’s also simultaneously launched a contracting side to the business too.

1 month ago | cpm-magazine.co.uk | Janine Adamson

Potato growers have a new reference tool available to help manage potato cyst nematode pressure. Launched by GB Potatoes and CUPGRA, ‘A guide for managing PCN in Great Britain’ is a science-based resource aimed at supporting the potato industry in addressing one of its most persistent challenges. The resource has been developed to support growers, agronomists, and industry stakeholders and is available exclusively to members of both GB Potatoes and CUPGRA.

1 month ago | cpm-magazine.co.uk | Janine Adamson

Pioneering work could help to unblock the bottlenecks impeding the use of drones in agriculture, according to technology experts. This would allow beyond visual line of sight flight, aerial application of key crop protection products, and seed sowing for reforestation projects. The work has been undertaken by SEAD Artists – a consortium of drone experts including Autospray Systems, Skypointe, the University of Liverpool and DronePrep.

1 month ago | cpm-magazine.co.uk | Janine Adamson

Chafer sprayers have been a stable sight at Potash Farm near March in Cambridgeshire during the past 11 years, with the farm taking delivery of its third Sentry machine last season. Run by Mick Mottram, C J Mottram and Sons covers 567ha of owned, rented and contract farmed area. Growing wheat, barley, potatoes, sugar beet, mustard and beans, he has a number of crops to manage, meaning he requires a sprayer that’s up to the task.