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As this season’s spring sowing season approaches, Fury spring bean is at the top of the list for many pulse growers.  It is the fully PGRO-recommended pale hilum spring bean that yields higher than current varieties with better downy mildew … Continue reading →

An innovative web site gives farmers the opportunity to look at plots of the new oilseed rape variety Avatar and literally ‘watch it grow’ on 20 farms across the main oilseed rape regions of England. “We want to show farmers … Continue reading →

Avatar is the new hybrid currently showing the best gross output figures of all candidate varieties based on NL trials.  The other key point is that it is early maturing to give a spread of harvesting – a benefit that … Continue reading →

HGCA-Recommended winter oilseed rape Sesame is showing consistency in its yields as growers look into the barn to see the results of their second year of success with the variety, and the 5-year trials results see Sesame stay at the … Continue reading →

In a challenging year where we have seen a tough winter followed by an arid spring, newly-HGCA recommended winter oilseed rape Sesame has stood up to the challenge and is coming up with some impressive yields on-farm. “As we analyse … Continue reading →

Seed grower Nick Wilson, who farms near Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, achieved an overall yield seed of 4.6t/ha (1.9t/acre) from his Sesame oilseed rape last season, with yields touching the golden number of 5t/ha on the main parts of his field. … Continue reading →

As harvest nears, Sesame winter oilseed rape – the highest yielding oilseed rape variety on the east/west 2011 HGCA oilseed rape Recommended List, with 10% of the UK acreage, is living up to its yield promise. In the south, Wiltshire … Continue reading →

Ideal conditions for the disease’s formation, enhanced by shorter rotation intervals, has meant light leaf spot pressure has this season been higher than for some time, with effects evident in oilseed rape crops some way south of its usual northern … Continue reading →

With incidences of clubroot occurring this season in areas which have hitherto been visibly free of the problem, varietal choice, combined with liming of acidic soils, remains the key countermeasure against the threat it poses to oilseed rape performance, according … Continue reading →