Richard Allison
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Farmers Weekly Awards 2026: Farmer of the Year - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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Norfolk arable farmer James Chapman has been crowned Farmers Weekly’s Farmer of the Year 2026. James’ focus on identifying local business opportunities combined with successfully building a new farmyard within a tight deadline is a credit to his motivation to keep pushing the business forward. See also: FW Awards 2026: Meet the finalists His involvement with the wider community is inspiring, working with East Coast Growers and HDC Farming, he is a founder member of the Fleggmart beet lifting co-
Trial shows maize yield lift with drone-applied foliar N - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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Using a drone to apply late nitrogen to maize increased predicted yields by up to 10t/ha in trials carried out by an agronomy company in Leicestershire. Hutchinsons crop nutrition specialist Rob Jewers explains that maize crops need more than 30% of their total nitrogen requirement after the tassling stage, which is a key period to maximise cob fill. See also: How grain maize earns more profit than wheat for two growers However, meeting this later demand can prove challenging, as crops can quick
5 reasons why ryegrass is the UK’s most difficult weed - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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The AHDB, Rothamsted Research and Niab all rank ryegrass as the UK’s number one weed. Here, experts from Adas and BASF discuss what makes ryegrass so challenging and how to manage it on farm. See also: How to tackle the increasing problem of Italian ryegrass “One of the reasons ryegrass is so problematic is because it is very vigorous and fast growing,” explains Matt Keane, BASF agronomy manager. “As a result, it competes aggressively with crops for light, water and nutrients, robbing yield in t
How maize list overhaul helps variety choice for 2027 - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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The British Society of Plant Breeders Forage Maize Descriptive Lists have been redesigned for the 2027 growing season, making it easier for growers to identify varieties suited to their farm and growing conditions. This new approach replaces the previous classification of varieties according to favourable, very favourable and less favourable sites. See also: Maize for anaerobic digestion – how do the numbers stack up? For 2027, the varieties are presented in four Lists, based on both maturity an
Three steps to better blackgrass control - Farmers Weekly (opens the original)
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Blackgrass control is moving underground, with a shift in focus towards creating crop root systems that will be highly competitive against those of the weed. Significant progress has been made in getting on top of blackgrass in the past decade – average plant counts in trials at Hutchinsons’ Cambourne grassweed site in Cambridgeshire stand at 60 plants/sq m today, compared to the 600 plants/sq m seen at the former Brampton site 10 years ago. See also: What to consider when planning a new pestici
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