Crop Management

CROP MANAGEMENT NEWS

13 January 2012

New chlorpyrifos requirements announced

New requirements for all 2012 applications of chlorpyrifos insecticides have been announced by a consortium of the three major approval holders of UK products; Dow AgroSciences, Makhteshim Agan and Headland Agrochemicals. The changes form part of the new stewardship initiative; ‘Chlorpyrifos: Say NO to DRIFT’, which is being managed by ADAS.

19 September 2011

Global ReseArCH4 inveN2Ory Workshop

An opportunity for academics and industry to demonstrate techniques and technologies used to measure agricultural GHG emissions.

15 July 2011

Pesticides in the UK – The 2010 report on the impacts and sustainable use of pesticides

The Pesticides Forum has published its latest annual report ‘Pesticides in the UK – the 2010 report on the impacts and sustainable use of pesticides’.

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ADAS exhibiting at the LAMMA Event in January

ADAS will be attending the LAMMA exhibition on 18th and 19th January 2012 and will be accompanied by solar PV partners, Energi Installations.

Does consuming seasonal foods benefit the environment?

16 December 2011

Does consuming seasonal foods benefit the environment?

Mark Holmes & Jeremy Wiltshire from the ADAS Sustainable Leadership team, along with collaborators from the University of Plymouth and EuGeos, have contributed a paper to the December issue of...

Improving evidence for buffer strip effectiveness for P across the DTC's

12 December 2011

Improving evidence for buffer strip effectiveness for P across the DTC's

ADAS is involved in a collaborative project investigating the effectiveness of buffer strips at removing sediment and Phosphorus (P) across the three Demonstration Test Catchments (DTC).

Combinable crop harvest is now drawing to a close

29 September 2011

Combinable crop harvest is now drawing to a close

UK combinable crop harvest is now drawing to a close. Harvest progress has stayed ahead of average for most crops, despite some unsettled weather and difficult conditions in Scotland.