Crop Protection
Nichino Europe to market TEMAP bio-fungicide
Nichino Europe, which formerly traded in the UK as Interagro, has reached a strategic agreement with Belgium’s Bi-PA to acquire all intellectual property rights for the bio-fungicide TEMAP in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)....
Agrii and PI extend biologicals collaboration
Agronomy services business Agrii has extended its UK and Ireland partnership with biologicals specialist PI AgSciences to 2031. PI AgSciences, (formerly Plant Health Care) is now part of the US PI Industries’ global agriculture...
Two for ProCam UK
Agronomy company ProCam UK has appointed Andrew Cromie as head of crop nutrition in a move to strengthen its UK technical team. Based in Cambridgeshire, Mr Cromie will work closely with ProCam’s suppliers and nationwide agronomy...
Wildlife adviser wins BASIS Singleton award
A farm adviser at the Cornwall Wildlife Trust is the winner of the BASIS Paul Singleton Project of the Year Award for the highest-scoring project as part of the BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection in 2025. Dr Jan Dinsdale received...
CSFB survey numbers give growers confidence for 2027
For the second consecutive year, cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) larvae numbers remained consistently low during the 2025/26 oilseed rape establishment and growing season on the majority of farms surveyed. The latest CSFB stem larvae...
Slugging it out in the wheat field
A three-year Defra funded project may have found the key to slug-resistant wheat. Scientists working on the SLIMERS project at the John Innes Centre have identified three regions of the wheat genome responsible for resistance to the...