Crop Protection
Technical manager for FMC
Crop protection business FMC-UK has appointed Georgia Antoniou as its newest commercial technical manager. Ms Antoniou joins from Agrovista, where she worked for five years as an agronomist looking after farms in Essex and Suffolk. In her new post at FMC, she will...
AICC hears call for lighter agritech regulation post-EU
British agriculture faces the most rapid period of change for 50 years, delegates at last week’s Association of Independent Crop Consultants (AICC) conference heard. But agri-tech advances, in step with proportionate regulation, can help achieve more from less...
Chemical expert for De Sangosse
Pesticides, complementary chemistry and molluscicide manufacturer De Sangosse has appointed Dr Brett Symonds as its chemistry compliance and technical manager. His new role encompasses almost all chemistry-related issues for the company in the UK and internationally....
New chair for the Voluntary Initiative
The Voluntary Initiative (VI), the industry body promoting the stewardship and responsible use of pesticides alongside integrated pest management (IPM), has appointed Phil Jarvis as its new chairman. He succeeds Yorkshire farmer Paul Temple after three years in the...
2021 PGRO/Syngenta virtual Pulse Roadshows starts today
The annual series of Pulse Roadshow events held by the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) and Syngenta is to take place online this year January because of the ongoing pandemic. The Zoom events provide opportunities to learn more about pulse cropping...
Defra allows neonics on beet seed for 2021
The government is to grant an emergency authorisation for the use of the neonicotinoid seed dressing thiamethoxam (Syngenta’s Cruiser SB) for 2021 sugar beet crops planted in England. This follows a request from British Sugar and the NFU after significant damage to...
