Cereals 2018

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Skyscrapers of wheat and oilseed rape made of steel...what's new in crop varieties

New varieties are a highlight of the 'Cereals' event for many. Breeders showcase the best they have to offer as farmers and merchants eye up what will be coming down the tracks.

Pregnancy test for blackgrass...how does it work?

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over 7 years ago

Pregnancy test for blackgrass...how does it work?

Researchers in Newcastle University have used technology from human pregnancy tests to identify the level of herbicide resistance in blackgrass. BReD (Blackgrass Resistance Diagnostic) tests for resistance in less than five minutes.

Mechanical weeding: 'We need something else in our toolbox'

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over 7 years ago

Mechanical weeding: 'We need something else in our toolbox'

Mechanical weeders and robotic weeders were a hot topic of conversation at Cereals 2018, which took place in Cambridge in the UK last week.

Watch this 30-year-old combine drive itself

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over 7 years ago

Watch this 30-year-old combine drive itself

Hands Free Hectare is 1ha of land in Shropshire in the UK which has been dessicated, tilled, sown, fertilised, sprayed and harvested entirely by autonomous machinery. Even the crop walking was carried out using robotics.