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Welcome to the latest edition of the Corteva Talks e-newsletter, bringing you updates on sustainability, innovation and new products from Corteva Agriscience.
Contents: | Resilient & Ready update | 24 hours in farming - #Farm24 | Celebrating five years of Corteva Agriscience | We'd like to hear from you! Short survey opportunities | Ympact - new growth nutrition seed treatment | How well do you know your Area Manager? | Summer events | More Corteva news | Corteva Apps | Learn and earn CPD points with Corteva | Hotline
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Open farm Sunday 2024 roundup
Both of the teams at the Resilient & Ready farms once again got involved in LEAF’s Open Farm Sunday initiative inviting the local community onto their farms to learn about their agricultural practices.
Nick and Lucy Tyler at Kingsplay Farming Company Limited welcomed the community to learn about their mixed arable and dairy farm and siblings Bryony and Archie Graham showcased their arable and diversified business farming practices. Both farms had another great experience in 2024 with good attendance and a positive atmosphere throughout.
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Farmers Weekly Awards 2024
The Farmers Weekly Awards are back and we are pleased to announce that current Resilient & Ready farmers, Nick and Lucy Tyler at Kingsplay Farming Company Limited have been shortlisted for Mixed Farmer of the Year!
To find out more about the Farmers Weekly Awards click here.
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To find out more about Nick and Lucy Tyler's journey on the Resilient and Ready programme click here, or watch their profile video by clicking here.
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24 hours in farming - #Farm24
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#Farm24 is the UK agricultural industry's largest digital event created to celebrate the hard work and dedication of the farming community. This year it took place from 8th to 9th August 2024 and was organised by Farmers Guardian and Morrisons.
Corteva Agriscience have supported #Farm24 for a number of years and once again took part in the initiative.
See how Corteva celebrated by watching the short video and visiting the webpage showcasing colleagues from across the UK and Ireland business taking part.
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Celebrating five years of Corteva Agriscience
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Will Corrigan, UK and Ireland Country Leader, looked back on what the team have achieved during the past five years.
"Our achievements are too many to name, but over the past five years we have delivered a vast array of new innovations for British and Irish farmers – including fungicides, oilseed rape herbicides, cereal herbicides, clover safe grassland herbicides, maize herbicides, a number of impressive seed varieties and, most recently, Biological products."
Click here to read the full article.
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We'd like to hear from you! Short survey opportunities
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Quick survey for oilseed rape growers – can you spare some time?
Our survey aims to collect insights which we will share in early September on our OSR hub. All submissions will be entered into our prize draw for a chance to win a prize bundle. We have 10 bundles available, each containing: A Belkar® messenger bag, waxed chaps, an agronomy pouch and a pair of rigger gloves. The survey closes on 31 August 2024. Click here to get started.
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Maize Silage Inoculant Survey 2024
Maize growers we’d like your views. Click here to take part in our short silage additive survey and you could win a Pioneer® prize pack!
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Ympact - a new growth nutrition seed treatment from Corteva
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Inspired by nature, Ympact® is a novel biostimulant seed treatment which enhances seedling growth by optimising metabolic processes and abiotic stress tolerance.
Why choose Ympact?
- Speeds up plant emergence and improves early crop vigour
- Enables more uniform plant establishment
- Increases biomass and chlorophyll content
- Increases metabolic activity and tolerance to diseases
- Increases winter hardiness
- Compatible with fungicidal base seed dressings
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How well do you know your Area Manager?
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We asked some of our Area Managers a few key questions so you can get to know them that little bit more. Click on each name to read more and discover about their journey and experiences.
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Area manager for Scotland
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Area manager for West, Wales & Shropshire
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Area manager for East of England
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Area manager for Midlands
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Cereals Event 2024 highlights
It was great to see so many folk at the Corteva stand at Cereals Event 2024. Visitors to the stand were able to have great conversations with Corteva staff, take part in our 5 year celebration game, and enjoy tasty pizza and coffee. Around 400 visitors to the Corteva stand were on the CPD knowledge trail – we hope you found our posters and team to be very helpful.
Click here to watch a few highlights from the 2 days.
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Corteva Grassland Innovation Platforms
Throughout the month of July Corteva hosted four events across the UK, where the Corteva team presented two new active ingredients and associated products including a broad spectrum clover-safe herbicide.
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Potato events
The team were on site in Dundee this week for Potatoes in Practice to talk to growers and advisors about our solutions for potato crops.
You can also expect to find the team at the Eurofins Potato Blight Event on 21 August in Derby.
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Corteva colleagues at Potatoes in Practice on 8 August
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Oilseed rape establishment and weed control
Successful establishment of oilseed rape and achieving good levels of weed control are key components to achieving high yields. It is essential to manage your oilseed rape crop to gain the maximum benefit from the crop including yield.
Read the full press release here.
Pioneer provides unique seed treatment for UK farmers growing oilseed rape
With the oilseed rape drilling campaign starting this month, Pioneer® has outlined the role seed treatments can play in getting the crop off to the best possible start.
Read the full press release here.
Pioneer PT303/Belkar® £200 cashback offer – register today
We are running the OSR offer to help you maximise the potential of your oilseed rape crop. We are offering £200 cashback to anyone that purchases Protector® Sclerotinia tolerant hybrid, PT303 and Belkar® herbicide for the 2024/25 growing season.
To find out more, click here.
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The Corteva Arable and Forage Apps are packed with features and resources to help you maximise your agronomy.
If you haven't already, download the apps to get access to information and useful features on the go. Available on the App Store or Google Play. Search "Corteva Forage" or "Corteva Arable".
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Learn and earn CPD points with Corteva
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Corteva newsletters:
- Arable Update – 2 BASIS points and/or 2 NRoSO points. Read the latest version here.
- Forage Agronomy Update – 2 BASIS points and/or 2 NRoSO points. Read the latest version here.
Online learning and training courses: Check out our range of courses here.
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Get in touch with the Hotline team
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Our hotline team are on hand to answer any queries or concerns you have regarding Corteva products. Give them a call on 0800 689 8899 or submit an enquiry.
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USE PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS SAFELY. Always read the label and product information before use. For further information including warning phrases and symbols refer to label. Corteva Agriscience UK Limited, Unit H4, Building H, Melbourn Science Park, Cambridge Road, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, SG8 6HB. Tel: 01462 457272. ®, ™ Trademarks of Corteva Agriscience and its affiliated companies. All other brand names are trademarks of other manufacturers for which proprietary rights may exist. All manufacturers tradenames and trademarks are duly acknowledged. © 2024 Corteva. Ympact® contains Fulvic Acid, Humic Acid, trace elements including Copper (0.45%), Manganese (0.74%), Zinc (1.1%), Boron, Cobolt, Sodium. Belkar® contains halauxifen-methyl (Arylex™ active) and picloram.
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