June 2022 Edition

Watch live - Harriet Ross and Ben Lowe's LEAF Demonstration farm launch

Watch live as HB Farms are launched as a LEAF Demonstration Farm! Following three years on the Resilient & Ready programme, Harriet and Ben will now go on to mentor the next cohort of Resilient & Ready farmers that will be joining the programme and act as an industry leader in sustainable farming excellence.

You can tune in from any web browser between 1 - 4pm on Wednesday 6th June to watch:

Welcome and introduction
Tour of Newseat of Dumbreck Farm
Official launch and tree planting with Andrew Connon, Vice President of NFU Scotland
Closing remarks from Alice Midmer, LEAF Consultant

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Our first Resilient & Ready cohort complete the programme

Congratulations to Andy Bason and Nick Down for completing the Resilient & Ready programme to become LEAF demonstration farms.

On 26 May, Andy and his team at Newhouse Farm welcomed guests for a tree-planting ceremony to mark the occasion before leading a farm tour to demonstrate their approach to managing woodland, environmental stewardship schemes, biodiversity and soil health. You can read the press release here, or click the video below to watch a summary of the day.

Nick Down's launch on 21st June was well attended by several key figures across the industry. Take a look at our social media channels for images from the day!

Four farmers share their experiences of growing PT303, our WOSR hybrid

We've collated the stories from four farmers who have experience growing our new sclerontinia tolerant variety PT303 Protector ^® Sclerotinia. By sowing PT303, farmers can incorporate a level of tolerance to sclerotinia for the first time into their crop management planning.

Olly Pemberton (pictured above) drilled PT303 in early August last year, across 20ha of the farm’s 900ha in Wiltshire using a disc drill to plant into chalky soil following winter barley. He said:

“It looks fantastically clean from a disease point of view. Some of the varieties out there in the trial are looking a bit dirtier but this is clean. It established brilliantly, and, for early autumn vigour, it went like a train – going into Christmas it looked phenomenal. It’s all flowering now so it seems quite resilient, and I haven’t written any of it off."

Read more about Olly’s experience and three other farmers by clicking on the button below.

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More Corteva news...

Resilient & Ready farmers Ben Lowe and Harriet Ross share how they are building foundations for the future - read here
OSR offer: Take part in our exclusive offer by purchasing Protector Sclerotinia tolerant hybrid, PT303 and Belkar® herbicide for the 2022/23 growing season and be eligible for a One4All gift card valued at £200. To qualify, you will need to purchase a minimum of eight 1.5mk seed bags of PT303 and 2 cans of Belkar. More information here
Growing potatoes this season? We’re sharing short, informative videos that follow the growth of a field of Royal potatoes, commenting on disease and weed pressure that becomes apparent between May and September; and providing advice. #FollowTheCrop with us. Our latest video can be watched here

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