Contacts:
If you have any queries please contact:
Sarah Cook (Sarah.Cook@adas.co.uk) who is a research consultant at ADAS (www.adas.co.uk ) and was a member of the UK Sunflower Association.
Websites:
USA Sunflower Association www.sunflowernsa.com
The National Sunflower Associaton of America has lots of interesting information about sunflowers that may, or may not, have direct relevance to growers in the UK.
NIAB www.niab.com
NK (Sunflower, maize and oilseed)
http://www.nk.com/uk/sunflower/syngenta-sunflower-breeding
Our constant objective is to supply, for various and changing climatic and agronomic conditions and for different uses (edible oil, bio fuel, lipochemistry), the best potential of sunflower plants to our customers: farmers, cooperatives and industries.
Seed Services www.seedservices.co.uk
Services and supplies to farmers and growers, sports and amenities.
Brian Fletcher has been involved with the agricultural & amenity sector for 35 years & has over that time built up a wealth of in-depth knowledge of those markets together with the ability to use them in a practical situation.
Vine House Farm www.vinehousefarm.co.uk
Vine House Farm Bird Foods offer a full range of high quality bird foods and accessories. Many of their products are grown on their conservation award winning farm.
Blog - April drilling disrupted by snow but Aberdeenshire crops still look as good as anywhere
We started planting spring cereals on a fine day in April and by the following day it was a white, despite the early challenges we progressed well even getting in a field on a neighbour’s farm we contract for that had been in potatoes last year.
Blog - Crops have developed slowly this spring and I’m already expecting a late harvest
USDA publish first forecasts of world supply and demand estimates for the new crop season
Cropping Systems Platform Open Day
27 Jun 2013
SGS, Alkerton Oaks Business Park, Stratford Road, Banbury OX15 6EP
25 Sep 2013
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London, Greater London SW1P 3EE
AHDB Crop Research Conference (Student rate)
25 Sep 2013
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London, Greater London SW1P 3EE