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- @NIABTAG: #NIABTAG's brand-new plot drill sowing the forage maize variety trials in Northallerton this week http://t.co/eQ2Kc7Lm
- @NIABTAG: The latest view of our u/t wwt and wosr demo plots at the @cerealsevent site; spot the Oakley http://t.co/92ndjDRG
- @NIABTAG: Jim assesses this year's blackgrass control in Orson's Oracle with his thoughts on the future http://t.co/SpIfyV7T
- @NIABTAG: Jim blogs on buffer zones; getting the right balance between food production & protecting the environment http://t.co/Br90R4Ky
- @NIABTAG: Just added another open-to-all field event to our summer programme; near Cirencester - book online http://t.co/94k90JB8
- @NIABTAG: #network field day - checking leaf emergence http://t.co/BS9CoXRG
- @NIABTAG: our @cerealsevent stand map; variety demos, plant breeding, pathology, spray nozzles; you name it, we can help http://t.co/lnBMM1Aq
- @NIABTAG: 14mm rain in past week @cerealsevent site - drought conditions! And a view of our u/t wheat demo plots http://t.co/WExN8BuE
- @NIABTAG: Online booking 4 #NIABTAG summer events prog now live; events open 2 all with new formats - lots 2 see and do http://t.co/94k90JB8
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- @NIABTAG: RT @AgricPolicy: Pekka Pesonen of EU farmer org Copa-Cogeca making call to EP to ensure science discoveries are developed so they make a ...
- @NIABTAG: Exhibiting at the European Parliament's Fascination of Plants feature; highlighting our KT programmes http://t.co/6P12OHny
- @NIABTAG: #NIAB Crop Characterisation team has been running a Herbage Crop Inspectors course 2day; can you ID the plant? http://t.co/WFfAmLm9
- @NIABTAG: RT @farmerkit: 2000 people have signed the petition in support of @Rothamsted researchers' appeal to protesters http://t.co/fs5KBs9K #d ...
- @NIABTAG: Some of our 1100 grass variety trials at Headley Hall; at least something likes the wet weather http://t.co/KWYYFRNP
- @NIABTAG: RT @niabjohn: @niabtag soils brainiac Nathan measuring infiltration rates on plts with different long-term cultivation at Marr site http ...
- @NIABTAG: @niabjohn lots of great photos on twitter today!
- @NIABTAG: RT @niabjohn: Trip to meet with Pete Burgis head of our Headley Hall Centre - water in the tramlines here - what a weird drought! http:/ ...
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Orson's Oracle
The end game?
16/05/2012 by Jim Orson
" It's the time of year when the success or otherwise of black-grass control in winter cereals is judged. Reports from farmers suggest that it is a mixed bag and there have been some spectacular failures of control. This has been due to a combination of herbicide resistance a... "