IN BRIEF

14 May 1999

IN BRIEF

&#8226 FIVE minutes tending saplings, loosening ties and clearing grass and weeds could save many planted trees, says the Tree Council.

&#8226 COPIES of the HGCAs 1998 Cereals Statistics, including details of UK and EU cereals and oilseed areas, yield, consumption and prices and a summary of world trade patterns, are on sale at £75 or £20 to levy payers.

&#8226 NEW crosses which could extend winter cauliflower harvesting beyond April to overlap with the summer crop are showing promise in Lincs trials, says Elsoms Seeds.

&#8226 NEARLY all you need to know about potash and its role in crop production is said to be found on the new website of the Potash Develop-ment Association (www.pda.org.uk/).

&#8226 Members of Darlington-based co-op Farmway now have access to satellite mapping and the latest crop protection chemicals and trials in a link with agronomy specialist Profarma. &#42