IN BRIEF

26 October 2001

IN BRIEF

uCOMPUTERISED farmers can move to digital mapping with new software for a cost comparable to paper maps, says Pear Technology. The firms PT-Mapper, allowing users to measure areas and distances accurately, split and join fields, and draw and measure headlands at the click of a button, can be downloaded and evaluated free for 14 days. Thereafter it costs £125 + VAT. (www.peartechnology.co.uk)

uONE of the most persistent pyrethroid insecticides against BYDV in cereals and flea beetle in oilseed rape is available from only one source this season. Cambs firm Interfarm UK says it is sole supplier of Alphaguard 100EC, based on alpha-cypermethrin, which offers quick knockdown and about six weeks protection.