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System 350 brings state-of-the-art power to your agricultural operations. Featuring simple and flexible software, the X30 console provides a versatile work platform with features to improve farm management, increase efficiency, and enhance machine capabilities.
Topcon's System 350 smoothly merges high-accuracy autosteering/positioning with variable rate/autosection control, detailed mapping/data logging, and versatile information management with an easy-to-use interface and...
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NEW âBOUNCE BACKâ HYBRID BRASSICA GIVES SOME SUMMER RELIEF
Limagrain UK has launched Skyfall this spring; a new hybrid brassica for dairy and beef cattle that can provide two crops in a season. Sown between May and July, it will provide a highly nutritious leafy forage crop for grazing in 12 weeks.
In trials Skyfall has produced between 30 and 35 tonnes/ha of a palatable soft-leaved forage. Where the crop is sown in the earlier part of the growing season, it can be grazed once and then...
DEEP ROOTED NEWER FODDER BEET VARIETIES SHINE IN DRIER CONDITIONS
The hot, dry summer in 2018 suppressed yields in fodder beet crops compared with 2017, but the results of trials, carried out by Limagrain UK, showed up the variation in performance between varieties.
“We saw a reduction in average fresh yield of 13.4% - or 11.1 tonnes per hectare - from 82.8 tonnes per hectare in 2017 to 71.7 tonnes per hectare in 2018,” says Limagrain forage crops director Martin Titley. “Average dry...
Early decision on maize variety needs to be a priority
Farmers should review when they order maize seed if they want to ensure they get the varieties they want and for the seed to be treated with the most widely used seed treatment.
Tim Richmond, Maize Seed Manager for Limagrain believes a number of factors could make late ordering a risky and potentially costly decision. “The typical pattern of maize seed sales is that only around 50% of seed is ordered by the end of February,” he...
Limagrain UK's MM succeeds at Charterhouse
Lee Marshallsay, grounds manager at Charterhouse in Surrey, has reported successful results after using a range of MM grass seed from Limagrain UK. Lee has been grounds manager at the prestigious Charterhouse for the last two and a half years. He oversees a team of fourteen members of staff who meticulously tend to the schools grounds and sports fields. Currently there are 3 hockey pitches, 12 tennis courts, 18 artificial cricket nets, 7 cricket...
Co-operating over growing maize is bringing benefits to two Cheshire farmers
For many dairy farmers, rebuilding forage stocks is going to be essential in the coming year. Finding flexible ways to increase production will be important and having maize grown on neighbouring land could be a practical option for many. Growing maize on contract is proving a success for two Cheshire farmers, and variety selection is a key consideration in achieving the differing objectives of both parties. In...
Top 10 tips for growing peas
We asked World Record combining pea grower, Tim Lamyman what his top ten tips are for growing a successful crop of peas. No stranger to high yields, Tim Lamyman of Worlaby Farms in Lincolnshire holds the world record yield for combining peas of 6.47 t/ha, with a crop of LG Stallion blue peas. Whilst not attempting a world record in 2018, Mr Lamyman still managed a very impressive performance in what was a very challenging season for pulse crops, with a second...
Putting malting barley to the test
It can be frustrating for growers to see a spring barley like LG Diablo sat at the top of the Recommended List with provisional approvals for malting use, but to then find that their grain merchant isnt too keen to offer a contract to grow it. Why would that be? Surely if its a malting variety, there must be a market for it! Perhaps we can help by explaining the malting approval process that all barley varieties in the UK must go through. To do this, we...
Maize - an opportunistic crop this year
Maize on arable farms could be an attractive option this season for use as AD feedstock or for livestock feed. With livestock farmers looking to rebuild forage stocks, there will be increased interest in either growing maize on contract with a local arable farmer, or buying standing crops. Maize works well as an alternative to spring cereals in the rotation and can be a useful break crop if blackgrass is an issue. As the objectives of the end user and...
'Difficult' 2018 highlights importance of good spring barley establishment
An extremely challenging spring barley season in 2018 has highlighted the importance of optimising crop establishment for achieving the highest yields. January was wetter than average for much of the UK and while February was drier, it was also very cold.
Unsettled weather returned for much of March and April, before the record-breaking hot summer started in May. Limagrain UK’s arable technical manager Ron Granger...
High yields and quality play out in Limagrains recommendations
Based on the highest yields, a feed wheat, winter barley and oilseed rape from breeders Limagrain UK, take poll position in the 2019-2020 AHDB Recommended List, alongside three other varieties offering excellent quality attributes.
LG Skyscraper takes leading position as the highest yielding wheat, LG Spotlight gains recommendation as a soft milling feed with exceptional grain quality and LG Detroit joins the Group 2’s, based...
Selecting the correct maize variety has always been a major factor influencing crop success but proved even more so in the 2018 growing season
While most maize growers in 2018 achieved reasonable yields and good quality forage harvested early in near perfect conditions allowing early establishment of successor crops, in many ways it was far from a vintage season. The wet, cold spring meant many crops were drilled late and were then quickly hit by the spell of hot, dry weather. While this...
Sartorialâs resilience powers it to top spot in wheat variety trial
Excellent establishment and impressive early vigour helped Sartorial winter wheat top the yield stakes in Agrovistas recently harvested variety trial at Kelso in the Scottish Borders.
Sartorial achieved a treated yield of 11.55t/ha, beating 22 other recommended and candidate varieties in the trial.
The nearest competitor was 0.19t/ha adrift and 18 varieties yielded significantly less than Sartorial, with the best...
Soil health is top of the agenda for Leicestershire dairy farm
A proactive view on forage crop management and soil health is helping to drive the productivity of a thriving Leicestershire dairy farm.
Following a change of approach in 2012, Sludge Hall Farm’s herd increased from 100 to 600 Holstein Friesians. Part of this step change included a refreshed view of not only livestock management, but forage too.
Director, Andrew Hill of W C Hill & Sons, said: “Historically, the farm was a...
Improve nutrient availability by feeding soil microbes
An internationally trialled liquid carbon product that feeds soil microbes is helping growers to support nutrient-hungry crops and improve the efficiency of applied fertilisers.
L-CBF BOOST™ contains filtered cane molasses and nutrients including nitrogen, potash and sulphur, and can be applied to wide range of row crops.
It works by acting as a food source for soil microbes and fungi, enabling them to increase in population. With...
Unlocking gypsumâs soil health benefits
Applying gypsum in liquid form could prove especially beneficial to help relieve soil compaction ahead of the autumn sowing programme.
It’s been a tough season for soils. Many fields were drilled in less-than-ideal conditions, often after abandoned earlier attempts at cultivation that left soils prone to slumping, while others were left bare fallow which has done little to improve their structure.
“A good number of fields will need remedial action...
Novel product unlocks soil phosphorus reserves
Farmers could significantly reduce their phosphorus fertiliser bills and benefit the environment thanks to a novel product that converts unavailable phosphate into a crop-available form.
Many high calcium or high pH soils might appear to have adequate P indexes, but most of this essential nutrient is bound up as insoluble calcium phosphate and is not available to the crop, says Chris Martin, Agrovistas head of soil health.
Phosphorus is...
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Tractor Chat #01 - with Direct Driller Magazine Farmer Focus writer Phil Rowbottom
Discussing direct drilling wheat, Oil seed rape growing in the UK, Fendt 724 tractor and his Sky Easy Drill.
Discussing direct drilling wheat, Oil seed rape growing in the UK, Fendt 724 tractor and his Sky Easy Drill.