Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The Potash Development Association (PDA) has updated its nutrient recommendations for maize crops in 2023.
Whether grown for animal silage, anaerobic digestion (AD) feedstock or grain, appropriate fertilisation is vital to the success of the maize...
so im planning on laying down 10ha to swedes but i dont know what is the most cost effective way of doing it, ive heard that all you need to do is kill off the lay 2 weeks before seeding, lay fert down at 200 weigh an acre then drill the seeds in with slug pellets. ive heard you need to put...
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By Jeff Gelski
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, US — Farms that used regenerative agriculture practices such as no-till farming, cover crops and diverse crop rotations produced crops with higher levels of certain vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals than farms using conventional...
Hi all, just wondering if anyone has spread boron or sulphur with a khun axis fert spreader if so could you could you please let me know what settings you used,. I have s4 discs, 24 m
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With gross margins being squeezed, CPM talks to a grower looking to reduce inputs and finds out how a specialist biostimulants is helping to bolster disease control on the farm.
By Mike Abram
A cost-squeeze could be coming. There won’t...
Does anyone replenish their soil with any of these minerals: calcium, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, vanadium, zinc or boron?
Mid renovation of my Mill. The floor was fitted 50yrs ago but needs restructuring. Very good 175 × 75 timbers which were probably treated originally.
Before cutting to size and refit I feel it would be sensible to re-treat them. Any ideas what's best? I normally use creocote outdoors but I don't...
Since its 1st March tomorrow, thought I'd start the next year's worth of sugar beet fun and games 🤦♂️
@Breckland Boy have you started....or finished!! drilling yet?
Got quite a bit of frost kill on winter OSR . There is new growth appearing from just above the soil will this new growth actually make a crop ? The whole crop had N and sulphur two weeks ago and the good plants are growing rapidly . Thanks
Nitrogen Stabilisers (part 2): Carbon Inputs
Joel Williams, Integrated Soils
In part 1 of this article, we highlighted that both urease and nitrification inhibitors have a minor impact on soil biology but there remains some concern over the negative impact of urease inhibitors on the plants...
No-Till, Cattle & Diverse Cover Crops Mix Well
Written By Sarah Hill and originally published by No-Till Farmer in the USA
The combination of a 3-way crop rotation, covers and grazing is resulting in big savings by reducing the number of tillage passes, increasing yields and improving soil...
Sap analysis proving valuable for large, diverse farming business
In the final part of our series on sap analysis, Mike Abram talks to a farming business that’s incorporated sap analysis into a wide range of cropping
Extensive sap analysis, first in trials, but increasingly in commercial...
Well I guess it’s time to start another annual thread about how peoples crops are looking at the start of the year.
All pics taken today.
Generally I’m pretty happy at present other than one but of rape that looks a bit thin in places thanks mainly to pheasants🙄
Wheats
Skyfall
Two year...
As titled really. I suspect horse muck run off. And if so surely that can’t be right? Or allowed to happen?
I appreciate it may be hard to see properly from this photo
In the third part of our series on sap analysis, Mike Abram learns how to interpret the results
You’ve taken your leaf sample, packaged it up and sent it to the Netherlands, and now the results have landed in your inbox. There’s a whole ray of bars and numbers for just about every nutrient you...
Spring vigour in oilseed rape
Spring vigour is a key criterion scored in the field-scale oilseed rape studies Agrii trials manager, Jim Carswell runs each year with up to 20 of the most popular and promising varieties on iFarms across northern England and Scotland.
He sees consistent differences...
Tailored winter OSR and wheat nutrition is showing excellent returns on investment from the strategic use of foliar nutrients well beyond traditional programmes at the Bishop Burton iFarm in East Yorkshire.
Additional autumn copper and early summer calcium applied to the Agrii team’s extensive...
Ergot seems to be a problem again this year.
I've seen it mentioned that Boron deficiency can cause this and increased SDHI use (with the loss of CTL?) can contribute to Boron deficiency.
Can anyone add to this?
Doesn't seem a correlation between other factors like variety or cultivations?
This is a story I would like to share with you. I am a farmer from North-West of Ukraine with 2500 acres of arable land. It`s a family-run business raising mostly corn, soybeans, sunflowers, rapeseeds and winter wheat. Personally, I am in charge of agronomy, farm inputs and sales. This year, I...
Now it’s mid November is it worth putting foliar nutrients on OSR? If it is,is it worth getting a leaf test done or should I just go cheap and cheerful with some Mn and bittersaltz?
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