liquid fertiliser

Has anyone got experience of the Horizon DSX. It’s new to the market but has some smart ideas across the drill and £/m seems reasonable. Just wanted to know if those ideas and cost actually come together to make a decent direct drill. I’m on clay ground and looking to drill into a mixture of...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Good weather brought the crowds flocking to the Tullamore Show last weekend with plenty to view in the machinery section that may not have been widely seen before. A lot has happened over the last two years and without these windows upon the trade...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland North Bedfordshire farm manager Andy Mahon took part in the most recent edition of the Tillage Edge podcast to discuss various aspects of the enterprise including the weather impact. He provided a harvest update from his part of the world and a look...

Weaving GD300m 3m direct drill Advert added by: @ih1455xl Machinery Details Category: Tillage Drills Price: £30000 Condition: Used Description 2017 weaving GD300M 3m with liquid fertiliser kit 18rows done 910ha had new discs at 750ha owned from new only...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Northern Ireland’s maize acreage is up by 15%, year on year. These estimates are based on figures provided by Maizetech’s, Robert Duncan. “We are seeing a lot of new growers coming into the sector in tandem with farmers coming back to maize after a...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) cereals and oilseeds monitor farmer, Alistair Craig, uses 5,000g/ha of cattle slurry as a key driver of his crop fertiliser policy. As he pointed out to visitors taking part in a recent open day at...

Sprayed my wheat on 28th may, two fields got just univoq at 1.25L/ha and the rest got 1L/ha univoq and 0.1 talius. Not long after they were sprayed I noticed that where there was any spray overlap the flag leave went a bit yellow and it's never recovered. Just got worse and the the whole field...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Should you happen to have 1,000hp or so burbling away in your forage harvester, then you would naturally wish for the swath to be big enough to justify having that power available to deal with it quickly and efficiently. The haybob is out of its league...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland With the dramatic increase in fertiliser costs, the spotlight has been turned on its efficient use like never before, and with that has come the realisation that despite great advances in digital technology, it is still something of a ‘hit and miss’...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland There are mixed messages coming from the machinery industry over the future role of sprayers as manufacturers wonder which horse to back – conventional pesticide application or novel robotic destruction. Both Lemken and Fendt have stepped back from...

I’ve got a problem with some spring barley drilled with a 750 into spring wheat stubble on March 30th. The barley has no go in it, it’s all got spindly leaves and no tillers and despite an 85% establishment it still hasn’t covered between the rows after emerging about a month ago. I’m not sure...

I don't need any liquid fertiliser or nitrogen but someone else does Is it right that it's bought in concentrated form then diluted? Is it the best thing since sliced bread? What application per acre is used? TIA

If you've been spraying su herbicides on cereals, then want to spray sugar beet. I use a tank cleaner such as All clear / tank cleaner Usually with the rinsings I have a stubble field which I would opt to spray on. If not, does All clear / tank cleaner have any effect spraying back onto...

https://www.michelmores.com/news-views/news/michelmores-considers-group-action-concerning-losses-caused-use-ammonium-sulphate did this used to be called sulf 8 ? a by product of aspirin manufacture or something anyone know whats happened ?

Hi I was wondering if anyone had any experience in liquid fertiliser. A salesman has tried to sell me it and if I’m honest I don’t know anything about it, and with him being a typical salesman it does sound very good and with fertiliser prices the way they are this year I was thinking of giving...

Probably been discussed a million times but reviewing again to reduce overheads. If I go down to 155 litres per ha instead of 200 I only need to visit each block of land once with my 2000 litre tank which is a big saving in time and clat factor. Is 155 litres per ha adequate for fungicides etc...

Looks like the NFU have done a right number on arable farmers. https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/nfu-submits-response-to-defra-urea-fertiliser-consultation/?utm_source=b310322&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bulletin Use of solid urea is now due to be regulated by Red Tractor...

Found a 5000l chafer sprayer with 36m booms I like the look of. We are flat land and do liquid fertiliser. What size of tractor would you think is needed and what size hydraulic pump?

Hutchinsons Helix farm network continues to expand Hutchinsons is delighted to announce the addition of Hundayfield farm to its network of Helix regional demonstration farms. Owned by Nick and Liz Wilson, Hundayfield farm just outside York is the northern region Helix demonstration farm in...

QLF Agronomy News One farmer has cut his crop establishment costs by more than £100/ha, without compromising yield, by switching to a conservation agriculture crop establishment system which incorporates biological farming. Speaking at the recent QLF Agronomy Soil Event, Jake Freestone, farm...