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Hi, Anyone apply in-furrow granular ferts? If so, what types, rates and prices? Any thoughts gratefully received Cheers

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF The results of trials in 2021 indicate that Polysulphate could be playing a part in increasing nitrogen use efficiency. CPM looks back on the first year’s data. By Lucy de la Pasture There’s nothing like high fertiliser prices to focus...

Trials highlight role of Polysulphate in enabling reduced nitrogen rates in milling wheat Work by Agrii suggests growers should not fear nitrogen limits in meeting grain protein targets. Decades of conventional wisdom about how to fertilise milling wheat for yield and grain protein is set to be...

The value of fibre extends beyond the cow and through into the manure – an increasingly valuable fertiliser, being cheaper to use and offering the potential to offset some purchased fertiliser usage. By specifically focusing on the breakdown of slurry and manure, it’s possible to increase its...

Nutrient deficiency is the main cause of stunted plant growth often leading to complete crop losses. Nonetheless, crop starvation for micro or macronutrients can be diagnosed visually, and prompt identification will save the affected yields. Frequent visual symptoms of nutrient deficiency in...

With soil health promoted as being key to future agricultural policy (plus new measures of success for agriculture being developed), we want to work with farmers and together get ahead of the game identifying and supporting healthy soils. Most farmers think of a healthy soil as one which...

Regenerative agriculture is a global farming revolution with rapid uptake and interest around the world. Five years ago hardly anyone had heard about it. It is in the news nearly everyday now. This agricultural revolution has been led by innovative farmers rather than scientists, researchers...

Are we beginning to see carbon – the fundamental building block of all life – as a pollutant? Instead of demonising carbon as a cause of climate breakdown, we need to restore balance in the natural carbon cycle that has been disrupted by the use of artificial fertilisers. In advance of his...

Carbon sequestration is the process of capturing, securing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The idea is to stabilize carbon in solid and dissolved forms so that it doesn’t cause the atmosphere to warm. The process shows tremendous promise for reducing the human “carbon footprint.”...

One of our over-arching pieces of current research is the Morley Soil and Agronomic Monitoring Study (SAMS). We have put together this explanation of what it is, does and hopes to discover and share. In the last decade, yield mapping (especially for combinable crops) has been rolled out across...

Phil Davies (left) and James Davies (right) with Dai Llewellyn, Agrii (centre) Masses of mycorrhizae and an upsurge in mole populations are ‘living’ proof of the success of the increasingly regenerative integration of cropping with Ludchurch Farms’ substantial dairy herd near Narberth on the...

Nick Sheppard, Farm Manager, Upton Suffolk Farms (credit Nick Sheppard) Rising input costs are among the challenges for a potato farm. Nick Sheppard, farm manager at Upton Suffolk Farms near Bury St Edmunds, led the first Agri-TechE farm walk of 2022 to show agri-tech in action and to discuss...

On farm trials are a great way of testing the water before leaping in and this is just what a Yorkshire farmer has been doing as he’s changing the way he farms. CPM joins a BASE-UK farm walk to find out more. By Mike Abram System change is happening fast in East Yorkshire, albeit not without...

Must be time for an updated discussion on feeding in lamb ewes through the winter and lambing. Firstly hard feed is not being considered here due to system change. Not needing the time, disturbance and cost of fuel and wear and tear in ATVs and Snackers. When you add it all in to the...

I ask the above as during my farming life I have only been associated with Cotswold brash. I was therefore wondering what it must be like farming soils that are very unforgiving and difficult to farm, Have any of you that farm very heavy structureless soils made Direct Driling/ Zero til work for...

Lower Smite Farm Lower Smite farm has been owned by the Wildlife Trust since 2001 and demonstrates how sensitive farming techniques can improve the agricultural landscape for wildlife. Caroline Corsie has managed the farm since 2008 and quickly started improving the farms soil health and...

© Tim Scrivener Understanding how nutrition affects plant health is still very much an evolving science, but plant sap analysis is allowing management decisions to be based on close to real-time data. Sap analysis offered by Dutch company NovaCropControl is a more accurate way of measuring how...

This is a thread for those who feel guilty about cluttering up dear old GUTH’s beloved price tracker with the chit chat that stop us all being that miserable our families would throw us all out to sit with the dog in the porch. All are welcome, you can even post prices if you want. The only rule...

Courtesy of Simon Beddoes - Coppid Farming Enterprises LLP Alli Grundy It’s a hectic time for farmers. This year’s early harvest means growers around the country are very busy, with some already near the end of harvest and others still in the thick of it. In fact, most will already be working...