manganese

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?

Mainly Mn but which is the best to benefit to the crop .I know that there are down sides to powered products with handling abrasive and compatibility with other products.What do you use and why? Thanks

There are plenty of "Collective Deals" currently running at Farmdeals to include: Foliar Manganese IBC - ends 12/03 Palio/Broadway Star - 19/03 AdBlue - 19/03 EPSO Top Foliar Magnesium - 28/03 Glyphosate - 28/03 Azoxystrobin - 28/03 Tebuconazole - 28/03 We bundle the buying power of...

I was always told that February nitrogen flattens crops. RB209 recommends nothing until the start of stem extension, and not before early April, unless it has low tiller numbers. Yet everybody else seems to start chucking it on now and their crops look strong and green where as mine look crap...

Put any N on my wheat 🤔

NIAB TRIALS POINT TO EARLY WEED REMOVAL As many growers seek to battle bigger grass weeds this spring, results of new NIAB trials, in partnership with Syngenta, have shown the essential importance of targeting ryegrass and wild oats early with Axial® Pro, to cut crop competition and deliver a...

Got my first crop of organic wheat. It's extase, heavy land. Septoria is rife in it, and the crop is pretty thick. 260 plants plus, and well tillered. What do people think about septoria control? 1) harrow it, hopefully pull off diseased leaves, plus weed control and N mineralisation, etc...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF In an environment where no one is completely cushioned from volatility, it’s never been more important to select varieties to better manage risk. CPM takes a look at decision-making for the spring barley crop for a more certain outcome...

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I'm after some recommendations or advice on volume washers. It's for a 20/40 and fed from a 10,000litre tank. I've got quotes from about £500 up to just under £4k! How is everyone getting on with what they've got and what sort out litres per minute does a good job for you? Thanks

Biostimulants constitute a fast growing sector in agricultural inputs, yet many remain sceptical about their efficacy, reliability, and value for money. At the same time, foliar-applied nutrition is gaining recognition as an important contributor to crop production, rivalling soil-applied N, P...

We are thinking of getting a company in to drill for a Borehole as Thames Water want 10 to 15k to bring a supply just to the edge of our small farm. Do members have recommendations for companies in the South East or has anyone gone down the DIY route & litterally dug their own Borehole...

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...

“A specific Bere genome will be invaluable as it will allow us to explore the underlying genetic mechanisms. This could then help to introduce these traits into elite varieties to be able to use them on what would otherwise be marginal soils” Researchers working on an ancient form of barley...

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...

RESOURCE EXPLAINED: This is a recording of an Organic Growers Alliance's Organic Matters 22 horticulture conference session, organised and sponsored by CAWR and the Vegan Organic Network. It explores stock-free organic standards and carbon sequestration, mobile green manures, Organic-PLUS...

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...

Can someone elaborate about being able to sell carbon credits through regenerative farming. Does that mean you are carbon negative and supposedly locking up more C than you are producing?

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Growing beans has a multitude of known benefits, be it improved soil health or retained nitrogen for the following wheat crop, but what about replacing soya in laying hen feed to produce a carbon neutral egg? CPM investigates. By Melanie...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF With growing interest in pulse crops, breeders have been working hard to bring forward varieties with better agronomic traits. CPM looks at the additions to PGRO’s Descriptive List, which was unveiled last month. By Lucy de la Pasture...