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...
Roger Sylvester-Bradley
Monday, May 30, 2022
With fertiliser prices remaining high, and grain prices still rising, crop physiologists at ADAS say farmers can no longer afford to ‘guesstimate’ their crops’ nutrition and are urging farmers to measure their fertiliser performance with grain...
Proper crop nutrition management is an extremely important precondition for healthy and vigorous crops. In this regard, crop nutrients are one of the burning factors for higher yields. Crop nutrition should be a priority in striving to meet global food demands. After all, without essential macro...
Spring barley growers can reduce the yield and quality-robbing effects of ramularia by shielding crops from the effects of stress. That’s the latest advice from agronomy firm ProCam, with the company’s regional technical manager for Scotland, Alistair Gordon, warning that the physiological...
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...
looks like FB on OSR, but is infact minute slugs. Had three doses of miniXX, doesn't seem to have done anything. Pellets still there, slugs not interested. any way of stopping them?
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...
I've got a small problem with my borehole pump. It's working OK, pumping enough water. but it wont switch off, just keeps working and running up the leccy bill so I'm switching it on and off manually. This isn't too much of a problem as it only serves our house and not the farm. Does anyone have...
Soil is the fundamental resource for every crop production. However, to achieve successful and sustainable farming, the soil needs to be healthy. In other words, this is the primary condition for abundant and quality yield.
Aiming to be successful, a farmer needs to carefully manage soil...
My electricity tariff expires next month so I’m looking into ways of cutting the amount of electricity I use. 90% of the electricity I use is cooling the milk and heating the hot water, so I guess that’s where I need to be looking. Currently milk is cooled through an plate cooler(spring water)...
Haven't seen takeall for years but there clearly was some in some second wheat (5th cereal) this year. Field is due to go into wheat again - anything that can be done to reduce risk?
And with input prices hitting new highs, further efficiency gains look set to benefit the bottom line even more.
The 260 ha (650 acres) business, F.D. Bird & Sons, near Beverley, began using Omnia in 2020, working with Hutchinsons agronomist Ben Jagger, to analyse existing yield map data, and...
Helping growers improve their soil health is an important part of the role we play at Truterra. While carbon and carbon programs seem to be stealing the spotlight in the media, it is not lost on us that increasing carbon sequestration leads to better soil health, which can lead to higher...
Grain analysis is essential for helping farmers and advisors understand the impact of the season and guide future decision making. Read my first GrainCheck analysis blog on why it’s important to analyse grain after harvest and how insightful data can affect decision making.
However, the...
Beetroot grown for my farm shop.
Heavily weed infested, but gave saltex a few weeks ago which helped clear the redshank.
Second photo shows a cleaner patch which is a lot greener and healthier looking.
Nitrogen?
It combines the most comprehensive soil analysis with the most accurate soil mapping, and will be launched at the Groundswell Event in June.
“TerraMap Gold is a premium service of TerraMap that will interest growers who want an even better understanding of why the soil behaves like it does and...
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