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© 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...

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...

Don't normally do it but this year they're talking nearly £600 for C2 , bugger that What's your plan ?

I usually dress around 10-12 tonne of my own wheat seed. This year I was for various reasons including grass weeds was going to buy ‘c2 seed’ from the merchant. However having received orders /invoice for £575 a tonne and now falling prices I’m thinking home save what I’ve got again( after...

Thought it would be a good idea now that harvest 2022 is well underway to have a thread with grain yields/ variety of Barley/ Wheat etc all in one place. So how are your crops yielding for 2022?

.... but i know nothing about them! I've got a market for them, and the straw. I've grown wheat three times on the same piece of land and thought it could do with change / rest. Beans also give the land a bit of nitrogen... I've got my own kit to do it. Where not talking big acres here...

I've been to zero crop trials this year. And as much as I love gleam I'd like a field of something else to go with it. What are the standout wheats you've got? Lots of love for Dawsum I'm hearing ...

Supposed to get the train to the Highland Show on Friday morning from Durham. Train was running and unaffected from the Strike-return on Sunday was- then a truck crashed on the line past Newcastle so all trains cancelled on Friday morning. Contacted friends who were traveling with us they...

Whats best and easiest way to heat the hitch eye for welding? Tack into place and try to heat evenly with oxy acet? Or put in aga for a couple of hours the get it squared on drawbar and get it welded? Thanks

Some of the leaves are showing this yellowing, 1st noticed it when I was spraying it with Jaunt on 28th May, it has got slightly worse since then. If it doesn't get any worse from now on it won't affect the yield much but does any one know what has caused it?

Usually feed cows ad lib baleage. Salt licks right through then lifeline crumb on feed about 2 weeks pre and right through calving. Looking at making more hay this time due to cost of wrap. Thinking hay until new year then switch to baleage. What would people feed with it? Would be medium to...

Got a borehole sample taken and showing slightly high ph, manganese and iron, will it be fine for cattle to drink without causing problems or would it need treated?

Anyone having issues with drip stop valve rubbers failing when spraying Corteva’s Univoq, Iconiq or similar? Seems to a bit of an issue among sprayer drivers having widespread DSV failure on FB.