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But more growers are realising the potential benefits for improving consistency, yield and quality. One such grower is Richard Capper, who manages an 80 ha family farm on the Worcestershire/ Herefordshire border, growing cider apples, dessert fruit for supermarkets, and 8 varieties of hops. He...

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...

Is anyone drilling osr or are you waiting for some moisture?

Is the practice direct drilling helped or hindered by it? Let's assume that these drier summers were to continue into the future, do you think it would aid or hinder the adoption of direct or no-till drilling? Discuss. Interested to know people's views over a range of soil types.

Seems to be there are adverts offering lot of cheap straw, it's not as it reads

( ) By CHRIS BENNETT August 11, 2020 Building trust in food begins with empowering farmers through one of the largest and most diverse conservation- and sustainability-focused public-private partnerships in our nation’s history: America’s Conservation Ag Movement. To find the latest news and...

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...

A trial carried out on Welsh grassland farms has shown that foliar fertiliser can increase nitrogen use efficiency by up to four times compared to conventional N fertiliser. Foliar feeding is a technique of feeding plants by applying liquid fertiliser directly to the leaves. Soil and grassland...

As above, what recommendations do the good people of BFF have for tonne/acre of well rotted cattle manure on silage ground after being cut. It will have been analysed and put right when shut off so looking for just replacing what the crop has taken out of the ground. I know it can't be a exact...

Crops need a few key ingredients to grow; water to sprout and provide transportation through the plant, sunlight and air for photosynthesis, and nutrients, the three most important of which are nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. While soils have ample amounts of these nutrients, there are a...

Started spring barley yesterday, Laureate. Yielding pretty well and nice looking sample, but the straw is a dusty pink - is this drought stress or a varietal characteristic?

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Farmers are being asked to check for middens – tennis ball-sized plugs constructed by earthworms – when monitoring their soils. New research, led by Scotland’s Rural University College (SRUC), has found these plugs made of straw, plant debris and...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Phosphate (P) and potash (K) do not follow the same principle as nitrogen (N) when determining the appropriate application rates. According to the Potash Development Association (PDA), the correct rates are driven by the crop demand, irrespective of...

Aye up, I’m having a mental block, so help me out please… If I mix, tonne for tonne equally, a 13% potash product containing 47% sulphur and a separate 23% phosphate product, what analysis would I end up with? Cheers, Pete.

Benefits of soil mapping for forage production © Carrs Billington Soil-mapping grassland at a north Yorkshire dairy farm and using the data to vary lime applications within fields has captured cost savings on liming of £35/ha. The Pratt family want to increase milk production from forage at...

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 With harvest approaching, College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) tillage specialists have highlighted the options available to cereal growers, where the effective management of straw is concerned. Yes it can be baled. But straw can...

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...

Will winter barley be ready next week for this good spell of weather or is it still to early.

Good afternoon all, I wanted to let you know that we've opened the Sustainable Farming Incentive for applications today. You can find a summary of what's available in this initial rollout here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/a-summary-of-the-sfi-in-2022 - we'll be expanding the scheme to cover...