Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine
Download PDF Ahead of the imminent RB209 update, AHDB has invested in several projects on nutrient management to help guide the changes. CPM finds out more. Millers have become increasingly interested in understanding more about the link between crop agronomy and grain quality. By Charlotte Cunningham Managing nitrogen has been hot in the headlines over the past few months. But ahead of the curve, AHDB has invested in a number of projects on nutrient management which will ultimately provide the foundations for updates of the RB209 guide, with the next version expected in spring. Among these is a project titled ‘Nitrogen and sulphur fertiliser management to achieve grain protein quality targets of high-yielding winter milling wheat’ which is being led by NIAB, alongside other industry partners including SRUC, Agrii, Omex, RAGT Seeds, KWS and Allied Technical Centre. The project is framed around the challenge with current N recommendations for high-yielding winter milling wheat to achieve optimum protein quality, explains Dr Nathan Morris, senior specialist in farming systems and soils at NIAB and project lead. “The concept for the project arose in 2017/18 when discussions of revisions to RB209 started. “The data that had been reviewed for that purpose showed that…
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Download PDF Ahead of the imminent RB209 update, AHDB has invested in several projects on nutrient management to help guide the changes. CPM finds out more. Millers have become increasingly interested in understanding more about the link between crop agronomy and grain quality. By Charlotte Cunningham Managing nitrogen has been hot in the headlines over the past few months. But ahead of the curve, AHDB has invested in a number of projects on nutrient management which will ultimately provide the foundations for updates of the RB209 guide, with the next version expected in spring. Among these is a project titled ‘Nitrogen and sulphur fertiliser management to achieve grain protein quality targets of high-yielding winter milling wheat’ which is being led by NIAB, alongside other industry partners including SRUC, Agrii, Omex, RAGT Seeds, KWS and Allied Technical Centre. The project is framed around the challenge with current N recommendations for high-yielding winter milling wheat to achieve optimum protein quality, explains Dr Nathan Morris, senior specialist in farming systems and soils at NIAB and project lead. “The concept for the project arose in 2017/18 when discussions of revisions to RB209 started. “The data that had been reviewed for that purpose showed that…
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