July 2020
Technology on Trial – Direct Route to Benefits
July 29, 2020
More and more growers are using precision farming technologies to vary inputs of both seed and fertiliser, but few can pinpoint the efficiencies or benefits of what either brings. For this farmer in Agrii’s Digital Technology Farm network, it was… Read more
Tagged # DTF, input, Precision, Rhiza, targeted, VR Nitrogen, VR Seed
Technology on trial – Game Changing Technology
July 29, 2020
A change in arable machinery can often expose variable farm performance where none was recognised before. CPM finds out how growers are using on-farm trials to get a greater understanding. More and more growers are using precision farming technologies to… Read more
Tagged # DTF, fertilise, N, nitrogen, r seed, Rhiza, trila, variable rate, VR N, VR Seed
Right Rotational Regime Pays Dividends in Grassweed Management
July 29, 2020
Getting your rotational regime right on bad black-grass ground can be worth almost £650/ha/year in extra gross margin, together with a 25,000 seeds/m2/year reduction in weed seed return, reveal the latest results from the UK’s most comprehensive field-scale grassweed management… Read more
Tagged # arable, black - grass, blackgrass, cover crop, cultural control, grassweed, management, rotation, Stow Longa
NO DIGITAL PROOF NEEDED ON SALISBURY PLAIN
July 22, 2020
John Thorne freely admits he’s already convinced about the benefits variable rate applications are making to his farm. “You don’t need to prove the technology to me. In fact, I was totally gobsmacked to be asked to take part in… Read more
Eight ways to battle the beetle
July 14, 2020
An integrated approach to controlling cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) is vital says Agrii seed technical specialist David Leaper. “This year, there’s less appetite to plant OSR after two particularly difficult years with dry conditions at drilling and losses… Read more
Agrii Scope: June 30th 2020
July 3, 2020
Welcome to the latest note and indeed the last one until we get into harvest when I can start reporting trials results from across the UK. Usually the notes run from harvest to late autumn, but because of the situation… Read more