August 2020
Herefordshire farmer and Agrii customer starts new mental health charity
August 20, 2020
Herefordshire farmer and Agrii customer Sam Stables has been making headlines in recent months for his efforts in helping to raise the profile of the importance of mental health within the farming community. He and his wife Emily were inspired… Read more
Tailoring Nutrition for Greater Crop Resilience
August 19, 2020
Feed the plant not the soil. Do this as precisely as you can. And make sure you get things right early on. These are the three keys to getting the most out of the much more tailored approach to crop… Read more
Tagged # bishop burton, efficiency, Jim Carswell, nitrogen, NUE, nutrition, tailoring nutrition, trials, TSP, uptake
MV Fredericia buyback launched
August 18, 2020
An opportunity for UK growers to grow a top quality milling wheat with a guaranteed market. MV Fredericia represents an opportunity for the UK’s domestic high protein wheat requirement to be met by UK growers – providing some protection from… Read more
First-Ever Sustainability Ratings Established for Winter Cereal Varieties
August 16, 2020
The first-ever sustainability ratings for all today’s leading winter wheat and barley varieties have been published this season to help growers choose cereals offering them the greatest agronomic strength with the least production risk and environmental impact. The ratings are… Read more
Tagged # Agrii advisory list, AHDB RL, best wheat, Cereals, disease, disease pressure, genetics, lodging, rating, recommended list, Sustainability, sustainable agriculture, variety characteristics
Co-Ordinated Research Supports Grain Rye Growth
August 14, 2020
Grain rye is attracting a growing following across the country as the latest research demonstrates its particular abilities in both arable cropping and animal feeding. From less than 1000ha currently being grown in the UK, Agrii specialists who have been… Read more
Tagged # animal feed, animal nutrition, barley, bishop burton, elsoms seeds, end market, Grain, Leeds University, Pig, Pig feed, Rye, trials, winter cereals
Congratulations to the winner of our OSR seed competition
August 6, 2020
Agrii growers who purchased three packs or more of DK Impressario or DK Exsteel OSR by the end of June were automatically entered into a prize draw to win a set of Makita power tools. Our congratulations go to Buckinghamshire… Read more
Trials Highlight Two Critical CSFB Management Success Factors
August 5, 2020
Two years of Essex farm trials on difficult heavy ground under intense cabbage stem flea beetle pressure show that if you only do two things to combat the pest this autumn they should be sowing a fast-developing variety and giving… Read more
Tagged # arable, buckwheat, canopy, companion crop, crop, CSFB, Flea Beetle, growth, management, oilseed, OSR, pest, rape
Talking Agronomy – Jo Bell – August
August 3, 2020
Nearing the end of an extraordinary season, we can count ourselves lucky Covid-19 has affected our working lives much less than many. But then again, we have the weather to contend with! Speaking of which, potato emergence has been very… Read more