Tagged: Agrii
Would More Sulphur Improve Vegetable Quality?
April 27, 2021
RB209 states field brassicas need 50-75 kg SO3/ha/year, but trials with higher rates based on Dutch practices have led to better yields and crop quality asks Joe Johnson. The role of sulphur in supporting crop quality is widely recognised, but… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronmist, crop nutrition, crops, Improved yield, nitrogen, nutrients, nutrition, RB209, SO3, soil, soil health, sulphur, vegetable, vegetable crops, vegetable specialist, verimark, yield quality
Talking Agronomy – Jo Bell – April 2021
April 19, 2021
A drier spell has enabled us to move ahead with our top dressing. However early spraying off was disrupted by the wet and wind. Every time the ground seems to be drying out enough to think about spring drilling another… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomist, barley, black - grass, blackgrass, bulb fly, byvd, crop performance, disease problems, jo bell, kws, kws zyatt, OSR, PGR, Spring Barley, spring cropping, spring crops, spring wheat, talking agronomy, what, wheat, Yellow Rust
Why maize can fit for AD plants in the north
March 12, 2021
Careful variety selection has enabled maize to become a core ingredient feeding a Yorkshire farm’s anaerobic digestion plant. Using maize as a key feedstock wasn’t the original plan, or even plan B, when Alaric Booth and his brother Charlie commissioned… Read more
Tagged # AD, Agrii, anaerobic digestion, Digestion, energy crops, fieldstar, maize, phillip Marr, renewables, yorkshire
Making Sustainability Work on the North Hampshire Down
March 3, 2021
Net Zero is already a reality at Faccombe Estates on the Hampshire-Berkshire border near Newbury, with their comprehensive 2020 Farm Carbon Calculator report showing a net sequestration of over 1800 tonnes CO2/year. But director Al Brooks and his team are… Read more
Tagged # agriculture, Agrii, agronomy, Faccombe Estates, farming, Linseed, livestock, min-till, net zero, Newbury, nutrition, plough, sheep, spring crops, Sustainability
Agrii and University of Warwick sign agreement to bring UK beans to market
February 9, 2021
Agrii and the University of Warwick’s research commercialisation wing, Warwick Innovations, have signed a contract to promote the commercial production of UK haricot beans developed by scientists at the University of Warwick. Professor Eric Holub, from Warwick’s Crop Centre, part… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, baked beans, beans, black bean, blond bean, british grown, capulet, Dr Suzanna Wood, farming, godiva, haricot beans, olivia bean, Professor Eric Holub, university of Warwick, Warwick Innovations, white bean. british beans
Improving P availability for a broad range of crops
February 2, 2021
Our new product – Agrii-Start Release – works to Release Phosphorus tied up in the soil pools making P more available to plants. Built on our unique P-Reserve technology, Agrii-Start Release is particularly effective on High P Soils where there… Read more
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Putting Covers Into Context with Understanding
January 18, 2021
Cover and catch cropping may work well for many managing lighter and erosion-prone soils but for those on heavier and more difficult ground they remain very far from the answer to any sort of maiden’s prayer. The right cover crops… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agrii stow, Agrii trials, catch, catch crop, cover, cover crop benefits, cpver crops, crop, crop rotations, cultivation, cultivation techniques, david felce, heavy-alnd, soil, soil health, steve corbett, Stow Longa, winter what
Agrii modernises the Master Seeds brand to emphasise the strengths and benefits of an integrated approach to agronomy.
February 3, 2020
For decades Master Seeds has been synonymous with seed quality and excellence. From the Spring of 2020 the Master Seeds brand will receive a new look to more closely align it with the core Agrii branding. This new branding represents… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, assurance, blue, change, growth, MasterSeeds, prize, quality, R&D, Rhiza, seed
Agrii Northern Farming Conference
January 23, 2020
Join us at the Agrii Northern Farming Conference 2020 We invite you to our well-established and highly popular one-day event featuring morning and afternoon seminar sessions with key speakers. Our Agrii Northern Technology Centre is based on-site, opposite the Equestrian Centre,… Read more
Tagged # Adama, Agrii, Agrii Contracting, Agrii Fertiliser, agrii northern, Arysta, BASF, Bayer, BBCA, Belchim, Certis, CF Fertilisers, CLAAS UK, Claydon, conference, Corteva, Dekalb, DSV, FMC, GB Seeds, Glencore, Gowan, Grange Machinery Ltd, Hatfield Landrover, Horsch, Kverneland, KWS Seeds, Lemken, Limagrain, NFU, Nutrel, OMEX, Opico, Origin, Peacock & Binnington, Rhiza, Ripon Farm Services, Robert D Webster Ltd., Robinsons Contract Services Ltd., S&W Spraying Services, Six Valley Lamb, Sky Drills, Syngenta, UPL, Väderstad.
Vineyard Update: 2019 in reflection
January 2, 2020
In a dull autumn, vineyards appear golden brown; the wood is seasoned with potential for future fruitfulness and ready for pruning. The year began with the ‘Brexit’ uncertainty; that plant protection supply could be interrupted, but working with manufacturers, distributors… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomy, crops, fruit, powdery mildew, vines, vineyard