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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
Improving Crop Nutrition with Grain Analyses
November 22, 2019
Post-harvest grain analyses are proving a valuable aid to improving crop nutrition, reveals extensive research on Agrii iFarms across the country. Co-ordinated by R&D manager, Jim Carswell, the most recent studies involved some 300 samples of winter wheat, OSR, winter… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, Cereals, fertiliser, grain analyses, iFarm, lancrop, OSR, R&D, seedbed, soil, technical, winter wheat
Raising the Quality Wheat Bar in Dorset
May 3, 2016
Together, the Moderski family’s KAM Farming and Yuill Farms almost equalled Rod Smith’s world wheat record with a 16.39 t/ha wheat crop at Friar Waddon just outside Weymouth last year. Not only this, but the entire 12.2 ha field of… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomist, Crusoe, milling wheats, OSR, skyfall, variety choice, wheat, wheat yields, yield potential
Vicki Brooks Blog: Another decent spring cropping start
May 3, 2016
Going into mid-April, we’ve really profited from a cooler than average March with a reasonable amount of rainfall but sufficient dry weather to get plenty of timely fieldwork completed – spring drilling as well as fertiliser application on winter crops… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, barley, blog, cover crops, fertiliser, OSR, septoria, T1's, T2, wheat
Sam Patchett Blog: Difficult Spring Spraying
May 3, 2016
With little let-up in the weather into early April, Sam Patchett sees many northern growers fast running out of grass weed control options and facing increasingly difficult spring spraying compromises. It’s been unrelenting. Again, things were drying out nicely in… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, disease control, grass weed control, Linseed, Oilseed rape, OSR, septoria, T0, T1, weed control
Understanding the real benefits of cover crops
March 11, 2016
Catch and cover crops can give good control of black-grass and useful improvements in soil structure, growers have been told. But everyone needs to choose and manage them with particular care. And no one should expect too much in the… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, black - grass problems, blackgrass, catch crops, cover crops, R&D, Stow Longa
Vicki Brooks Blog: Getting the early balance right
February 29, 2016
Considering how much rain and how little frost we’ve had, most of our ground is still walking remarkably well. This is mainly due to the impressive moisture pumping ability of actively growing crops in an exceptionally mild winter with plenty… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, Light Leaf Spot, nutrition, Oilseed rape, OSR, rooting, septoria, T0's, technical advice, trial plots, wheat, winter wheat
Iain Richards Blog: Clearing the decks for spring barley drilling
February 29, 2016
Two weeks ago much of our oilseed rape was racing towards stem extension; it looked like we might have to bite the bullet and give wheats carrying worrying levels of active yellow rust a pre-T0; and spring sowing seemed a… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, cultivations, Light Leaf Spot, nutrition, OSR, septoria, Yellow Rust