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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
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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