Tagged: agronomy
Valuable Bio-alternative to multi-sites at T0
March 23, 2021
Two years of Green Horizon agronomy-trialling have highlighted a valuable biological T0 alternative to multi-site fungicides in the annual battle against Septoria, paving the way for the increasingly broad use of bio-controls in mainstream wheat disease management. Already fully registered… Read more
Tagged # agronomy, average yield benefits, Clare Bend, conventional chemistry, Green Horizons, optimal application rate, plant defence, resistance strategy, septoria risk area, small plot trial, Yellow Rust
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
TOP TIPS For Spring Oat Production
January 13, 2021
Oats are not barley. This is the fundamental essential those growing the increasingly popular crop this spring need to appreciate to get the most out of them, believes Agrii Innovation Crops manager, Skye Van Heyzen. “Most people come to growing… Read more
Tagged # agronomy, alternative crops, oats, potential skye van heyzen, skye agrii, spring cropping, spring oats, yield
Talking Agronomy with Jo Bell – September
September 3, 2020
So far an average harvest. For which we must count ourselves fortunate. Things have been very varied, of course. Despite poorer competitiveness in the wet winter, our winter barley hasn’t been the disaster it could easily have been at 7.5… Read more
Tagged # agronomy, crops, iman, OSR, seed dressing, soil, sowing, take-off, vibrance duo
Cropwatch – South, Iain Richards
June 23, 2020
June 2020 I can safely say this has been the most challenging season in my 27 years as an agronomist. It was a nightmare at the start, is anything but easy near the end and has given us barely a… Read more
Tagged # agronomy, arable, crops, cropwatch, iain richards, south, t3, wheat
Talking Agronomy with Jo Bell
June 3, 2020
We have seldom seen such diverse growth stages across our spring crops, much within individual fields. Especially where we have still had no meaningful rain. I have spring beans 3” tall in some parts of the field and yet to… Read more
Tagged # Agrii advisory list, agronomy, crops, RL, varieties, wheat
Talking Agrnomy with Jo Bell
April 4, 2020
Calling a halt to Skyfall drilling in mid-March, we have between zero and 30% of our planned wheat acreage in the ground. Altogether we have labelled around 70% of our undrilled fields green or amber in the traffic light system… Read more
Tagged # agronomy, barley, beans, brexit, ceh, Environment, explorer, foliar nutrition, lancrop, OSR, Pollen beetle, septoria, skyfall, soil, Stow Longa, technical, wheat
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
Talking Agronomy with Jo Bell – November/December
October 26, 2019
As we move rapidly towards the end of the year, it’s time to get our winter cereals in on high black-grass risk ground. The rain has been a godsend in giving us just the flush of weed growth we have… Read more
Tagged # agronomy, BYDV, crop protection, crops, farming, seed dressing, soil, wheat, winter cereals
Partnership Growing for Quality Seed
March 27, 2014
With more than 30 years seed growing experience behind him, agricultural business manager, John Harmer currently has a quarter of the 800 ha of arable land for which he is responsible on four separate Shropshire farms devoted to Master Seeds… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, agronomy, disease problems, MasterSeeds, spring crops, winter cereals