Tagged: cover crops
Talking Agronomy with Greg Taylor November 2021
November 2, 2021
So far, at least, this season has been kinder to us than last. A late September drenching brought our earlier drilling to a halt. But this was only temporary. And it really helped our catch and cover crops pick-up. It… Read more
Tagged # agrii agronomist, arable farming, break crops, Cereals, cover crops, crop competition, crop establishment, cultivations, early drilling, fertiliser, Flea Beetle, greg taylor, harvest, how to establish osr, improve soil structure, manure, pre-em, soil health, Soil structure, sustainable farming, talking agronomy, tillage, wheat, when to drill crops, winter cereals, winter crops
Talking Agronomy with Greg Taylor October 2021
October 4, 2021
How Best to Establish Oilseed Rape Dare I say it, cabbage stem flea beetle has taught us a lot about how best to establish oilseed rape. Once again, early August sowing has worked a treat, with crops direct-drilled into long… Read more
Tagged # agrii agronomist, arable farming, break crops, Cereals, cover crops, crop competition, crop establishment, cultivations, early drilling, fertiliser, Flea Beetle, greg taylor, harvest, how to establish osr, improve soil structure, manure, pre-em, soil health, Soil structure, sustainable farming, talking agronomy, tillage, wheat, when to drill crops, winter cereals, winter crops
Talking Agronomy with Greg Taylor
September 7, 2021
September 2021 Another catchy harvest, and wheat yields have been decidedly mixed so far. On the plus side, though, a week of unsettled weather before most of our wheat came ready was just what we needed to drill most of… Read more
Tagged # agrii agronomist, arable farming, cover crops, crop competition, cultivations, greg taylor, harvest, improve soil structure, manure, soil health, Soil structure, talking agronomy, tillage
Talking Agronomy – Jo Bell – Winter 2020
November 16, 2020
November/December 2020 This season is certainly justifying our decision to stick with OSR, albeit on wider rotations than in the past. We have only lost two very small fields so far despite almost no pyrethroid spraying. What’s more, coming into… Read more
Tagged # agronomy advice, black - grass, cover crops, crop performance, crop proctection, crops, disease problems, glyphosate, Oilseed rape, OSR, prothiconazole, Soil structure, wheat
Specialist Spring Beans Add Agronomic and Marketing Value in Yorkshire
January 20, 2020
Spring feed beans on a specialist contract for the Waitrose Farming Partnership are adding to the agronomic and marketing flexibility that are Velcourt manager, Rob Yardley’s keys to minimising risk across Hartley Farming’s 1020ha of arable cropping at Birkin near… Read more
Tagged # Agrii MasterSeed, Agrii seed, beans, cover crops, drill, farming, grassweed control, Hartley, haylage, knotitnghly, plough, spring beans, tiffany, vaderstad rapid, Väderstad., Waitrose
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
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 – Looking forward to at least a little winter
January 27, 2016
We should always be careful what we wish for, but with January fast disappearing a little less rain and a decent cold snap would be really welcome. Although soil temperatures dropped away in early December, in most cases conditions were… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, blog, cover cropping, cover crops, micro-nutrient, septoria, Soil structure, soil temperature
Addressing Key Cover Questions
April 27, 2015
Cover cropping shows considerable promise but major questions remain over its true value for heavy ground with black-grass problems in particular, believes Agrii trials manager, Steve Corbett. We recorded spring cereal yield benefits of up to 1.8 t/ha from cover… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, agronomist, black - grass, black - grass problems, cover crops, drilling, Soil structure