Tagged: crops
Direct drilling into heavy clays is a battle still to be won
June 29, 2022
Eight years of trials with cover crops and direct drilling has prompted more questions than answers. The soil advisers at Agrii like to remind me that there is more to direct drilling than simply placing the seed into uncultivated ground…. Read more
Tagged # amazone, andrew ward, crops, DEFRA, direct drill, direct driller, glyphosate, heavy soil, horizon, Horsch, light soil, output, philip wright, Simba, soil, soil health, Soil structure, Soil tye, sring crops, weaving, yield
Veg trials seek answers to some big concerns
May 10, 2022
From seed treatments to herbicides to fungicides, Agrii’s vegetable trials are focussed on finding solutions to the problems most concerning growers, writes David Townley, Agrii veg agronomist There is no let-up in the crop protection pressures facing growers, but there… Read more
Tagged # Agrii trials, crop protection, crops, fertiliser for vegetable crops, fungicides, herbicides, improving crop performance, IPM, pest management, trials, vegetable
Potato Partnership to build on legacy of AHDB Potatoes
May 8, 2022
Agrii is to lead a collaborative project intent on building on the legacy of AHDB Potatoes. In collaboration with Foskett Farms, East Suffolk Produce, Matt Gregory of Greenwell Farms, and independent agronomist Graham Tomalin, the ‘Potato Partnership’ will investigate solutions… Read more
Tagged # agrii potatoes, agronomist, agronomy, AHDB Potato, crops, cyst, east suffolk produce, foskett farms, Graham Tomalin, greenwall farms, nematode, nick winmill, partnership, PCN, potato, potato agronomy, potato cyst nematode, Potato partnership, potato trials, potatoes, solutions, TPP, wireworm
Making veg production digital will improve returns
May 3, 2022
New programs and systems will extend the precision of field vegetable production and give users a better insight to crop development, writes Don Pendergrast, Agrii technical manager (non-combinable crops) Agrii already has a digital platform for precision farming that it… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, Analysis, Crop Monitoring, crops, Digital, Measure, Production, Rhiza, vegetable
Trust the science with bio-stimulants
November 4, 2021
Potato specialist discusses the crop health and yield benefits of using a bio-stimulant containing the protein, Harpin αβ. Bio-stimulants are gaining acceptance among growers as recognition of the role they play in promoting yields through greater nutrient uptake and improved… Read more
Tagged # agronomist, agronomy, biostimulants, crops, experts, farmer, farming, potato, proact, science, trust
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
Pests to keep an eye on this week
October 30, 2020
Richard Derbyshire, Bartonfields iFarm Coordinator, 30th October 2020 Keep a look out for these pests in your emerging cereal crops: Aphids Aphids are still active and landing in cereals. BYDV carried by these can severely knock yields if left unchecked…. Read more
Tagged # APHID, CEREAL PESTS, CROP DAMAGE, crops, FRIT FLY, LARVAE, pest, SLUG EGG
Kent ifarm update
October 14, 2020
The stripper header story continues. Neil Harper comments on the drilling and subsequent emergence of winter oilseed rape into the stripped straw field in Kent. This is the 2nd year of drilling into stripped straw following the 2nd wheat last… Read more
Tagged # companion cropping, crops, drilling, iFarm, kent, OSR, stripper header, wosr
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
NEW High Sustainability Seed Treatment Centre Established
June 26, 2020
A state-of-the-art seed treatment centre has been established by Agrii. Built and installed by TeaL Agro Technologies at Agrii’s Throws Farm Technology Centre in Essex, the new facility allows high value vegetable seed to be treated with the greatest precision,… Read more
Tagged # crops, protection, seed treatment, Throws Farm, value, vegetable