Tagged: crops
Would More Sulphur Improve Vegetable Quality?
April 27, 2021
RB209 states field brassicas need 50-75 kg SO3/ha/year, but trials with higher rates based on Dutch practices have led to better yields and crop quality asks Joe Johnson. The role of sulphur in supporting crop quality is widely recognised, but… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronmist, crop nutrition, crops, Improved yield, nitrogen, nutrients, nutrition, RB209, SO3, soil, soil health, sulphur, vegetable, vegetable crops, vegetable specialist, verimark, yield quality
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
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
Cropwatch South
June 3, 2020
Our wheats have been racing through their growth stages, going from GS32 to GS39 in only 14 days. As we start on our T2s, the boots are already swelling on some crops and it won’t be long before ears begin… Read more
Tagged # crops, disease, drought, dry, folpet, OWBM, rain, resistance, SDHI, T2, T3 Spray, 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