Tagged: crops
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
UPDATE: Winter Cropping Options
December 17, 2019
The extremely wet Autumn has left many of you asking how late can winter crops be sown and, even if it’s possible at all. The good news is that there are options available to you and our Technical Team have… Read more
Tagged # barley, crops, establishment, oats, skyfall, soil health, winter, winter wheat
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
CropWatch South: September 2019
September 26, 2019
Another successful harvest behind us and we’d be in good spirits if it wasn’t for the flea beetle storm of the past week and bone-dry soils. The rain eventually came just in time for most of last season’s wheats. Because… Read more
Tagged # black - grass, crop performance, crops, drilling, Oilseed rape, technical advice, weather, wheat, wheat drilling, wheat yields, winter cereals, winter crops
Intelligence on Yellow Rust Concerns
September 10, 2019
Yellow rust has been a serious concern in many parts of the country in the past season, with a number of varieties proving markedly more susceptible to infection than expected; especially where early fungicide programmes were cut back in the… Read more
Tagged # Advisory list, AHDB, Cereals, colin lloyd, crops, Crusoe, delayed drilling, LG Sundance, SDHI, Yellow Rust
Grain monitoring highlights continuing cereal Sulphur shortage
February 25, 2015
Monitoring of grain samples from winter cereal variety trials across Agrii’s principal northern England & Scotland R&D sites last season suggests many high yielding crops, in particular, may still not be receiving sufficient sulphur in their main spring top dressings…. Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, cereal crops, crops, grain quality, leaching risks, nitrogen, sulphur, trial plots, yield potential