Tagged: farming
Fallacy of ‘income foregone’ payments for new ELMS revealed
October 5, 2020
Basing new Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) payments on the age-old income foregone formula is unnecessary and will fail to deliver the desired public goods, warns a leading agricultural policy adviser. “Other than lack of imagination and ambition, there is… Read more
Tagged # BPS, DEFRA, ELMS, Environment, farmers, farming, Land, payment, scheme
Overcoming Precision Frustration in Lincolnshire
May 4, 2020
Alongside getting to grips with black-grass, understanding cover crops and improving soil structure and health across the 1200 ha of cropping at Revesby Estate near Horncastle, manager Peter Cartwright and Agrii agronomist, Richard Butler have been employing a range of… Read more
Tagged # applicaiton, Dightal Farming, Digital Technology Farm, farming, nutrition, Precision, revesby estate, Rhiza, variable rate, VR
Seeing The Digital Wood For The Trees In Bedfordshire
April 18, 2020
Employing autosteer for the past 18 years, yield mapping since 2004, starting on variable rate seeding 12 years ago and being one of the first in the country to use the most advanced satelllite imagery, Bedfordia Farms have more experience… Read more
Tagged # Bedfordia, bedfordshire, Digital, Digital Technology Farm, DTF, farm, farming, Precision, vaiable, VR
Covid-19: RHIZA Service Offer
March 24, 2020
In these challenging times, we are committed to supporting our industry and communities. We’ve taken measures to maintain our support and supply, while protecting the health and wellbeing of our customers, employees, and their families. We also want to make… Read more
Tagged # coronavirus, covid-19, digital tools, farming, Rhiza
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
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
Using agricultural land as a flood defence – An ecosystem service that farmers should be paid for
January 31, 2014
The Single Farm Payment has been recently under scrutiny from governing bodies establishing its value to those who are paying for it, the taxpayer. Today (29th January) the BBC ran an article stating farmers should be urged and even obliged… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, Environmental Support, farmers, farming, flooding, irrigation, single farm payment
Counting our ‘mixed’ blessings
November 5, 2013
A decent amount of rain from mid-October has had mixed welcoming, I can tell you. In some cases it has hampered drilling while allowing our new crops to take full advantage of the nice open autumn that comes as such… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomist, autumn sowing, farming, iFarm, Oilseed rape, OSR, pests, R&D, rain, weather
Soil & Water Day Provides Topical Advice
December 3, 2012
More than 70 farmers and agronomists took the opportunity of another washout day for fieldwork to explore highly topical aspects of seedbed management at the second Soil and Water Management Centre event at the Lincolnshire showground. The day – organised… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomists, black - grass, compaction, event, experts, farming, soil, Soil and Water
Nature Stays In Control
September 12, 2012
In farming we are constantly reminded of the ultimate controller of our businesses – yes, the weather! We can do our best with new technologies, smart kit and science – but as mere mortals, as soon as we deal with… Read more
Tagged # barley, Bumble Bee Populations, control disease pressue, farming, Oilseed rape, Olympics, stock issues, weather, wet weather, wheat, world food