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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
Research confirms fertiliser inhibitor value
March 19, 2021
Three seasons of UK trials have shown that using a combination of urease and nitrification inhibitors can not only improve efficiencies and reduce environmental impact but can boost soil fungal activity. The trials were carried out on Agril’s nitrogen-stabilising product… Read more
Tagged # crop protection, fertiliser, liqui-safe, N20, NIAB TAG, nitrogen, NUE, nutrition, skyfall, Sustainability, tom land, trials, UAN
Tailored Seedbed Nutrition Gives Impressive Pulse Performance Improvements
January 15, 2021
Pulse growers across the country can substantially improve their spring crop performance this season with tailored seedbed nutrition, suggest pioneering 2020 field-scale Yorkshire trials across a range of soil conditions. Run by Agrii’s northern R&D team across 18 ha of… Read more
Tagged # agrii-start, crop nutrition, fertiliser, p-reserve, soil phosphate, spring beans, spring cereals, spring pulses
Understanding Soil Biology to Build Future Farming Resilience
January 12, 2020
State-of-the-art DNA analysis is highlighting valuable differences in soil biology under different soil management regimes, offering the opportunity to secure real and lasting improvements in both crop and environmental health. As part of the Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems (ASSIST) programme,… Read more
Tagged # assist, ceh, cultivation, ecology, fertiliser, Melanie Armbruster, microbiome, molecular ecology, Richard Pywell, Rob Griffiths, soil biology, Soil DNA, soil health, Stow Longa, testing, Tim Goodall, trials
Improving Crop Nutrition with Grain Analyses
November 22, 2019
Post-harvest grain analyses are proving a valuable aid to improving crop nutrition, reveals extensive research on Agrii iFarms across the country. Co-ordinated by R&D manager, Jim Carswell, the most recent studies involved some 300 samples of winter wheat, OSR, winter… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, Cereals, fertiliser, grain analyses, iFarm, lancrop, OSR, R&D, seedbed, soil, technical, winter wheat
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
Early Spring Barley Nutrition Makes all the Difference
January 22, 2016
The best early nutrition can make all the difference to spring malting barley performance, reveal two years of research centre and farm trials throughout Scotland and northern England. Run across Agrii’s network of 10 arable technology centres and ifarms from… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, crop nutrition, drilling, fertiliser, manganese, micro-nutrient, seed bed, soil nutrition