Tagged: harvest
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
Talking Agronomy with Greg Taylor
September 7, 2021
September 2021 Another catchy harvest, and wheat yields have been decidedly mixed so far. On the plus side, though, a week of unsettled weather before most of our wheat came ready was just what we needed to drill most of… Read more
Tagged # agrii agronomist, arable farming, cover crops, crop competition, cultivations, greg taylor, harvest, improve soil structure, manure, soil health, Soil structure, talking agronomy, tillage
Deeper Thinking For The Best Wet Winter Recovery
May 4, 2020
How well we recover from last winter is far more about what we grow and how we grow it after the crops we have in ground this season than it is about how we manage land that has been too… Read more
Tagged # autumn, black - grass, blackgrass, crop, establishment, Felce, harvest, Rhiza, soil, soil health, sol recovery, spring, Stow Longa, stow longs, winter
England Reclaims World Wheat Record Title From Kiwis
December 11, 2015
It’s official, England has emphatically reclaimed the world wheat record from New Zealand. The 16.52 t/ha seed crop of Dickens grown by Rod Smith and his Beal Farm team on 11.3 ha on the Northumberland coast near Berwick-upon-Tweed has been… Read more
Tagged # 15t challenge, 16.52 t/ha yield, Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, Beal farm, dickens, harvest, wheat, Wheat record, world wheat record
Vicki Brooks Blog – An encouraging all-round start
November 9, 2015
Helped by a decent amount of seedbed moisture and some welcome early October warmth, our oilseed rape has got off to a better start than last year. The bulk has profited from good sowing conditions in August and the first… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, agronomist, agronomists, blackgrass, harvest, Oilseed rape, OSR, potatoes, prei-em, sugar beet
Looking forward by looking back
July 20, 2015
Coming to the end of another season with most of our crops looking fit and full of promise, it’s a good time to reflect on what recent cropping years have taught us for the future. Especially so in helping us… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, disease problems, harvest
Gearing-up for the most crucial time of the year
July 7, 2015
Into July and we’re firmly on the countdown to harvest now. But it’s not just the combining that’s occupying our minds. We’re also gearing-up for the period between harvesting and planting that is fast becoming the most critical time of… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomist, blackgrass, blackgrass controll, harvest, OSR, Septoria and rust risks
Brackley iFarm Rises to 15t Challenge
November 19, 2014
With careful planning and site selection, Lawrence & Anthony Bonner and their Agrii team have risen to the Best of British Wheat 15 Tonne Challenge spectacularly at the Brackley iFarm over the past season with a 2.5 ha crop of… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, Best of British, harvest, ifarms, Soilquest
So far very good with the cereal harvest
August 12, 2014
Cereals are enjoying an exceptional harvest so far providing grass weeds and diseases have been sufficiently well-controlled, reports Agrii head of crop marketing, David Neale. Winter crops are coming off in good time with encouragingly high yields and grain quality…. Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, barley, black - grass, crop markets, exporting, grain quality, harvest, OSR, wheat, wheat yields, Yellow Rust
Top tips for farm-saved seed this autumn
July 10, 2014
Disappointing grain prices and tight cash flows are likely to make farm-saved seed a particular consideration for many cereal growers this autumn; especially so with the best mobile processors offering fixed plant production standards coupled with the greatest flexibility. If… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, disease problems, farm saved seed, harvest, mobile seed dressing, seed, seed dressing