Tagged: harvest
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
Making the Most of Time in Hand
July 10, 2014
Fingers firmly crossed, as we move rapidly towards harvesting we look like having the one thing we could really use on our side this year ….. time, writes Yorkshire-based agronomist, Sam Patchett. This is just as well with the sheer… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, agronomists, crop performance, disease problems, harvest, Oilseed rape, OSR, Soil structure, wheat
Plan ahead to minimise major harvest vulnerability
May 20, 2014
UK growers are highly vulnerable to cereal and oilseed rape markets which show signs of coming under increasing pressure , warns Agrii head of crop marketing, David Neale speaking to growers attending the first in a series of special breakfast… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, crop markets, crop performance, crop prices, Glencore Grain, harvest