Tagged: maize
Why maize can fit for AD plants in the north
March 12, 2021
Careful variety selection has enabled maize to become a core ingredient feeding a Yorkshire farm’s anaerobic digestion plant. Using maize as a key feedstock wasn’t the original plan, or even plan B, when Alaric Booth and his brother Charlie commissioned… Read more
Tagged # AD, Agrii, anaerobic digestion, Digestion, energy crops, fieldstar, maize, phillip Marr, renewables, yorkshire
Managing risk to improve success with forage maize
February 28, 2021
A detailed focus on all aspects of plant agronomy, including nutrition, seedbed preparation and variety choice, will help improve the performance of maize crops in 2021. Decisions taken in the next few weeks will have a significant bearing on how… Read more
Tagged # agrii forage, average ontario heat, careful variety selection, cell wall digestibility, deep rooting plant, delayed harvest, dry matter yield, extra milk production, forage, forage crops, forage maize, greater milk production, high yield, increased milk production, LG Seeds, maize, maize crop, maize crop nutrition, Maize varieties, new cultivation techniques, ontario heat unit, performance of maize, purchased feed cost, rapid root development, Resolute, seedbed preparation, soil type, southern region technical, successful maize production, successor crop, supplies of nutrients
Responsible Maize Recipe proves its worth in Dorset
January 18, 2021
A substantial acreage of early maturing maize is allowing J.F. Cobb & Sons to maintain a high level of soil heath and protection in the sensitive Poole Harbour catchment while making the most of the crop across a dairy business… Read more
Tagged # Avitus, best yield, dairy farm, Dorian Jones, Dorset, drymatter, early vigor, evnironmental benefits, forage, Holstein, JF Cobb, Krone, ksw, maize, ryegrass, sustainable farming, variety, wholecrop, yield
South: Much happier despite an unstable October
October 31, 2014
A decent amount of October rain has proved just what the doctor ordered in helping our pre-ems pick-up and counter the black-grass that was beginning to appear in many September wheat drillings. So far we have only had to over-spray… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, cereal herbicides, drilling, maize, slug control, wheat
Back in the Blogging Seat….
March 14, 2012
I am back in the blogging seat after six weeks of talks around the UK with much to commentate on! Where is the Water? Today, seven Southern Water Companies announced restrictions on use of water! Already at this stage we can… Read more
Tagged # barley, crops, drought traits, farm business plan, maize, markets, oats, Oilseed rape, R&D, rooting capacity, soil and water management, Soil N Mins, spring barley seed, spring crops, Varities, water, weather, wheat plantings, wheat values, Yellow and Brown Rust, yields