Tagged: nitrogen
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
Talking Agronomy – Jo Bell – March 2021
March 15, 2021
Mid-February and it’s clear we’re facing another season in which getting onto the land is our key challenge. The Beast from the East Mk II has brought some welcome cold, but much of our ground is wetter than ever, having… Read more
Tagged # abinbev, agrii-start, AGRII-START PLUSES, barley, beet lifting, beetle larval count, budweiser, careful gai assessment, cover cropping, crop, crop performance, cruiser seed treatment, early spring nutrition, environmental loss, explorer, extra nutrition, farm water supplies, fertiliser plan, good plant count, grain aphid, grass control, introduced liqui-SAFE, late cercospera, leaves spot treatment, level of ion, little enthusiasm, N-MIN, nitrogen, nutrients lock, nutrients use efficiency, Oilseed rape, osr fertilisation, protected phosphate, rust vulnerability, seedbed nutrition, septoria, serious challenge, soil nitrogen level, spring barley volunteer, spring crop, spring nitrogen application, spring spray, urea ammonia nitrate, virus yellow, wheat bulbs, winter linseed, Yellow Rust
Tailoring Nutrition for Greater Crop Resilience
August 19, 2020
Feed the plant not the soil. Do this as precisely as you can. And make sure you get things right early on. These are the three keys to getting the most out of the much more tailored approach to crop… Read more
Tagged # bishop burton, efficiency, Jim Carswell, nitrogen, NUE, nutrition, tailoring nutrition, trials, TSP, uptake
Technology on trial – Game Changing Technology
July 29, 2020
A change in arable machinery can often expose variable farm performance where none was recognised before. CPM finds out how growers are using on-farm trials to get a greater understanding. More and more growers are using precision farming technologies to… Read more
Tagged # DTF, fertilise, N, nitrogen, r seed, Rhiza, trila, variable rate, VR N, VR Seed
Disciplined Spring Care Vital for Backward Winter Wheats
February 5, 2020
Winter wheats that have struggled through the wettest early season on record or established from very late sowing offer attractive margin-earning opportunities in a season in which supplies are set to be particularly tight. But only with well-targeted and disciplined… Read more
Tagged # agri technical, Backward crops, crop performance, crop stress, david felce, increasing yield, maximise winte rcrop, nitrogen, p-reserve, PGR, septoria, Septoria and rust risks, spring, spring crops, Stow Longa, technical advice, tillering, weather, wheat, winter crops, winter wheat
Grain monitoring highlights continuing cereal Sulphur shortage
February 25, 2015
Monitoring of grain samples from winter cereal variety trials across Agrii’s principal northern England & Scotland R&D sites last season suggests many high yielding crops, in particular, may still not be receiving sufficient sulphur in their main spring top dressings…. Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, cereal crops, crops, grain quality, leaching risks, nitrogen, sulphur, trial plots, yield potential