Tagged: Precision Farming
Digital Technology Farms Network Launch
March 6, 2020
Farm Network Launched To Prove And Improve Digital Agronomy Technologies A pioneering UK network of Digital Technology Farms has been established this season to prove the value of current digital agronomy and data-based information systems, demonstrate their most profitable use,… Read more
Tagged # ADAS, Bedfordia, Bedfordia Farms, CENSUS, Digital Technology Farm, DTF, Jim Rennie, Lucy Cottingham, Precision Farming, precision technology, Rhiza, trials, variable rate, VR applicaiton, VR Nutrition
Building on a Traditional Recipe with Innovation in Fife
December 20, 2019
At first sight Lacesston at Gateside near Cupar is a traditional North east Fife family farm. Potatoes and spring barley are its mainstays, with soft wheat grown for distilling and oats for Quaker. All its sandy loam arable ground is… Read more
Tagged # agronomist, barley, conservation, cover crop, donald hay, john weir, liming, oats, potatoes, precision agriculture, Precision Farming, precision growing, rtk precision, scotland, soil care, soil health, sustainable agriculture, variable rate, winner
Raising the Wheat Performance Bar with Nutrition
October 3, 2014
Wheat nutrition needs to go well beyond conventional N, P and K thinking if yields are to be cost-effectively pushed ahead, according to Agrii head of crop science, David Langton. The latest information from our Best of British Wheat 15… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomists, N p K, nutrition, Precision Farming, R&D, Soilquest, wheat, wheat yields, winter cereals, yield potential
Soil-centred OSR improvement on show
August 1, 2014
Simon Collins and his team at the Giffard family’s Chillington Estate near Codsall have made great progress in overcoming a number of typically West Midlands mixed farming barriers to oilseed rape production over the past six years. By focussing their… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, Oilseed rape, OSR, Precision Farming, Soilquest
Leicestershire Business Makes SoilQuest Central to Contract Farming Agreements
January 29, 2014
At Glebe Farm, Saxelby near Melton Mowbray, father and son team Bill and Eric Wright are firm advocates of the greatest possible precision in soil mapping, texturing and analysis for their 1600 ha of cropping. To such an extent that,… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomists, Precision Farming, R&D, soil nutrition, soil samples, Soil structure, soil variation, Soilquest
Greater Precision in Soil Understanding
January 29, 2014
A far more precise understanding of soils and their variation across every field is vital to make the most of the latest GPS-based farming technologies, believes precision agronomy specialist, John Lord. “Modern precision technologies enable us to automatically adjust a… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, agronomist, Precision Farming, Soil structure, Soilquest, technical advice
Innovative Arable Research Strategy Unveiled
December 12, 2013
Genetics, nutrition and soils, precision agronomy, crop protection and emerging technologies are the central pillars of the innovative five year research strategy unveiled this month to underpin the most significant expansion in applied research, development and technical support for UK… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, crop performance, crops, nutrition, Precision Farming, R&D, Soilquest, soils, technical advice, technology
New Technology & Skills Centre Extends Agrii R&D Partnership
November 8, 2013
Bishop Burton College is delighted to announce its new £3.5 million Technology and Skills Centre will be home to Agrii’s Northern Technology Centre in a major extension of the current research and development partnership between the two industry knowledge transfer… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, crop research, decision support, Precision Farming, R&D
Agrii at Grassland 2012
April 10, 2012
Agrii is the new name for the combined business of two established companies – Masstock and UAP. Both businesses have a strong heritage of providing technically led and innovative support to UK farmers. As Agrii, we are proud to continue… Read more
Tagged # crop performance, Energy Support, Environmental Support, Farm Advice Services, Grassland Event, grassland inputs, livestock support, Natural Resource Management, Precision Farming, Soil structure