Tagged: Soil structure
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
10-Way Cultivations Trials Encourages Further Heavy-Land Tillage Reductions
March 17, 2021
An innovative cultivations trial involving 10 different min-till cultivators setting-up 18ha of heavy clay ground in the autumn for spring barley drilling has underlined the extent to which Andrew Ward and his team at Roy Ward Farms in Lincolnshire could… Read more
Tagged # agrii trial manager, amount of metal, andrew ward, assistance of designer, autumn cultivation depth, degree of soil, depth of autumn, different min, direct drilling, established cultivation practice, establishment cost, expensive new equipment, farm cultivation regime, glebe farm cultivation, glebe farm team, heavy ground, immediate gross margin, issues of soil, lot of trash, low trash level, lower fuel use, mr corbett, mr fowler, overall soil rating, part of agrii, pass simba solo, roy ward farm, shallower working, shallowest trial cultivation, showed cultivation cost, simba freeflow drill, simba solo standard, Soil structure, spring barley drilling, spring barley yield, spring bean, standard glebe farm, structured heavier soil, sustainability of uk, tillage reduction effort, total operating cost, useful extra flexibility, width of soil, wright of wright
Transitioning to No-Till on heavy ground
February 12, 2021
Regenerative agriculture based on the least possible tillage is attracting growing interest across the UK for the opportunities it offers to improve soil health and resilience, increase farmland biodiversity, and cut carbon emissions. However, direct drilling experiences of the past… Read more
Tagged # Agrii benchamrking, AgriiMAP, andrew richards, better soil structure, cash crop, cover crop, diversity of soil, farm benchmarking, grower, heavy land, MAP, no-till, organic matter, regenerative agriculture, soil health, Soil structure, surface drainage
Talking Agronomy – Jo Bell – Winter 2020
November 16, 2020
November/December 2020 This season is certainly justifying our decision to stick with OSR, albeit on wider rotations than in the past. We have only lost two very small fields so far despite almost no pyrethroid spraying. What’s more, coming into… Read more
Tagged # agronomy advice, black - grass, cover crops, crop performance, crop proctection, crops, disease problems, glyphosate, Oilseed rape, OSR, prothiconazole, Soil structure, wheat
Exploring the Latest Cover Crop Thinking
December 12, 2019
In the right place, catch and cover cropping can noticeably improve the health, workability and resilience of soils as well as making valuable contributions to environmental protection. But to be cost-effective they need to be well-planned and managed. They must… Read more
Tagged # advice, Agrii SOils Improvement Group, below ground, cover crop, crop establishment, east anglia, establishment, kent, knowledge exchange, no-till, OSR Companion, research, root depth, rooting, six counties, soil health, Soil structure, spring crops, strip tillage, sugar beet, tips, tour
Vicki Brooks Blog – Looking forward to at least a little winter
January 27, 2016
We should always be careful what we wish for, but with January fast disappearing a little less rain and a decent cold snap would be really welcome. Although soil temperatures dropped away in early December, in most cases conditions were… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, blog, cover cropping, cover crops, micro-nutrient, septoria, Soil structure, soil temperature
Vicki Brooks Blog – Winter crops and spring ground suitably set-up
December 15, 2015
With just the warmth and dryness we wanted in October and plenty enough rain with continued mild conditions throughout November, most of our crops and spring-sowing ground are well set-up for the season. Going into December we’re staying patient with… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, blackgrass, drilling date, Soil structure, soil temperature, spring-sowing, wheat, wheat drilling, wheat yields
Understanding our most precious asset – the soil
July 23, 2015
A far better understanding of soil variations than most sampling systems permit is essential to improving arable cropping performance and resilience, argues Agrii head of Decision Support Services, John Lord. “Yield mapping can identify the major in-field variations that bear… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, soil sampling, Soil structure, soil variation, Soilquest, yield mapping
Addressing Key Cover Questions
April 27, 2015
Cover cropping shows considerable promise but major questions remain over its true value for heavy ground with black-grass problems in particular, believes Agrii trials manager, Steve Corbett. We recorded spring cereal yield benefits of up to 1.8 t/ha from cover… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, agronomist, black - grass, black - grass problems, cover crops, drilling, Soil structure