Tagged: trial plots
Vicki Brooks Blog: Getting the early balance right
February 29, 2016
Considering how much rain and how little frost we’ve had, most of our ground is still walking remarkably well. This is mainly due to the impressive moisture pumping ability of actively growing crops in an exceptionally mild winter with plenty… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, Light Leaf Spot, nutrition, Oilseed rape, OSR, rooting, septoria, T0's, technical advice, trial plots, wheat, winter wheat
Wheat trials show biostimulant benefit
July 23, 2015
Latest carefully controlled Agrii trials suggest so-called biostimulants may have a valuable role to play alongside fungicides in increasing wheat yields by helping the fight against Septoria, in particular. However, the research-led agronomy company’s studies show some products clearly… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, biostimulant, fungicide, septoria, trial plots, wheat yields
Pioneering trials show the way in ‘stacking’ cultural Blackgrass controls
July 23, 2015
Latest results from 15 years of detailed, replicated trials across 25 ha of challenging heavy land at Agrii’s specialist black-grass technology centre at Stow Longa near Huntingdon show even the most difficult infestations can be cost-effectively overcome. But only with… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, black - grass problems, blackgrass, crop rotation, cultivations, drilling, ploughing, Stow Longa, technical advice, trial plots
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
Planning to be flexible
January 19, 2015
It’s only mid-January and there’s plenty enough winter still to come. However, this season is already bearing an uncanny resemblance to last time around. For the most part, our crops are well established and forward after another especially growthy autumn… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, agronomists, fungicide choice, fungicide timings, Oilseed rape, OSR, Septoria and rust risks, technical advice, trial plots, Yellow Rust
December Trials Update
December 3, 2013
At the risk of sounding like I’m at confession – it’s been seven months since my last blog. It’s been a busy time ever since harvest began back in July and we’ve only recently finished the bulk of our autumn… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, crop performance, crops, Oilseed rape, R&D, Throws Farm, trial plots, trials
Learning the lessons of an OSR year to forget
November 8, 2013
A far more encouraging start to this season leaves most winter oilseed rape growers happy to put last year well behind them. While 2012/13 will go down as an OSR season almost everyone would like to forget, its experience holds… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, crop performance, disease problems, Oilseed rape, OSR, R&D, technical advice, trial plots
Research-led agronomy brings 15T/HA wheat within reach
July 9, 2013
Commercial winter wheat yields of 15t/ha are well within the grasp of UK growers, visitors to this year’s Agrii wheat technology event near Marlborough were told. But a thoroughly integrated approach with the best research-led agronomy will be essential if… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, agriifocus, agronomists, grass weeds, nutrition, precision agronomy, Soil structure, Soilquest, technical advice, trial plots, wheat
Rotation-wide establishment trials yield valuable black-grass control guidance
July 9, 2013
Three years into the country’s most comprehensive rotation-wide black-grass management trial and dramatic differences between establishment regimes are providing Agrii agronomists with a wealth of valuable intelligence to improve cultural control strategies. Across plots with 96 different combinations of wheat… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, black - grass, black - grass problems, blackgrass, crop performance, crops, herbicides, research, trial plots, wheat
Making the Most of Local Weather Intelligence
June 22, 2012
Up-to-the-minute data from a national network of almost 70 Agrii weather stations linked to sophisticated modelling is giving top and soft fruit, vegetable, salad, herb and arable growers across the country valuable extra intelligence support for day-to-day decision-making. “Our weather… Read more
Tagged # Agrii weather stations, agronomists, appple scab, arable growers, codling moth, combinable crop management tools, growers, Oilseed rape, powdery mildew, sclerotinia, soil temperature, trial plots, wheat