Tagged: wheat
Making The Most Of Wheat Potential With Well-Planned Spring Crop Protection
March 17, 2022
Even though another very cold, dry spring is not out of the question, the exceptionally mild winter with well-grown and thick wheats brimming with potential across his patch means Oxfordshire-based Agrii agronomist, Iain Richards is focussing his early spray programme… Read more
Tagged # biological, Cereals, chemistry, Chlormequat, crop protection, disease management, EPOXICONAZOLE, folpet, KWS Extase, kws zyatt, managing crop risk, PGR, potential crop potential, septoria, sulphur, T0, tebuconazole, wheat
Talking Agronomy with Greg Taylor November 2021
November 2, 2021
So far, at least, this season has been kinder to us than last. A late September drenching brought our earlier drilling to a halt. But this was only temporary. And it really helped our catch and cover crops pick-up. It… 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 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 – Jo Bell – April 2021
April 19, 2021
A drier spell has enabled us to move ahead with our top dressing. However early spraying off was disrupted by the wet and wind. Every time the ground seems to be drying out enough to think about spring drilling another… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomist, barley, black - grass, blackgrass, bulb fly, byvd, crop performance, disease problems, jo bell, kws, kws zyatt, OSR, PGR, Spring Barley, spring cropping, spring crops, spring wheat, talking agronomy, what, wheat, Yellow Rust
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
No-Till Contract Farming Recipe Proves Its Worth on the Cotswolds
November 11, 2020
Diversity, flexibility and capacity are the cornerstones of the successful no-till contract farming business built by Toby Baxter for a growing number of landowners on the western edge of the Cotswolds over the past decade. He and his Agrii agronomist,… Read more
Tagged # arable, baxter, crop, DIVERSITY, GRASS, LEYS, MIXED FARM, No-Till Contract Farming, sheep, SUCCESS, TURNIPS, varieties, vickery, wheat, winter wheat
Talking Agronomy – Jo Bell – October 2020
October 1, 2020
Mid-September and there’s just some linseed and beans to finish harvesting. As we feared, the August storms took their toll of some cereals. Oats were the worst hit, with up to 50% of the grain on the floor; a shame… Read more
Tagged # armadillo, barley, blackgrass, budweiser, BYDV, dickens, explorer, extase, glyphosate, grt, kerrin, kws, lanter, lantern, Linseed, OSR, seed, silversurfer, skyfall, varieties, wheat, winter wheat, wolverine, zyatt
Cropwatch – South, Iain Richards
June 23, 2020
June 2020 I can safely say this has been the most challenging season in my 27 years as an agronomist. It was a nightmare at the start, is anything but easy near the end and has given us barely a… Read more
Tagged # agronomy, arable, crops, cropwatch, iain richards, south, t3, wheat
Talking Agronomy with Jo Bell
June 3, 2020
We have seldom seen such diverse growth stages across our spring crops, much within individual fields. Especially where we have still had no meaningful rain. I have spring beans 3” tall in some parts of the field and yet to… Read more
Tagged # Agrii advisory list, agronomy, crops, RL, varieties, wheat
Cropwatch South
June 3, 2020
Our wheats have been racing through their growth stages, going from GS32 to GS39 in only 14 days. As we start on our T2s, the boots are already swelling on some crops and it won’t be long before ears begin… Read more
Tagged # crops, disease, drought, dry, folpet, OWBM, rain, resistance, SDHI, T2, T3 Spray, wheat