Tagged: winter crops
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
Cropwatch South – October 2021
October 13, 2021
Unlike those on heavier ground, we’ve been in no hurry to get our winter cereals drilled. Not least because our later-drilled wheats came through some appalling conditions to deliver surprisingly well and more consistently than many earlier-sown ones last season…. Read more
Tagged # agrii sustainability, autumn drilling, companion crops, crop protection, crop spray, direct drilling, early crop care, farming susttainability, Graham Winter wheat, KWS Siskin, kws zyatt, seedbed fertiliser, stubble, variety sustainability ratings, winter crops, winter wheat
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
First come… first RESERVED
March 9, 2021
With our changing climate presenting ever more unpredictably in our weather patterns, farming businesses are increasingly looking for new ways to build resilience into their operations. After two poor autumns in a row, one way to ensure that you have… Read more
Tagged # Agrii seed, Agrii sustainbility ratings, autumn, best seeds, drill date, drilling, master seed, reserved seed, secure seed, weather, winter cereal seed, winter crops, winter wheat
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
CropWatch South: September 2019
September 26, 2019
Another successful harvest behind us and we’d be in good spirits if it wasn’t for the flea beetle storm of the past week and bone-dry soils. The rain eventually came just in time for most of last season’s wheats. Because… Read more
Tagged # black - grass, crop performance, crops, drilling, Oilseed rape, technical advice, weather, wheat, wheat drilling, wheat yields, winter cereals, winter crops
Manage winter rape with particular precision this spring
February 19, 2014
Many winter oilseed rape crops are so well grown after the exceptionally mild winter that growers should hold-off on their first spring nitrogen until late March, be sparing in the use of it and apply a good growth regulating fungicide… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, agronomist, agronomists, ifarms, Oilseed rape, OSR, R&D, winter crops
South Crop Watch: A watery wait
February 19, 2014
After a run of cold days and nights when I last wrote back in November, we were hoping for a decent spell of winter to help our agronomy, writes Hampshire-based agronomist Iain Richards Since then we’ve hardly had a worthwhile… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, agronomists, rain, weather, wheat, winter cereals, winter crops
West Midlands harvest ‘reality check’
August 27, 2013
Winter wheat, spring barley, winter rape and potatoes are all coming ready in a frantic rush for Shropshire-based Agrii agronomist, Peter Jones and his West Midlands customers. And, while the harvest certainly isn’t looking bad given the challenges of the… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomists, barley, OSR, wheat yields, winter cereals, winter crops, yield potential
Keeping on top of our game
March 26, 2013
As we move through March our winter crops are, thankfully, starting to pick-up nicely from their early N. Although a lot of the wheats have plenty of catching-up to do, earlier drilled crops are looking well. And decently established OSR hybrids,… Read more
Tagged # disease levels, OSR, Pollen beetle, winter crops