Tagged: winter wheat
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
Cropwatch South – June 2021
June 28, 2021
It’s all about preserving green leaf area now. We’ve done everything we can to set up some really great potential in our crops. While the lighter ground still needs some decent rain going forward, the heavy land probably has enough… Read more
Tagged # boron, cropwatch, green leaf, nutrition, OSR, south, Spring Barley, winter wheat
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
Cropwatch South – February 2021
March 5, 2021
Another season of fancy drilling footwork sees us with three distinct types of wheat – all looking promising but each requiring a different approach to fulfil that promise. The crops drilled on our low black-grass ground in late September are… Read more
Tagged # crop nutrition, cropping, cropwatch south, OSR, oxfordshire, south, spring, winter 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
Cropwatch South – October 2020
October 16, 2020
We’ve certainly been glad to move on from the 2020 harvest. While extremely variable, it wasn’t actually as bad as we feared in many cases. Our November/December wheat drillings, in particular, were a pleasant surprise. A combination of better prices… Read more
Tagged # BYDV, CSFB, OSR, winter barley, 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
Dorset iFarm winter wheat trials update
April 20, 2020
iFarm agronomist Mathew Hutchings provides an update on how the winter wheat trials are faring at our Dorset iFarm site, looking at disease levels in the different varieties in the trial plots.
Tagged # Dorset, iFarm, septoria, tissue sampling, 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
UPDATE: Winter Cropping Options
December 17, 2019
The extremely wet Autumn has left many of you asking how late can winter crops be sown and, even if it’s possible at all. The good news is that there are options available to you and our Technical Team have… Read more
Tagged # barley, crops, establishment, oats, skyfall, soil health, winter, winter wheat