Tagged: yield
Dorset iFarm Recipe defies the season to deliver Best-Ever Spring Barley
January 19, 2021
Despite the most challenging conditions they’ve ever known for the crop, Eastbury Estates averaged a record 9.3t/ha from the 100ha of spring barley they grew at Tarrant Gunville near Blandford in Dorset last season, maintaining the substantial productivity progress the… Read more
Tagged # Dorset, eastbury estates, gpr, jim, jim farquharson, Rhiza, Spring Barley, todd jex, variable rate, VR Nitrogen, yield
Responsible Maize Recipe proves its worth in Dorset
January 18, 2021
A substantial acreage of early maturing maize is allowing J.F. Cobb & Sons to maintain a high level of soil heath and protection in the sensitive Poole Harbour catchment while making the most of the crop across a dairy business… Read more
Tagged # Avitus, best yield, dairy farm, Dorian Jones, Dorset, drymatter, early vigor, evnironmental benefits, forage, Holstein, JF Cobb, Krone, ksw, maize, ryegrass, sustainable farming, variety, wholecrop, yield
TOP TIPS For Spring Oat Production
January 13, 2021
Oats are not barley. This is the fundamental essential those growing the increasingly popular crop this spring need to appreciate to get the most out of them, believes Agrii Innovation Crops manager, Skye Van Heyzen. “Most people come to growing… Read more
Tagged # agronomy, alternative crops, oats, potential skye van heyzen, skye agrii, spring cropping, spring oats, yield
Ending the season on a high note – Sam Patchett Blog
August 26, 2015
The slings and arrows of uncertain politics, prices and precipitation mean we have plenty enough arable challenges to face as another cropping year approaches at the gallop. Even so, I couldn’t have hoped for a better note on which to… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, beans, crop rotations, OSR, septoria, wheat yields, winter barley, yield
Southern harvest moves up a gear
August 22, 2013
Harvesting moved up at least one gear across central southern England in the third week of August, reports Agrii agronomist Iain Richards, although progress and performance remains decidedly mixed. Some of his growers in south Hampshire are set to finish… Read more
Tagged # agronomist, barley, harvest, Linseed, OSR, wheat, wheat yields, yield
New treatment timing to boost winter cereal performance
July 10, 2013
Substantial improvements in year-in, year-out winter cereal performance are the over-riding aim of a new crop protection treatment timing introduced by research-led agronomy leader, Agrii for the coming season. Building on best grower and agronomist practice from the company’s extensive… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, autumn sowing, crop performance, disease problems, T(-1), trials, winter cereal growing, winter cereals, yield