Agrii Journals Agrii North Spring 2014

Agrii North Spring 2014

Innovative Arable Research Strategy Unveiled

Genetics, nutrition and soils, precision agronomy, crop protection and emerging technologies are the central pillars of the innovative five year research strategy unveiled this autumn
Living Without Neonicotinoids

Craig Herkes – Regional Technical Advisor – In spring 2013 the European Commission decided to ban the use of the neonicotinoid insecticide active ingredients clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam for seed treatment, soil application and foliar treatment on those plants and crops attractive to bees.
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New Technology & Skills Centre Extends Agrii R&D Partnership at Bishop Burton College

Bishop Burton College is delighted to announce its new £3.5 million Technology and Skills Centre will be home to Agrii’s Northern Technology Centre in a major extension of the current research and development partnership between the two industry knowledge transfer leaders.

What came first – the chicken or the egg?

Producing a profitable crop means identifying the best market, selecting the appropriate variety for that market, maximizing the margin over input cost with a tailored Crop protection programme, including seed treatment choice and soil management – But where do you start?

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Agrii North Agronomist scoops prestigious award

Mark Fletcher, an Agrii agronomist from North Yorkshire has been announced as the winner of this year’s Barrie Orme Shield awarded by the industry’s training and certification body BASIS. The shield is given each year to the best candidate for the BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection.

New Precision Options from SoilQuest

SoilQuest is Agrii’s Precision Agronomy System, providing agronomists, farmers and growers with accurate information about their soils on which to base profitable decisions.

Master Seeds app fine tunes seed rates

The new Seed Rate Calculator App from Agrii makes it easy and convenient to plan your seed requirements and calibrate your sowing equipment to establish the optimum plant populations for high performing crops.

Grant Opportunity – Don’t miss out

The third round of the FFIS grant is available to apply for from 4 Feb – 4 April. This grant, among other things gives 40% aid towards GPS equipment on tractors used for fertiliser application and is therefore a sort after aid. There are many other items that are included other than GPS, other key areas of interest in the last few years have been reservoirs, animal handling, sheep ID, water harvesting tanks and roofing, manure heaps and slurry stores.