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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
Making Sustainability Work on the North Hampshire Down
March 3, 2021
Net Zero is already a reality at Faccombe Estates on the Hampshire-Berkshire border near Newbury, with their comprehensive 2020 Farm Carbon Calculator report showing a net sequestration of over 1800 tonnes CO2/year. But director Al Brooks and his team are… Read more
Tagged # agriculture, Agrii, agronomy, Faccombe Estates, farming, Linseed, livestock, min-till, net zero, Newbury, nutrition, plough, sheep, spring crops, Sustainability
Talking Agronomy – Jo Bell – February 2021
March 1, 2021
Once again, we have more than our fair share of cold, very wet soils. Official figures show double the long-term average December rainfall in parts of our region. And, as we go into the second half of January, some of… Read more
Tagged # agrii-start, AGRII-START PLUSES, beet lifting, beetle larval count, careful gai assessment, cover cropping, crop, crop performance, cruiser seed treatment, early spring nutrition, environmental loss, extra nutrition, farm water supplies, fertiliser plan, good plant count, grain aphid, grass control, introduced liqui-SAFE, late cercospera, leaves spot treatment, level of ion, little enthusiasm, N-MIN, nutrients lock, nutrients use efficiency, Oilseed rape, osr fertilisation, protected phosphate, rust vulnerability, seedbed nutrition, serious challenge, soil nitrogen level, spring barley volunteer, spring crop, spring nitrogen application, spring spray, urea ammonia nitrate, virus yellow, wheat bulbs, winter linseed, Yellow Rust
Managing risk to improve success with forage maize
February 28, 2021
A detailed focus on all aspects of plant agronomy, including nutrition, seedbed preparation and variety choice, will help improve the performance of maize crops in 2021. Decisions taken in the next few weeks will have a significant bearing on how… Read more
Tagged # agrii forage, average ontario heat, careful variety selection, cell wall digestibility, deep rooting plant, delayed harvest, dry matter yield, extra milk production, forage, forage crops, forage maize, greater milk production, high yield, increased milk production, LG Seeds, maize, maize crop, maize crop nutrition, Maize varieties, new cultivation techniques, ontario heat unit, performance of maize, purchased feed cost, rapid root development, Resolute, seedbed preparation, soil type, southern region technical, successful maize production, successor crop, supplies of nutrients
Grapes have a green horizon
February 25, 2021
If there is one thing 2020 taught viticulturists and winemakers in the UK, it is the importance of building resilience into the vineyard. Sustainable agriculture has long been practiced in the UK, and in almost all cases, it comes down… Read more
Tagged # CROP MANAGEMENT, English wine, Green Horizons, Sustainable food production, sustainable wine production, UK Wine, Vineyards, Wine GB, Wine growers UK
Transitioning to No-Till on heavy ground
February 12, 2021
Regenerative agriculture based on the least possible tillage is attracting growing interest across the UK for the opportunities it offers to improve soil health and resilience, increase farmland biodiversity, and cut carbon emissions. However, direct drilling experiences of the past… Read more
Tagged # Agrii benchamrking, AgriiMAP, andrew richards, better soil structure, cash crop, cover crop, diversity of soil, farm benchmarking, grower, heavy land, MAP, no-till, organic matter, regenerative agriculture, soil health, Soil structure, surface drainage