Technical Updates
Sustainability Trials Highlight Major Opportunities for Improving Breadwheat Nutrient Use Efficiency
November 4, 2022
Almost 9t/ha of wheat well within the Group 1 specification from just 164kg/ha of nitrogen is perfectly possible, even with late-October sowing and a particularly challenging season. This is the experience of the latest series of replicated trials at Agrii’s… Read more
Tailored Nutrition Shows its value in latest iFarm trials
October 24, 2022
Tailored winter OSR and wheat nutrition is showing excellent returns on investment from the strategic use of foliar nutrients well beyond traditional programmes at the Bishop Burton iFarm in East Yorkshire. Additional autumn copper and early summer calcium applied to… Read more
Tagged # arable, bishop burton, Copper, crop nutrition, farming, magnesium, nutrition, OSR, plant protection, tailroed crop nutrition, wheat yield increase, yield, zinc
Latest Trials Confirm Valuable Winter Cropping Gains from Improving Spring Nutrient Availability
October 15, 2022
Improving the availability of phosphate and key micro-nutrients in the spring can markedly improve the performance and nitrogen use efficiency of winter wheat, barley and oilseed rape on higher pH soils, according to the latest series of Green Horizon trials… Read more
Tagged # agriculture, bishop burton, farming, icl, iFarm, increase yield in winter crops, Jim Carswell, nutrient, polysulphate, winter cropping, winter wheat, yorkshire
Trials highlight role of Polysulphate in enabling reduced nitrogen rates in milling wheat
October 1, 2022
Work by Agrii suggests growers should not fear nitrogen limits in meeting grain protein targets. Decades of conventional wisdom about how to fertilise milling wheat for yield and grain protein is set to be challenged after initial trials by Agrii… Read more
Tagged # crop nutrition, icl, polysulphate, potassium
Latest Trials Underline Perennial Grass Importance in AB15 Mixes
July 15, 2022
Failure to balance AB15 Stewardship mixes sufficiently with perennial grasses may seriously compromise their effectiveness in managing problem grassweeds, confirm the latest replicated farm trials. The field-scale trials on ground with historic grassweed problems run by farmed environment specialist, Marek… Read more
Tagged # AB15, Environment, GRASS, Perennial, stewardship
Direct drilling into heavy clays is a battle still to be won
June 29, 2022
Eight years of trials with cover crops and direct drilling has prompted more questions than answers. The soil advisers at Agrii like to remind me that there is more to direct drilling than simply placing the seed into uncultivated ground…. Read more
Tagged # amazone, andrew ward, crops, DEFRA, direct drill, direct driller, glyphosate, heavy soil, horizon, Horsch, light soil, output, philip wright, Simba, soil, soil health, Soil structure, Soil tye, sring crops, weaving, yield
Vale of York Farm Gets Huge Confidence Boost as National Ryegrass Weed Management Centre
June 5, 2022
At North Hall Farm, Appleton Roebuck, devoting 23ha of productive but demanding land with serious Italian ryegrass problems to a national centre for sustainably managing this troublesome weed has given the Vale of York family business a huge confidence boost…. Read more
Research Shows Key to Maximising Liquid Fertiliser Sustainability
March 28, 2022
Cutting all three sources of farmland nitrogen loss, boosting both soil fungal activity and crop performance, and improving operating efficiencies in one simple, highly cost-effective step? Far from a pipedream, this is the sustainability-maximising reality of a specialist nitrogen stabiliser… Read more
Tagged # crop nutrition, enhance, fertiliser, liquisafe, nitrogen, NUE, nutrition, trials
Kinross iFarm Update – May 2021
May 17, 2021
Agronomist and iFarm coordinator Iain Anderson with a look at the OSR and Cereal plots on the new Kinross iFarm May 6th 2021 Cereals OSR
Dorset iFarm update – SB trials & OSR trial
April 13, 2021
In this video (03:48 mins) Tom Perrott (Regional Fertiliser Coordinator) and Mat Hutchings (Dorset iFarm Coordinator) introduce you to the nutrient use efficiency trials in Spring Barley at the Dorset iFarm near Blandford, followed by an update on the OSR… Read more
Kinross iFarm Update – April 2021
April 7, 2021
Agronomist and iFarm coordinator Iain Anderson with a look at the new iFarm site in Kinross.
Kinross Spring Update
March 8, 2021
Agronomist and iFarm coordinator Iain Anderson gives us an update from the field at our NEW Kinross ifarm site.
Tagged # crops barley, Iain Anderson, iFarm, kinross, Perth, scotland, trials
Ludlow plots emerging from the snow!
February 5, 2021
Photos from Digby Oliver, iFarm coordinator at Ludlow, showing the oat and the wheat plots emerging from under the snow, all looking well luckily!
Winter hybrid rye
December 17, 2020
Bartonfields agronomist Richard Derbyshire discusses the benefits and options for growing winter hybrid rye, including its possibilities as a third cereal and for pig and poultry feed.
Low footprint farming
December 17, 2020
Update from Richard Derbyshire, Bartonfields iFarm Coordinator Beef cattle born and bred on farm in Leicestershire, raised outdoors all summer on grass in a closed suckler herd. Brought inside in the last month to be finished mainly on home produced… Read more
OSR update from the Bartonfields iFarm
December 4, 2020
Richard Derbyshire, December 2020 Here we have 3 randomly selected plants from the strip of Extremus winter oilseed rape at the Bartonfields iFarm. The first photo is of a crop that was untreated with autumn nutrition and the second is… Read more
Eyemouth iFarm WB and WW update
October 30, 2020
Here are some pictures from Greig Baird out on the Eyemouth iFarm Winter Wheat and tussocks plots, showing how they protect the tussocks from the crows. The second image shows a view of the Winter Barley. Our tussock trials may… Read more
Drilling the winter wheat trials at the Bartonfields iFarm
October 20, 2020
The winter wheat trials were drilled last Thursday 16th October (see video below -54 seconds) at the Bartonfields iFarm, Church Broughton, near Derby. 20 different varieties were drilled, including BYDV tolerant RGT Wolverine, best standing variety KWS Parkin and RGT… Read more
Latest news from the Ludlow iFarm
October 20, 2020
Autumn 2020 at Ludlow iFarm. What a difference a year makes! Last year we struggled to plant the plots at Gatley Farms into a far from ideal seed bed in November. This year, 560 trial plots have been planted in… Read more
iFarm Results – harvest 2020
October 19, 2020
We’ll be holding a series of webinars over the Autumn/Winter period to update customers on the results from our iFarm trials this year. Please look out for your invitation through the post and in your inbox over the next few… Read more
Kent ifarm update
October 14, 2020
The stripper header story continues. Neil Harper comments on the drilling and subsequent emergence of winter oilseed rape into the stripped straw field in Kent. This is the 2nd year of drilling into stripped straw following the 2nd wheat last… Read more
Tagged # companion cropping, crops, drilling, iFarm, kent, OSR, stripper header, wosr
Update from Black Isle iFarm
September 9, 2020
Update from iFarm Coordinator John Mason, 8th September 2020 The OSR, wheat and barley was cut two-three days ago at the Black Isle iFarm. We have now sown the WOSR which has come up nicely. We’re planning to drill the… Read more
Throws Farm trials update
September 9, 2020
Harvest at Throws Farm and surrounding sites in the South have almost come to an end with just the spring linseed and speciality crops to be combined. The trials team have now completed the OSR drilling and some early cereals… Read more
North East England ifarms update
September 8, 2020
The cover crops were drilled on 4th September at Gateshead. The WOSR plots have been sown at Longhirst. The trials include buckwheat, vetch, fenugreek and OSR with different inclusions. Please get in touch for more information. … Read more
Ludlow iFarm Trials Update
June 12, 2020
The Ludlow iFarm trials are progressing well – here are some photos from Digby Oliver, iFarm Coordinator at the site. Click on the thumbnails to view the full size photo. There is much more to come from Ludlow and our… Read more
Cover crops at Winderton iFarm
June 11, 2020
Winderton iFarm Coordinator Sarah Hookway gives an update on the cover crops at this trials site – sown to replace the failed OSR trials. Find out more at our summer virtual iFarm events – sign up now here. Many thanks… Read more
South West iFarm Trials Update
June 9, 2020
Agrii’s South West iFarm Coordinator, John Harper, gives an update on the Maize, Winter Barley and Winter Wheat Tussock trials at our South West iFarm site in Saltash. Maize Variety Trial Winter Barley Variety Trial Winter Wheat Tussock Trial
Winderton iFarm – May 2020 update
May 22, 2020
iFarm agronomist Sarah Hookway and host farmer Ed Walton, give an update on how the spring barley plots are faring at the Winderton iFarm, located near Banbury. There are a range of spring barley trials at the site, looking at… Read more
South West iFarm trials update
May 22, 2020
Agrii’s South West iFarm Coordinator, John Harper, gives an update on the Winter Oats, Spring Barley, Winter Barley and Winter Wheat trials at our South West iFarm site in Saltash. Winter Oats Spring Barley Winter Barley Winter Wheat
Latest news from Ludlow iFarm Trials
April 28, 2020
The Ludlow iFarm trials are progressing well – here are some photos from Digby Oliver, iFarm Coordinator at the site. Click on the thumbnails to view the full size photo.
Oldmeldrum ifarm as seen by RHIZA Digital
April 23, 2020
The iFarm at Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire is showing up perfectly on RHIZA Digital The trial plots and newly cultivated headland for a grass margin clearly visible. Ideal for vari N and spotting issues in large fields.
Dorset iFarm: spring barley and oat trials update
April 21, 2020
Agrii’s Dorset iFarm Coordinator, Mathew Hutchings, gives an update on the spring oat and barley variety trials, and the barley nitrogen response trials.
Tagged # Dorset, iFarm, nitrogen response, Spring Barley, spring oats
South West iFarm barley trials update
April 21, 2020
Agrii’s South West iFarm Coordinator, John Harper, gives an update on how the barley plots at our Saltash iFarm site are progressing.
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
South Wales iFarm OSR update
April 20, 2020
South Wales agronomist, Chris Taylor, gives an update on the OSR plots at our Bridgend iFarm site.
Tagged # Bridgend, OSR, South Wales iFarm
Sunk Island Spring Barley Drilling – March 2020
April 20, 2020
Sunk Island, Holderness Jim Carswell, R&D Manager for the Northern Region gives viewers an overview of the Spring Barley drilling at our Holderness iFarm site.
Tagged # HOLDERNESS, iFarm, Spring Barley, sunk island
Winderton iFarm update – April 2020
April 9, 2020
The spring barley (ten varieties at 375 seeds/m2) and replicated oat variety trials were drilled at our Winderton iFarm site (west of Banbury) on 27th March. We are also looking at three different summer cover crop options on this farm… Read more
Norfolk iFarm Update April 2020
April 8, 2020
Agronomist Darren Hooker introduces the work being undertaken by our team in East Anglia.
Black Isle ifarm update March 2020
April 1, 2020
Our northernmost agronomist, John Mason gives a quick introduction to the site and plots at our Black Isle ifarm site in the North of Scotland.
Tagged # black isle, Cromarty, iFarm, scotland
Leadenham iFarm update – 30th March 2020
March 30, 2020
An introduction to the Leadenham ifarm site given by Agronomist Fred Fowler
Tagged # iFarm, leadenham, lincolnshire
New site for Agrii’s South West iFarm
March 30, 2020
This year Agrii’s South West iFarm has moved from Taunton, Somerset to WH Bond & Sons Ltd. at Trerule Farm, near Saltash in south east Cornwall. We’re not able to hold an iFarm event at the site at the moment,… Read more
Agrii iFarm events and the Coronavirus outbreak
March 27, 2020
Unfortunately, due to the current global Coronavirus crisis, we won’t be holding any events at our iFarm sites until further notice. However, we’ll be updating this page regularly with news, pictures, videos and stories from our trials sites across the… Read more