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Agronomist and Arable Farmer June 3rd
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The June 2021 issue is now available online! Packed full of news, features and comments, including: News: EA granted for Insyst on beet News: New Omex trial site News Analysis: Hybrid barley for weed control Opinion: Welcome to cereals Agronomy Matters: Fresh look at osr Agronomy Matters: Carbon mapping Agronomy Matters: Protect potato potential Winter Varieties: Flexible fungicide approach Winter Varieties: …
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Arable farmers looking for ways to become less reliant on inputs without reducing margins are being advised not to ‘shock the system’ by a leading farm consultancy. Speaking ahead of Cereals ’21, George Badger of Ceres Rural acknowledges that no farm can afford to stand still over the next five years but urges caution when it comes to making sudden …
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Be prepared to head off late-season disease surges in cereal crops with the arrival of warmer weather after the wet May, growers are being urged. According to Mike Thornton, head of crop production for agronomy firm ProCam, rusts in wheat will need monitoring, with brown rust in particular thriving in hotter weather. But high rainfall in May and windy conditions …
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Hartpury’s drive to keep UK farmers in touch with the latest technological innovations and knowledge in the agriculture industry has taken another major step forward. Devised by the Hartpury Agri-Tech Centre, the online Applied Agri-Tech professional short course provides an introduction to the fundamental knowledge areas linked to the use and function of the latest agricultural technologies. The course, for which enrolment is free, has been designed to inform and engage …
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A yield uplift of almost half a tonne a hectare from spring malting barley treated with a half label rate dose of Revystar® XE is the latest success story from Andrew Booth’s involvement with BASF’s Real Results on farm tramline trials. Mr Booth said, “All tramlines received the same T1 but at T2, on the 16th of June, we applied Revystar® XE …
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Growers of high quality wheat are being urged to consider applying a range of crop nutrients at the critical flag leaf stage, as bonuses up to £20 per tonne are being offered for milling wheat with a protein content of 13% or more. With wheat prices currently sitting at £200.00/tonne, FMC commercial technical manager Geoffrey Bastard explains that an extra …
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Game cover crops for shooting and wildlife and wild bird seed mixtures need careful management, starting with reducing the weed population which will help their establishment. This can be challenging, as often there are mixtures of different crop types established in the same place year on year to provide food and shelter for game birds or to promote wildlife and …
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OSR growers should be aware of the risk from TuYV as results from a recent survey confirms that one third of susceptible UK crops are infected, with severe implications on yields, warns plant breeders Limagrain UK. Turnips yellows virus (TuYV) is transmitted by aphids and it is believed that 70% of the most common aphid, peach potato aphids (Myzus persicae) …
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Väderstad AB, one of the world’s leading companies in tillage, seeding and planting has acquired 100 percent of North Daktota-based Agco-Amity JV LLC (AAJV). AAJV – also known under the name Wil-Rich – will be fully integrated into the Väderstad global group of companies under the company name Vaderstad Inc. Since 2011 AAJV has manufactured, designed, and supported the Wil-Rich, …
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Most farmers will dig a hole to assess their soil health, but it’s not often they get the chance to literally get below ground to assess the impact of different crops on soil structure. But at this year’s Cereals Event (30 June – 1 July) in Lincolnshire, farmers can do just that. The NIAB Soil Hole is a firm favourite …
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