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Agronomist and Arable Farmer August 12th
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Potatoes or lettuces? Tractors or cultivators? Livestock? These are the questions the new farm manager at Shropshire-based Bradford Estates, Oliver Scott, is having to think about as he takes some of the estate’s farmland back in hand for the first time since the 80s. “Usually when you take on a new role like this, you inherit the land, its current …
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Lemken, the specialist for professional arable farming, continues to improve details of its proven precision seed drill. The latest update, the Azurit 10, will be available from September and features a number of benefits compared to the previous model. Apart from the proven four-, six- and eight-row variants with row spacings of 70 to 80 cm, the new Azurit also …
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John Deere has added two new models to its 9000 Series self-propelled forage harvester range. At the heart of the 9500 and 9600 is an all-new 18-litre John Deere engine producing 700 and 750hp respectively. The 9000 Series foragers are well known for HarvestMotion, the company’s unique low engine RPM concept which boosts productivity and efficiency, with 10 per cent …
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The August 2021 issue is now available online! with exciting news about the launch of the National Arable and Grassland Awards News: National Arable and Grassland Awards launched News: integrate tools on black-grass management Awards: arable and grassland awards launched News analysis: basis update soil and water qualification News analysis: five reasons to choose barley Opinion: agronomy on the beach …
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When any new technique is employed its initial benchmark for success is a measure of the financial return it provides over the technique it replaces or enhances. In that respect cover crops have had a rocky start in their introduction to UK agriculture, explains Dick Neale, technical manager for Hutchinsons. “This is largely because the financial positives or negatives a …
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Hyking, a hybrid winter wheat from Elsoms, could be the second wheat or winter barley replacement many growers have been searching for. Across 105 hectares (260 acres) that runs from well-bodied clay soil into black and red sands, Ben Linington hopes to give his crop of Hyking hybrid wheat a fair test. Having dropped winter barley after harvest 2020 because …
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Haith has this month marked 21 years of working with R S Cockerill. The anniversary coincides with the completion of £3m investment into the Yorkshire potato grower and packer’s site in Dunnington, near York. This latest project – the installation of four new grading lines, has been part-funded by an EU Productivity Grant and is the 42nd order that R …
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A Glasgow University spinout specialising in the next generation of green insecticides has secured seed investment of £1.3 million to support ongoing development of its unique nature-inspired pesticides, the first of their kind to be developed worldwide. Established in May 2020 after four years of research funded by UKRI BBSRC and the EC, and commercialisation support from Scottish Enterprise’s High …
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