Written by George Hepburn and Olivia Bye from Aiva Fertilisers A simple topic made to be complex, carbon underlies the health and value of our soil ecosystems. Building reservoirs of carbon, and the variety of options available is where things become shrouded. The sliding scale of carbon begins at its simplest form, molasses. Components of …
Written by George Hepburn, Crop Nutrition Consultant with AIVA. The time has come to think about crop nutrition and the questions that I hear year on year are: should I be doing tissue tests? Or sap analysis? Which crops? At what stage? How many fields? Is it even worth it? If you are looking to …
Written by George Hepburn from Aiva Fertilisers With the amount of rain we have had and the poor crop conditions this year, the availability of phosphate is going to be critical to maintaining yield potential. In this article, we will explore the chemistry behind it and how important biology is to release it. Not only …
Written by George Hepburn from QLF Agronomy I have worked with farmers on their inputs for the last 15 years. I worked with Soil Fertility Services for 12 years as a Soil Fertility Advisor, advising many farmers on soil health and nutrition. For the last two years I have worked for QLF Agronomy (based in …
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Soil health is one of the government’s main concerns relating to the future of agriculture, and with many farmersnow turning towards conservation and biological farming, it is important to get soil heath, the cornerstone of theseprinciples, right. George Hepburn, biological soils expert at QLF Agronomy, gives his six practical steps for improving soil health, nomatter …
