Written by Mike Harrington from Edaphos I have written articles for DD magazine on phosphorus and potassium so it’s time to complete the set and take a look at nitrogen. Nitrogen inputs are generally framed as merely a commodity input in agriculture — something to be bought, applied and managed. However, nitrogen is far more …
By Tim Ashley, Edaphos Agronomy Introduction The 2025 wheat season has revealed significant vulnerabilities in cereal production systems across the UK. Yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) has emerged as the most problematic disease of the year, affecting a wide range of wheat varieties, including those previously considered resistant. The widespread reliance on fungicides, …
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Written by Mike Harrington, Managing Director of AIVA Fertiliser Following on from the beginning of November, and it is reassuring to see that nature’s autumn cycle is beginning. The time where digestion, recycling and humification occurs in active soil systems. We do not require an expensive test to see this. Our eyes tell us that …
