Managing the farmed landscape to both produce food and deliver for the environment is becoming increasingly important – from a legislation point of view, in terms of meeting government targets for biodiversity, water quality, woodland planting and net zero; from a business point of view with being able to ensure maximum environmental potential from the …
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Harvest 2022 arrived fast and was completed without a pause. The wheats yielded 8.8t/ha, with only applied155kg/ha bagged N applied, which was 16% less than 14yraverage. 85% of this was direct drilled and we are seeing soil structure continue to improve. The oilseed rape yielded3.3t/ha, with the highest yielding field consisting of a 3-waycompanion crop …
If you are like us, then you don’t know where to start when it comes to other reading apart from farming magazines. However, there is so much information out there that can help us understand our businesses, farm better and understand the position of non-farmers. We have listed a few more books you might find …
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THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT Since the release of the Virkar Dynamic DC machine back in 2018 Virkar have continued to develop the Dynamic range with the addition of the Dynamic D and C and soon to be released DD machine. This now means we have 4 coulter options to go into the Dynamics frame. All …
Healthy soils, as the basis for healthy crops, livestock and ultimately the business, is fundamentalto readers of Direct Driller. Knowledge of soils, the relationship between soil physics, chemistry and biology and completing soil health assessments are principles that are often discussed in the pages of this magazine. Readers will then use the findings from analysis …
AMAZONE – THE PEDIGREE IS THERE WHEN IT COMES TO MINIMUM DISTURBANCE DRILLING When it comes to what’s currently trending in crop establishment, the focus is very much on plant nutrition and the targeted application of N & P fertilisers along with the seed to bolster root development and to enable the plant to grow …
INDIVIDUAL PLANT DETECTION – CAMERA SYSTEMS WITH A FUTURE? Camera-based plant protection – the technology already exists but where do we stand when it comes to using it in practice? HORSCH LEEB has been carrying out tests in this respect for quite some time. Theo Leeb tells us about the challenges and the chances. What …
JOHN DEERE SEE & SPRAY™ ULTIMATE – TARGETED, IN-CROP SPRAYING With See & Spray Ultimate, you can gain cost efficiency in your herbicide applications by reducing your spray volume, which in turn enables you to use more advanced tank mixes. We have added to the previously launched See & Spray, to allow in crop targeting …
HIGH HOPES FOR HARVEST With crops on the farm showing great promise, output prices at record levels and the family’s agricultural machinery business operating at capacity, Suffolk arable farmer and inventor of the Opti-Till® direct strip seeding system Jeff Claydon is optimistic for the months ahead. But it is tinged with caution, the watchword in …
