A healthy soil is vital to ensure both high yields and future high yields, as well as environmental protection – there are no negative consequences on the ecosystem from having a healthy soil! But what is a healthy soil? Soil health can be defined as a soil’s ability to function and sustain plants, animals and …
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 andunderstand the position of non-farmers. We have listed a few more books you might find interesting, challenge …
THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT The past few months have been challenging for all of us. We were gearing up for a remarkably busy spring with more demonstrations than we could have imagined. However, the arrival of the Coronavirus and the ensuing lockdown meant early on we took the decision to cancel all Spring demos for …
With losses in agrochemistry continuing, more variable growing conditions predicted and the need to move to moresustainable production, individual choices around seed will have an increasingly important impact on crop productionefficiency, industry specialists believe. The most important day of a crop’s life is the day the seed is sown and this is likely to be …
DESPITE EXTREME WEATHER OUR CROPS LOOK FANTASTIC Jeff Claydon, who developed the Claydon Opti-Till® System, discusses the progress of winter and spring crops on his family’s farm in Suffolk and how the TerraBlade inter-row hoe is used in conjunction with herbicides to help minimise weeds and diseases. This article was written during the first week …
DRY SPRING HIGHLIGHTS CLEVER DRILL DESIGN The Mzuri system is widely recognised as Europe’s principal one pass strip tillage system, unrivalled in cultivation, reconsolidation and seed placement accuracy. Ben Knight demonstrates why. As Mzuri’s farm manager and knowledge exchange officer, I get to see a lot of Mzuri drilled crops around the country as well …
MANAGING STUBBLES WITH THE RAZORBACK RESIDUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Headed by Martin Lole, a farmer and engineer who has enjoyed a successful career as the driving force behind several leading UK vegetation and conservation agriculture brands, Razorback draws on over 100 years of combined industry knowledge shared by our experienced engineering, sales and service teams. Designed …
Results and Discussions – Spring Assessments The above table shows different crop traits that can be easily measured around stem extension, a key growth stage signalling the end of the Foundation Phase and the start of the Construction Phase. Several of the traits relate to crop vigour in the spring, which is desirable for organic …
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NEW FLEXIBLE SEEDING OPTIONS FROM KUHN Supplementary seeder range adds versatility KUHN has introduced a range of supplementary seeders that can be fitted to its Venta, Espro and Aurock pneumatic drills to facilitate progressive practices such as companion cropping or apply fertilisers, granular herbicides or slug pellets whilst drilling. The smallest model in the SH …
As interest and integration of cover crops accelerate across the world, the industry has been challenged in its ability toprovide easy to access, comprehensive information. Recently, a cover crop application company in the USA called GOSEED have developed the Cover Crop Information Map to provide a free, centralized platform for knowledge exchange. “The Cover Crop …
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