CAN’T AFFORD A CROSS SLOT, THINK AGAIN… The Cross Slot from New Zealand has for many become the pinnacle of drills, with unique coulter, ADF technology and heavy build quality that was second to none. This unrivalled quality came at a price, built in and imported from New Zealand any Cross Slot Drill that arrived …
Based on Interview with Dr John Baker, CrossSlot New Zealand.Medicine has made quantum leaps in research, treatment and surgical procedures in recent years – now it’s time for arable farming to follow suit. Where medicine has moved from invasive to keyhole surgery, agriculture has gone from keyhole to invasive farming, resulting in the depletion of …
Medicine’s Gone From Invasive To Keyhole, Farming From Keyhole To Invasive Read More »
No-till remains the most exciting, and challenging, development in global farming today. My six years of continuous and enthusiastic journalism on the subject has come at a time of an ever-increasing flow of information. For notillers and those contemplating it, knowledge is essential. However there’s another challenge: getting information into the world of farm supplies …
Written by Mark Measures BSc. (Hons.), IOTA (Accredited), ARAgS, Churchill Fellow 2017 of the Organic Research Centre,first Published July 2018 SOM is important and that poor rotations and lack of organic matter inputs might be something to do with their poor soil structure and static or declining yields. Organic farmers have always believed that SOM …
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DAVID WHITE – HAWK MILL FARMS Farming 160ha of combinable crops on light “boys” land over chalk between Cambridge and Newmarket, I’ve just had my third direct drilled harvest. I’m 100% combinable having been a sugar beet grower since the days of hand hoeing as well as offering a drilling and harvesting service with a …
Dr C John Baker, Feilding, NZ If you want to start a pub debate amongst farmers, try telling them which direct drilling (no-tillage) opener is the best. Everyone has an opinion. Here are some of the problems that direct drilling openers have to cope with, plus summaries of what published science and field practice tells …
Written by Maxime Barbier. First Published in TCS Magazine N°97 in March 2018 With the list of agrochemicals that is available to agriculture constantly shrinking and a threat hanging over the use of glyphosate, there is a growing interest more and more in alternative weeding solutions. All over the world many alternatives are being investigated; …
ALTERNATIVE WEED CONTROL – A WORLD WITHOUT GLYPHOSATE BUT WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES? Read More »
Interesting things? My experiences so far with the Ma/ Ag direct drill, if you want to direct drill then some thought must be given to the system well before you even have a demo. Yes we can drill into almost anything from last year’s crop aftermath to fully cultivated seedbeds. Direct drills, especially low disturbance …
Nutrient stratification is common concern for no-till farmers.By Laura Barrera, first published onwww.Agfuse.com in August 2018 Without tillage to mix fertilizer into the soil, no-tillers may wonder whether the nutrients applied to the soil surface are reaching the crop roots. According to University of Nebraska Extension engineer Paul Jasa and Ray Ward, plant scientist and …
NUTRIENT STRATIFICATION NOT A PROBLEM IN NO-TILL Read More »
Jamie Stotzka, Consultant Bioagronomist Healthy soils contain billions of bacteria from thousands of species. A special group of these bacteria, collectively known as Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria or PGPR are known to promote plant health, growth and productivity. PGPR are unlike the nodulating rhizobia only found associating with leguminous plants, as they are free-living in …
