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Ensure Your No-Till Vision is 20/20 with Precision Technology

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By Erin Hightower agronomist for RDO Equipment Company  Recently, I visited my optometrist for an annual eye examination. As we discussed my prescription, I experienced a familiar line of questioning while looking through different lenses: “Is one better?” Click. “Or two?” The optometrist leaned in and casually asked, “How about three?” Instantly, every letter’s line was clear …

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New technology connecting the lab to the field

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Drone technology is unlocking the potential of traditional crop trials and helping to bridge the gap between detailed laboratory studies and field trials. Drones were used to assess an oilseed rape trial this spring at a site in Yorkshire, gathering data that hasn’t been possible before. The trial is a collaboration between Envirofield, Agrii and …

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OSR monitoring network strengthened to help predict CSFB migration

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AHDB will monitor cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) at several winter oilseed rape sites across England to track migration this autumn. Work to track the cabbage stem flea beetle is part of a long-term effort to determine the factors affecting adult migration, with the ultimate ambition to provide a way to predict the start, duration …

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3 Reasons Why Regen Farmers Should Use More Precision Technology

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Regen farmers tend to be early adopters of technology because they’re very comfortable with change and challenges, but there are gains to be made from precision technology writes Steve Savage. First Published in No-Till Farmer – USA In a 2023 US Ag Equipment Intelligence survey, regen farmers projected what technology they expected to purchase within the next …

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Stow Longa delivers vital insights into carbon and nitrogen efficiency

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With its current trials programme now entering its tenth year, Agrii’s Stow Longa site, near Huntingdon, continues to provide new crop production insights with some of the latest being the carbon footprint implications of different cultivation methods and just how much blackgrass can reduce the efficiency of nitrogen applications. With the need to use inputs …

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Glyphosate or tillage: which is worse for soils?

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Which is the lesser of two evils – glyphosate or tillage? That’s what Rothamsted Research’s Prof Andy Neal has been trying to find out Written By Mike Abram Glyphosate or tillage – which will do more damage to soil health? It’s a question that has exercised both regenerative farmers and the organic sector from different …

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Have you ever had a lightbulb go off in your head? A true ‘Aha’ moment?

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Daniel Iddon of Woodland Grow came to the realisation that the soils we use to grow plants often simply aren’t purpose ready even though there may be crops growing at the moment: you can do EVERYTHING right, but still not get the bumper crops due! Written by Erin Wiedmer, Director, Woodland Grow Ltd “How does …

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