Part 4 of the series on grazing cereals which is something being widely practiced across Australia in areas with widelyvarying rainfall levels. The Australian Grain Research and Development Council have produced a report titled Grain andGraze which sets out to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of grazing a range of cash crops. We begin serializing …
As with most companies, there is always a bit of luck at the beginning. Naïo Technologies is the result of two roboticsengineers crossing paths, Gaëtan Séverac and Aymeric Barthes. They both believe robotics offer solutions to the problem’s agriculture is facing today. Their goal is to offer practical and durable solutions to agricultural issues while …
By Frank Lessiter of No-Till Farmer USA Because of serious weed concerns with the area’s over 10 million acres of wheat and barley grown with extremely limited rainfall, Western Australia is the herbicide-resistance capital of the world. Two of the biggest herbicide resistance concerns for Western Australian notillers are annual ryegrass and wild radish, which …
As based on information found on Agricology (www.agricology.co.uk) Richard Smith, farm manager of Daylesford Organic in Gloucestershire, is a regular contributor to a series of videoblogs produced by Agricology. One topic that he favours for the organic system is growing sainfoin as a forage crop.In this article he reveals some of his experiences of growing …
Dr Ian Shield, Rothamsted Research, explains how this venerable farming research institution is now working directlywith farmers to increase knowledge transfer Whilst you’ve probably heard of Rothamsted, the world’s oldest agricultural research centre, it’s possible you won’t have dealt with us directly, or maybe even been aware of what impact we’ve had on the way …
Many farmers have commented that the greatest benefit from grazing their winter crops has been the additional pasture grown which can then be used by livestock at a later stage. This deferment requires the additional pasture production and better livestock condition from grazing the crop to be valued. The GrassGro model was used to calculate …
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Growing different plants next to each other, in the same field or plot, is alien to many farmers but less so for ‘growers’. Farmers who talk to their neighbours with gardens may well find they have been growing combinations of crops for decades. The world of horticulture knows that marigolds create natural pesticides that keep …
AHDB’s Crop Protection Scientist, Charlotte Rowley, assesses new methods of control against slugs in the face of theindustry losing metaldehyde. Following the announcement from Defra on the withdrawal of metaldehyde in 2020, thoughts are again turning towards slug management. The good news is that there is an effective alternative: ferric phosphate has been shown to …
Dr Jon Knight, AHDB Head of Crop Protection assesses the shifting political emphasis on environmental protection and the future for Integrated Pest Management What is Integrated Pest management (IPM)? The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations definition is as follows: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) means the careful consideration of all available pest control …
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Written by Mark Atkins of Bio Farming Limited In 2015 a colleague who operates a company supplying various biological based products into the agricultural marketasked if I could make a product from him as his current supplier was increasing costs that would take it beyond what isviable for the farmer and agricultural applications. After studying …
