As the three Agri-Tech Centres come together, Phil Bicknell, their new CEO, describes what the term means and how it can help accelerate growth in UK agriculture. The importance of soil health for holistic, regenerative and sustainable farming practices is increasingly well recognised; healthy soils promote good carbon sequestration and biodiversity outcomes, and there are …
From small holding to globally integrated farming and food business, award-winning vegetable producer, Barfoots, has put sustainability at the front and centre of its operation — with biostimulants an increasingly important tool in its crop management strategy. The Barfoots business was founded in 1976 when fifth generation farmer Peter Barfoot started growing courgettes at the …
Around 100 farmers from across East Anglia attended a recent demonstration day in Suffolk, where drills from leading manufacturers were put through their paces in a variety of establishment situations. The event at Street Farm on Ampton Hall Estate, near Bury St Edmunds, was organised by leading agronomy firm Farmacy, and kindly hosted by Strutt …
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Sarah Ferrie, Marketing Manager, Interagro It’s no secret that agriculture finds itself in both an exciting and challenging era. For several years now, getting more from less has been the theme – whether that be land, capital or crop production and protection products— challenging many to think creatively about how they approach operations and decision-making. …
Factors that could be reducing your crop protection efficacy through the season Timely on-target application is crucial for crop protection efficacy, but spray drift is a risk to every application. It can stop you spraying all together, may damage off-targets and risks some spray targets being underdosed and others over-dosed. Applications most susceptible to drift …
The right tank-mix adjuvant can help maximise success Vital components or expensive extras? The use of adjuvants dates back to the 70s. But despite their long heritage, adjuvants are sometimesdismissed as “muck and magic” – regardless of the fact that the right adjuvant when used correctly, can be an incredibly beneficial partner in the crop …
In a quest to achieve long-term sustainability, deploying a range of techniques – from precision farming to using adjuvants – is proving to bekey for one Lincolnshire grower. Over the past 13 years, Peter Cartwright has taken the arable enterprise at the Revesby Estate in Lincolnshire from a heavily tilled operation to one that is …
With high value, comes high risk, something Will Parrott knows all too well. Springhill Farm – part of Evesham Vale Growers – in Worcestershire. The farm is home to a crop fed anaerobic digester and is the UK’s third largest grower of salad onions with a total area of production stretching upwards of 1,600ha (4,000 …
In the first part in a series of five articles that are going to look into how modern LED lighting can be used to grow food, Alex Martin and Alessandro Oliveri from Dextra and Igrox Srl looks at some of the fundamentals. The question of how LED grow lighting helps horticultural, and potentially other crops, …
Progression as a company over the last year. In the last few years there has been a clear focus on deploying and demonstrating ROBOTTI around Europe. This is the best way to prove the robustness, reliability and the commercial value. In the last two years Covid-19 had a big impact on the company and its …
