The discovery of a grass that makes its own antibiotics may have wide-reaching implications for restoring soil health and improving water quality. Tech Farmer considers the implications of the trait for UK wheats. There’s a type of grass that thrives in the tropical pastures of Colombia that confounded scientists for decades. Brachiaria has been dubbed …
Written by Mackane Vogel, Assistant Editor, No Till Farmer New technology in the world of no-till needs to be solutions-oriented in order to reach farmers in a timely manner. No-till farming, much like agriculture as a whole, has evolved a lot over the last several decades. From new machinery and technology to scientific solutions for …
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AHDB Technical Content Manager Jason Pole explains the role of the fungicide performance information in choosing the best technology to protect crops. For 30 years, there’s been a trusted team that’s tested the efficacy of chemistry used to battle major crop diseases in the fungicide performance project. The wheat trial series is the oldest, going …
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Bringing all the data together within a management system has allowed a Lincolnshire arable business to rationally assess new markets. Farm manager Nick Young discusses the changes with Agrii. The 1200ha Holton Farms in north-east Lincolnshire is fully invested in precision farming technology. From automated guidance and yield mapping to soil texture analysis to variable-rate …
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Precision application techniques enable farmers to deliver products more effectively and with greater accuracy onto intended targets, says James Thomas, Syngenta Head of Precision Agriculture EU+. Rapid adoption of precision application techniques gives the potential to get a better result from every gramme of active ingredient in the field, and reduce the risk of any …
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 …
After a wet winter, Steve Holloway, Soil Fertility Specialist with Soil Fertility Services, considers what can be done to breathe new life into sad soils. When soils sit wet over extended periods consequences can arise, including the development of anaerobic conditions in the soil. This is because water-logged soils lack sufficient oxygen supplies to allow …
Feed the soil to nurture new thinking in farming, suggests Grant James, business development manager at Sea2Soil Agriculture has landed at a very interesting turning point. The last 50 years are marked by a heavy reliance on NPK fertilisers. Industry evolution has been steady, and change has been minimal. The times ahead for all of …
I first encountered this definition of Regenerative Farming about a year ago, and it struck a chord with me. Farmers talk (often nostalgically) about farming again like their grandfather used to, but while that is true in the approach, the method has changed massively. Technology has played a pivotal role in enabling regenerative practices to …
Tom Allen-Stevens travels forward to 2030 and imagines what prospects agri-tech pioneers will have. In just a few days it will be 2030 – for over a decade, this has been seen as something of a milestone year in farming’s journey to Net Zero. It also seems a good point to look back on the …
