With losses in agrochemistry continuing, more variable growing conditions predicted and the need to move to moresustainable production, individual choices around seed will have an increasingly important impact on crop productionefficiency, industry specialists believe. The most important day of a crop’s life is the day the seed is sown and this is likely to be …
Written by Richard Harding, Procam In a year where recent events have triggered a rethink in many areas of our lives, one major question is where to get advice that aims to future-proof the farm business for the long term. Having been involved with farms practicing conservation agriculture (CA) or regenerative agriculture (RA) for over …
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DESPITE EXTREME WEATHER OUR CROPS LOOK FANTASTIC Jeff Claydon, who developed the Claydon Opti-Till® System, discusses the progress of winter and spring crops on his family’s farm in Suffolk and how the TerraBlade inter-row hoe is used in conjunction with herbicides to help minimise weeds and diseases. This article was written during the first week …
A few weeks ago I was really falling out of love with growing wheat. Like all difficult times you get the chance to re-assess what you do and I believe we need a complete re-think of wheat growing in the UK. Since my last article in the December edition it continued to rain, about 680mm …
New technologies for understanding the benefits of regenerative agriculture and cover crops Sophia Burke, AmbioTEK CIC, Mark Mulligan, King’s College London and Shaun Dowman, Affinity Water Affinity Water is a drinking water supply company in the south-east of England. Supplying water in an area designated as being under ‘serious water stress’, it is critical that …
The carbon footprint of all agricultural practices is under the spotlight as never before, and with Nitrogen fertiliser one of the mainstays of production, it is not surprising much debate continues around the use of manufactured N. Navigating through the often conflicting demands of population growth, food production needs and environmental requirements is far from …
By Jerry Alford. Innovative Farmers and Dominic Amos, Organic Research Centre This Innovative Farmers project brings together organic and conventional notill farmers to investigate the potential for implementing a long-term system with the aim of maintaining a perennial living mulch of white clover whilst growing an annual combinable cash crop. The benefits are widespread, from …
Well first things first! I just re-read my last article and how things have changed in just a few months! In many ways the whole world has changed. Since writing my last article on the 25th February the whole country has entered lockdown, the rain has stopped falling from the sky (although its been wet …
DRY SPRING HIGHLIGHTS CLEVER DRILL DESIGN The Mzuri system is widely recognised as Europe’s principal one pass strip tillage system, unrivalled in cultivation, reconsolidation and seed placement accuracy. Ben Knight demonstrates why. As Mzuri’s farm manager and knowledge exchange officer, I get to see a lot of Mzuri drilled crops around the country as well …
Written by Dr. Bob Hartzler and Meaghan Anderson of Iowa State University One important benefit of cover crops to our production system is providing an alternative selection pressure on weed populations. Cereal rye has the best potential to suppress weeds because it accumulates more biomass than other cover crop species. Weed suppression is closely related …
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