Major UK agronomy and crop inputs company. Increasingly positioning around sustainability through its “Green Horizons” and “Regen Intelligence” programmes. Featured across multiple issues and at the Covering Soils event.
Key Contributions to Direct Driller
Will Francis — Carbon Use Efficiency (Covering Soils Event 2023)
- Carbon Use Efficiency (CUE): percentage of consumed carbon that becomes biomass vs lost as CO₂
- Higher CUE = faster SOM building
- Ideal C:N ratio from soil test: ~12:1 (different from ideal for inputs)
- SOC = 50-58% of total organic matter
- Carbon markets measure to 0-30cm, 30-60cm, 60cm depths
- Dumas method preferred for SOC analysis
Mark Dewes — Agronomist Focus
- “The Future of Agronomy” (Issue 9)
- Nuffield Catch Up (Issue 14)
- Agronomist Focus (Issue 13)
- “Agronomy Service of the Future” (Issue 10)
Green Horizons / Regen Intelligence
- Insight Reports on sustainable farming
- “Whatever your sustainable farming, nature recovery or regenerative farming goals are, Agrii can guide you”
[Sources: dd-issue-09, dd-issue-17, dd-issue-21, dd-covering-soils]
Related Pages
- Humus Formation — The Science of Building Soil Organic Matter — C:N ratio and CUE science
- Soil Carbon and Organic Matter — Carbon measurement
- Net Zero Carbon Farming — Carbon markets and farming