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New biological foliar treatment to boost nutrient use efficiency

Products in Focus, Soils Farmer / By John Haywood

British farmers will soon benefit from a new biological foliar treatment, proven to enhance nutrient use efficiency, boost crop yields, and decrease reliance on artificial fertilisers. Based on the industry leading seed treatment, TIROS, TARBIS is a foliar applied to any crop, comprised of a unique combination of endophyte strains which enable seedlings and mature …

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Stress Savings with Zodiac

Products in Focus / By Interagro

With high stress periods now commonplace during the growing season, including a biostimulant within the programme can act as an insurance policy for growers looking to protect yield and quality. This is according to Alistair Gordon, Scotland-based agronomist at ProCam, who says that an increasing number of growers are now looking at all options when …

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Claydon: Drill Manufacturer Update

Manufacturer in Focus / By Jeff Clayon

Written by Jeff Claydon April 2023 Issue Spring is the ideal time to check your soils and consider how to improve them, says Jeff Claydon, Suffolk arable farmer and inventor of the Claydon Opti-Till® direct strip seeding system. Spring is an excellent time to focus on soil health and how to improve it, because regardless …

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Farm walk with 2022 Soil Farmer of the Year Runner-up Andrew Rees

Soil Health / By Direct Driller

In the first week of August a range of farmers and industry professionals met at Moor Farm in south west Wales to hear the 2022 Runner-up to the Soil Farmer of the Year competition, Andrew Rees, explain how he has developed a dairy system with soil health at the centre. Moor farm is a 160 hectare grassland …

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Environmental impact of 57,000 multi-ingredient processed foods revealed

Tech Farmer / By Direct Driller

This paper suggests a new way of assessing the environmental impacts of supermarket food. Plant-based foods have the lowest environmental impacts. More nutritious foods are often more sustainable By University of Oxford News Team A study estimating the environmental impact of 57,000 food products in the UK and Ireland has been published by an Oxford-led research …

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Straw management for successful direct drilling

Manufacturer in Focus / By Martin Lole

Martin Lole of Springfield Farm and Mzuri, reflects on drilling into stubble and his recipe for successful straw management. As farming systems become more productive, arable enterprises are faced with increasing levels of straw to manage post-harvest. For many this provides a valuable secondary income source when baled, but for others, whether through environmental objectives …

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