Posted 28th November 2024
How does carbon cycling help to build soil organic matter and what role does nitrogen play during the process? CPM explores the topic. The role of nitrogen fertiliser in increasing yield and profitability is widely acknowledged. However, a predominant focus […]
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Posted 20th November 2024
Using an organic carbon-based fertiliser is helping Shropshire grower John Bubb become more sustainable and save on nitrogen fertiliser use. The farm grows 184ha of potatoes for processing by McCain, alongside flowers for drying, wheat and oilseed rape. A whole […]
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Posted 9th October 2024
Key Points The quick breakdown of crop residues is critical to maximising the crop nutrition benefits of chopped straw and stubble whilst mitigating increased slug pressure and crop establishment challenges that come with it, says David Maxwell of QLF Agronomy.The […]
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Posted 23rd July 2020
As we edge closer to harvest and prepare to harvest the fruits of our labour (the ones the weather has left for us) and it is time to consider using glyphosate to prepare crops for harvest. On OSR crops, many growers […]
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Posted 1st March 2019
Farmer: Jake Freestone Location: Gloucestershire Aim: Increase efficiency of inputs but not spend more money, improve long term soil fertility Jake is the farm manager of the Overbury Estate, he farms 3,000 acres on varying soil types on the edge […]
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Farmer: Simon Cowell Location: Essex Aim: Encourage soil biology to release nutrients while minimising chemical inputs Simon is current ‘Soil Farmer of the Year’ which is fair reward for all the work Simon has done over the years not only […]
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Farmer: Tom Sewell Location: Kent Aim: Reduce inputs by utilising soil health whilst keeping yields and quality improving. Tom, a Nuffield scholar, is a very biologically minded farmer, I have worked with him for a number of years and he […]
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Farmer: Mark Swift Location: Shropshire Aim: Increase yields at low cost whilst reducing drift and scorch. Mark Swift and his family farm more than 3,500 acres near Newport, Shropshire. They milk 490 dairy cows, have a 3,500 sheep enterprise and […]
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Posted 25th February 2019
With the Agriculture Bill proposing that farmers will be paid for ‘public goods’, such as improved soil health, growers are being encouraged to start making changes now to help meet these objectives. Presenting at the QLF Agronomy Soil Event, Joel […]
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Posted 21st February 2019
Are you looking for a role in the agricultural supply chain? Have you an interest in ruminant nutrition or agronomy? Are you wanting a new challenge with a hugely rewarding very high uncapped earnings opportunity? If so, please send your […]
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