Safagrow welcomes Steven Flanagan
Published: June 13, 2013 13:46
Safagrow has appointed Steven Flanagan as its new sales and marketing manager.
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Magnesium hunch pays off
Published: April 09, 2013 10:11
Topics: Magnesium, Aloy, hidden hunger, Invicta, Chris Rigley, Mg, micronutrient, Cassius, and Yorkshire
Micronutrient management benefits from lateral thinking
“Convention sometimes dictates that you shouldn’t be conventional,” says Chris Rigley of the advice he gave to agronomy customer Phil Hoddy a year ago, after wheat yields started to slip in the previous season.
... Read MoreMicronutrients shown to give 3t/ha lift to wheat yields!
£30/ha for 3 sprays offers significant yield boost
ProCam release data from 2 years' trials on high yielding feed wheats showing consistent advantage in dry or wet seasons.
Published: November 02, 2012 13:43
Topics: Safagrow, yield., ProCam, feed wheats, micronutrients, specific grain weights, and SDHI
ProCam release data from 2 years' trials on high yielding feed wheats showing consistent advantage in dry or wet seasons.
In an article in Farmers Weekly Dr Tony John says that 'in general the micronutrient programme gave the highest ... Read More
Focus more on crop nutrition after wet 2012!
Deficiencies of many nutrients including S, B, Mn, K, Mg, Cu and Zn are likely to be seen more often in 2012/13.
Growers need to focus more on crop nutrition in 2013 due to lower soil reserves
Published: November 01, 2012 14:42
Topics: Safagrow, Harvest12, wet weather, organic matter, and nutrient soil levels
Deficiencies of many nutrients including S, B, Mn, K, Mg, Cu and Zn are likely to be seen more often in 2012/13.
Charlie Bannister (Headland) says in Farmers Weekly that; 'the UK's wettest summer in 100 years, declining organic matter, increased ... Read More
Autumn manganese applications offer flexibility says Agrovista
Manganese Aloy's greater efficacy takes the pressure off spring
Growers impressed with fast uptake and performance of Manganese Aloy
Published: October 08, 2012 13:36
Topics: Manganese, Safagrow, Agrovista, autumn, T0, WW, WB, T1, and Aloy®
Manganese Aloy's greater efficacy takes the pressure off spring
Growers can control the manganese deficiency in the autumn and have increased flexibility in the following spring because the product continues to keep the crop ... Read More
Higher seed rates will help fight blackgrass.
Consider raising seed rates by 15% in both WW & WB as part of the control of blackgrass.
Part of the control messures against this toughest of weeds.
Published: September 13, 2012 16:13
Topics: Safagrow, WW, blackgrass, WB, competition., and seed rates
Consider raising seed rates by 15% in both WW & WB as part of the control of blackgrass.
What wheat varieties are best this autumn?
Chris reviews the options.
'Look to plough'
Chris comments on the current debate about ploughing vs min-till.
Published: September 11, 2012 09:40
Topics: Safagrow, ploughing, min-till, and soil structure.
The best approach to seedbed preparation this autumn.
It is a hot topic - how best to prepare the seedbed this autumn with water-logged soils and concerns about soil structure and a late harvest? This is a brief sound bite from Chris with his view on the plough.
How to get a quart into a pint pot!
See how much raw material is squeeeezed into an SC.
Published: September 09, 2012 09:14
Topics: Safagrow, efficacy, SCs, suspensions, and loading
Over 870g of raw material is squeezed into 845ml of water to make a litre of product!
Suspension concentrates (SCs) are clever technology that allow the grower to apply a lot of nutrient in a small volume of liquid. That much you probably knew but this ... Read More
Better nutrition boosts WB yields!
Results this harvest on the same farm show benefits of better nutrition.
Published: August 20, 2012 10:43
Topics: Barley, Safagrow, crop nutrition, WB, Chris Rigley, yield., and foliar fertilisers
Better nutrition boosts WB yields!
In an Estate managed by Chris Rigley this year's WB harvest has shown once again the benefits of balanced crop nutritional inputs for final yield.
'Harvest has been sporadic this year with localized showers complicating the ... Read More
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