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.

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

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

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

Consider raising seed rates by 15% in both WW & WB as part of the control of blackgrass.

Santiago, Grafton & Claire are among those seen as best options.

Chris warns about making too many decisions based on this year which was said to be a 1 in 100 event.

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.

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!

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

Balanced nutrition can assist disease control in winter wheat.

Independent trials have indicated that balanced crop nutrition in combination with a generic triazole programme can offer real benefits in keeping the flag leaf green and healthy near the ... Read More