Innovative ways to produce potatoes will be showcased by crop trials at a new industry event next month. The Transformative Reduced Input in Potatoes (TRIP) project has taken three trial crop plots (8, 9 and 10) at the Potato Days UK event, which will be held on 4-5 September... Read more

A cutting-edge soil station claims to help farmers reduce nitrogen applications by as much as 70%. The soil station – created by Estonian company Paul-Tech – provides insights into the nutrients available to the crop in the soil, enabling growers to accurately calculate the amount of nutrients the crop... Read more

We’re well into harvest and it’s also the time of year when growers are planning and ordering supplies for the new season. When crop nutrition companies release new season prices, it can be tempting for busy growers to rush out and buy straight nitrogen – or opt for the... Read more

Reducing soil acidity by increasing its pH before drilling winter crops will improve nutrient availability – and boost yields. More than half of all arable fields are below the target pH 6.7 recommended in AHDB’s Nutrient Management Guide (RB209), suggest results from NRM laboratories which analysed more than 50,000... Read more

Measuring soil carbon content is providing growers with valuable insights for farm management – while helping to generate income from the government’s Sustainable Farming Incentive. “There’s so much evidence of a direct and linear relationship between soil organic matter and soil function that carbon content is rapidly becoming one... Read more

Growers are advised to assess soil conditions before deciding whether waterlogged crops are still viable – or fields should be left to recover for next season. Tough questions may need to be asked when it comes to choosing between managing struggling crops already in the ground, redrilling fields altogether... Read more

Soil with minimal cultivation holds more nutrients and water than fields which have been ploughed – benefiting crops and ultimately farm profitabilty, suggests a study. The study conducted by researchers at University of Leeds Farm compares soil health, crop production, greenhouse gas emissions, and profit of different farming systems... Read more

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