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Philip
Dec 22, 20232 min read
COP 26 “guerra del clima.”
It seems that a large proportion of fields throughout England have water visible on the soil surface. Soil texture plays its part...
Philip
Aug 5, 20232 min read
Glastonbury
Who am I to talk, I have never been. However I have attended live shows where artists like Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush and The Edgar...


Philip
Jul 7, 20232 min read
Hot!
The UK’s hottest June on record beating the previous record set in 1940, as well as June 1976 (part of the well-known summer of 1976) was...


Philip
Jul 27, 20221 min read
GA3
Many livestock farmers need to deal with lower grazing and silage yields as a result of the recent weather pattern. The varying climate...


Philip
Jul 21, 20222 min read
Straw4Us
Straw from combinable crops has a value but what is “value” for your farm business? Earlier in the season there were comments like “not...


Philip
May 16, 20221 min read
Beautiful Barley
In winter barley, lodging, brackling and necking (ear loss) occurs, to a greater or lesser extent each year. Lodging is often caused by...


Philip
Apr 29, 20221 min read
Finger on the Pulse
The word “pulses” comes from an ancient Greek word for “thick soup or porridge.” Historic data shows that peas were consumed in...


Philip
Feb 10, 20222 min read
Genesis: Selling England by the pound.
This album released by Genesis in 1973 brings to mind the most recent story in the press regarding the NHS and Person Protective...

Philip
Jan 19, 20222 min read
The International Fertiliser Association (IFA)
Fertiliser is not just a UK purchase, the market is global and market-driven, determined by the balance between supply and demand, this...


Philip
Jan 6, 20223 min read
Carbon complexity
There has never been any doubt in my mind that the application of organic manure to the soil is of paramount importance to “modern...


Philip
Dec 22, 20211 min read
Free Nitrogen!
There is always debate about what to do to control winter bean volunteers in cereals. Since beans are a crop often later to combine, the...


Philip
Dec 1, 20211 min read
Global Experimentalist Governance
Catchy title but what does it mean? "An institutionalised transnational process of participatory and multilevel problem solving, in which...


Philip
Jul 22, 20211 min read
Peas Please
Growing in excess of 5.3t/ha of dried peas should put you in the “top 5” of any group you care to name. For most an AVERAGE of 4.5t/ha...


Philip
Jul 15, 20211 min read
For appearances sake!
One thing about Spring Wheat is that it has a great appearance in the field. The crop is not as prone to Septoria as winter sown crops...


Philip
Feb 15, 20211 min read
The Four “R’s”
Timing...
Question...
When should I apply the first dressing of nitrogen to my crop?


Philip
Feb 9, 20212 min read
Nitrogen leaching
So far this season, November was relatively dry, but October, December and January have been wet. Consequently we see in the popular...


Philip
Feb 2, 20211 min read
Soil Sampling....Why Bother?
There are currently lots of ways to spend your money on soil sampling. You may wish to consider chemical, physical or biological...
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