Philip
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Many livestock farmers need to deal with lower grazing and silage yields as a result of the recent weather pattern. The varying climate...
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Philip
- Jul 21
- 2 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
The Four “R’s”
Timing...
Question...
When should I apply the first dressing of nitrogen to my crop?
Philip
- Feb 9, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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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