Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Farmers Weekly Potato harvest is nearly complete for RG Abrey Farms in Norfolk, which has been pioneering an innovative camera-based system to drive yield and marketability across its potato crop.

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Crop Yield 264

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 7, 2023

Farmers Weekly Oilseed rape yields are very variable this season, and although some good yields are being seen the general trend is downwards. Hampshire grower Julian Gibbons is bucking the early trend in oilseed rape yields, with his hybrid varieties nearly reaching an impressive 5t/ha in a stop-start, rain-affected harvest.

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Yield 221

Real Agriculture

JUNE 28, 2024

Ontario’s winter wheat crop has high yield potential but there are also high levels of yield robbing fusarium in fields in some regions of the province. Ontario’s winter wheat crop has high yield potential but there are also high levels of yield robbing fusarium in fields in some regions of the province.

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Yield 284

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 21, 2023

Farmers Weekly Yorkshire Wolds grower Mark Ullyott is impressed with the new winter barley variety Caravelle, saying it is the best seed crop of barley he has grown for more than 10 years and he will be growing it again this coming season. The two-row feed variety yielded 8.5-9.5t/ha

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Yield 244

Farmers Weekly

JULY 12, 2023

This has led to some thin-looking spring crops, with very low-looking margin potential considering the price we […] The post Farmer Focus: Wheat yield compromised as harvest nears appeared first on Farmers Weekly Something similar to what our friends in Norfolk would normally get.

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Yield Harvest Harvester Harvesting 195

Farmers Weekly

JULY 31, 2023

Farmers Weekly Somerset grower Charles Quick managed to catch a break between the rainstorms to make a start on winter wheat harvest, before this week’s forecast of heavy rain. Cutting into a crop of Graham over the weekend on the outskirts of Taunton, Charles was pleased with budgeted yields of 8.5-9t/ha

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Yield 246

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 29, 2024

You can’t manage what you don’t measure, and if you’re not measuring grain loss out the back of the combine, you could be losing two, four and even 10 bushels an acre on the harvest pass. Recognizing that both header loss and combine loss contribute to lower yield and volunteer issues for the next season, Read More

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Acre 279

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 14, 2023

Farmers Weekly Grain traders are reporting wide variations in grain qualities, with this harvest very much proving the luck of the draw, depending on local conditions. Even so, milling wheat and malting barley have had average to above-average yields this year.

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Grain 246

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 3, 2023

Farmers Weekly Farmers continue to dodge the showers and dry as little of crops as they can – although the continued rain is turning what started out as an early harvest into one with plenty of delays.

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Yield 161

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 20, 2023

Farmers Weekly Spring malting barley crops are showing promising grain quality from the early harvested areas across south and eastern England, although yields are a touch disappointing after such a difficult growing season.

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Crop 167

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

There are some problems you just can’t avoid — like ending up with wheat roots in drainage tile after big yields, but every challenge has a solution and it comes down to making hay while the sun shines. No, not actual hay, as we are in the critical harvest period, but if the soil is. Read More

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Yield Seeding Harvesting Harvest 270

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 7, 2023

Farmers Weekly Ukraine’s wheat harvest is producing impressive yields, but with fewer hectares planted as a result of the Russian invasion, there will be no record for overall tonnage this year.

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Yield Harvest Harvester Harvesting 158

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 18, 2023

Farmers Weekly Harvest has got off to a challenging start, with more days parked up than cutting so far. Yields have been variable, with winter barley slightly disappointing. Oilseed rape is not very exciting – just scraping the average, while the winter wheat has produced a mix of average and good.

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Crop Yield Harvest Harvester 246

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 25, 2023

A soybean grower in Georgia has set a new world record for soybean yield, surpassing the mark established by one of his mentors. Alex Harrell of Smithville, GA, harvested 206.7997 bu/ac on August 23, breaking fellow Georgia farmer Randy Dowdy’s previous record of 191 bu/ac set in 2019. Read More

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Yield Harvesting Harvest Harvester 242

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Corn harvest is finally underway in Ontario, and plenty of optimism abounds when it comes to the yield potential of this crop. Read More Corn harvest is finally underway in Ontario, and plenty of optimism abounds when it comes to the yield potential of this crop. Read More

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Grain Yield Harvesting Harvest 279

Real Agriculture

JULY 23, 2024

RealAgriculture agronomist Peter Johnson says there’s no better time to talk about soil health than during wheat harvest. Ontario research shows that by adding wheat to the rotation, growers see a five percent increase in corn yield and. Read More

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Straw Yield Harvesting Harvest 314

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 25, 2023

What does black electrical tape have to do with protecting your state of mind at harvest? For Megz Reynolds, during a particularly bad harvest, covering up the yield monitor with it was a small boundary she set to help ease her mind and focus on the task at hand. It may seem small, but small things. Read More

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Yield 195

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 31, 2023

Farmers Weekly Winter wheat crops are showing variable quality, with some growers seeing low Hagbergs – a measure of gluten quality – but reasonable protein levels.

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Yield 171

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Iowa farmers expect to harvest a good corn crop this fall but spring germination issues will likely keep it from topping 2023 crop yields, says Nutrien Ag Solutions crop consultant Jeff Hink. In this report from the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, Hink takes a look at how growers in the state are changing.

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Crop Yield Yield Harvesting Harvest 215

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 23, 2023

A less than ideal wheat harvest hasn’t dampened a lot of excitement over wheat yields in Ontario, as some great averages are trickling in. Read More A less than ideal wheat harvest hasn’t dampened a lot of excitement over wheat yields in Ontario, as some great averages are trickling in. Read More

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Yield Harvest Harvester Harvesting 226

Real Agriculture

AUGUST 30, 2024

An investment in variable rate technology has to generate a return either through decreased costs or increased yield. An investment in variable rate technology has to generate a return either through decreased costs or increased yield. Not every field is a candidate for variable rate application of inputs.

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Technology 221

Real Agriculture

JULY 10, 2023

Many growers apply a T3 fungicide on winter wheat in Ontario to protect the crop against fusarium head blight and get one step closer to achieving high grain yields. But a strange thing happened on the way to harvest in 2023, as many fields across the province experienced severe leaf tip burn after fungicide application.

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Grain Yield Harvesting Harvest 209

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 6, 2023

Farmers Weekly After winning a net-zero food and farming competition, Oxfordshire farmer Ben Adams is conducting a field-scale intercropping trial to assess which crop combinations perform best in terms of yield, quality and harvest ease.

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Yield Harvest Harvester Harvesting 238

ProAg

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Harvest crop insurance prices have fallen below spring revenue protection projected prices. Revenue protection crop insurance policies generally use two price discovery periods to calculate revenue guarantees and indemnities. Projected prices (spring) are usually an average of new-crop futures contracts’ closes during February.

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Crop 105

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 29, 2024

You can’t manage what you don’t measure, and if you’re not measuring grain loss out the back of the combine, you could be losing two, four and even 10 bushels an acre on the harvest pass.

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Acre 163

Real Agriculture

JULY 17, 2024

When a field is ready for harvest, pulling those tonnes off the field quickly can mean achieving the highest yield and highest quality possible. Read More When a field is ready for harvest, pulling those tonnes off the field quickly can mean achieving the highest yield and highest quality possible. Read More

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Harvest Harvester Harvesting Grain 215

Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Weather is one of the many, but main, factors that determines yield outcomes at harvest. While farmers can’t make the rain fall or the sun shine, there are plenty of things that can be done to mitigate the stress that a… Read More Weather is one of the many, but main, factors that determines yield outcomes at harvest.

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Yield Harvesting Harvest Harvester 240

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 13, 2023

Farmers Weekly For many malting barley growers, the winter malting crop offers an attractive alternative to spring barley. We also see exciting innovation in […] The post Winter malting barley – choosing a variety that’s right for you appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Yield Harvest Harvester Harvesting 213

Real Agriculture

JULY 24, 2023

It only takes 15 seconds for a summer hailstorm to terrorize a soybean field and turn a great-looking crop into a nightmare. Read More It only takes 15 seconds for a summer hailstorm to terrorize a soybean field and turn a great-looking crop into a nightmare. after a mid-July hailstorm. after a mid-July hailstorm. Read More

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Yield Crop Harvest Harvesting 208

Real Agriculture

JUNE 27, 2023

Volunteer corn or canola aren’t just a plant out of place — both can eat yield and quality, depending on the following crop. Managing volunteers benefits from several layers of cultural practices, such as harvest settings and row spacing, and a well thought-out herbicide strategy.

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Crop Yield Harvesting Harvest 130

Real Agriculture

JULY 5, 2023

How do you cover acres quickly during planting season with big equipment without causing compaction and compromising yield? Cliff Horst and his brother, Dale, make it happen with a 24-row Harvest International planter and a Fendt 1038 tractor. The brothers farm in Perth County, Ont., The brothers farm in Perth County, Ont.,

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Acre Tractor Yield Harvesting 218

Cropaia

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

This guide outlines the essential agronomic considerations for optimizing yield and quality in potato crops. Planting and Harvesting Potatoes are typically planted in spring once soil temperatures reach 10°C (50°F), a benchmark for promoting uniform sprouting and robust early growth.

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Cultivation Harvesting Harvest Harvester 81

Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Farmers Weekly We are currently drawing to the end of the maize; it will be a welcome end to this year’s harvest. Then we can fully focus on next year’s crops. Maize yields have varied, and it has taught us lessons for the future.

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Maize Yield Harvest Harvester 181

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The USDA boosted its harvested area for corn by 774 thousand acres to 87.1 The average corn yield for. Department of Agriculture’s September supply/demand report on Tuesday. million acres, resulting in a U.S. corn production estimate of 15.1 billion bushels — slightly above trade expectations. Read More

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Acre Yield Harvesting Harvest 218

Farmers Weekly

JULY 18, 2023

Farmers Weekly Oilseed rape was the first crop to hit the combine last week at Richard Payne’s Somerset farm, beating winter barley, with yields just shy of 4t/ha. Yields of oilseed rape were a bit below average. Now that neonics are gone, we no longer see our 5t/ha performing crops.”

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Yield Crop Farming Farming 207

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Farmers Weekly Durham grower Philip Vickers has turned to a relatively new feed wheat variety to help build a more sustainable regenerative cropping system involving direct-drilling and reduced synthetic crop inputs. Philip, farm manager on Raby Estates, grew 32ha of Typhoon, and after an average yield at harvest 2023 of 9.5t/ha,

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Yield Harvest Harvester Harvesting 163

Western FarmPress

JUNE 13, 2024

Expectations are not for a bumper crop but are much improved over 2023 yields. Combines in Oklahoma are running full throttle as fields dry from recent rainfall.

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Harvesting Harvest Harvester Yield 111