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Genesis Fertilizers moves closer to breaking ground on urea plant

Real Agriculture

When farmers set set their sights at higher target yields, one of the limiting factors is often soil fertility. Securing nitrogen fertilizer is costly and dependent on long supply chains. Currently, Read More When farmers set set their sights at higher target yields, one of the limiting factors is often soil fertility.

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Five drivers of big wheat yields

Real Agriculture

There’s never going to be a one-size-fits all recipe for top wheat yields — too much depends on fertility, soil conditions, and weather. Read More There’s never going to be a one-size-fits all recipe for top wheat yields — too much depends on fertility, soil conditions, and weather. Read More

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Why genetics are critical for improving dairy cow fertility

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Dairy cow fertility is at the heart of herd profitability, driving milk yields, cutting interventions and improving cow lifespans. Evidence supporting the role of genetics in improving fertility has accumulated every year, and new data from AHDB are now strengthening this link (see graph below).

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Poll: What’s the plan for minimizing nitrogen fertilizer losses?

Real Agriculture

Managing for nitrogen crop needs is a main driver for achieving top yields. Nitrogen fertilizer, however, is also prone to a few forms of losses: by water, and by air. All of these losses, by denitrification, leaching, or immobilization, can cost in underused or unused fertilizer, and losses by nitrous oxide emissions drag on the.

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Corn School: Tissue testing for higher yield

Real Agriculture

And what’s the potential yield impact and return on that investment? And what’s the potential yield impact and return on that investment? How do corn hybrids respond to foliar feeding? Those are questions PRIDE Seeds agronomist Stephanie Myslik tackles on this episode of RealAgriculture Corn School.

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Farmer Focus: Soil fertility variability is holding yields back

Farmers Weekly

A 20ha field under the lateral irrigator, which had been two 10ha fields under RotoRainers up until 2010, had […] The post Farmer Focus: Soil fertility variability is holding yields back appeared first on Farmers Weekly But this year a crop of marrowfat peas brought the discussion forward.

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The Sharp Edge: Sulphur strategies for higher-yielding soybeans

Real Agriculture

Research from Purdue University agronomy professor Shaun Casteel indicates that early sulphur applications broadcast pre-plant or right at planting can deliver a soybean yield bump in specific conditions.

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