Farmers Weekly

JULY 20, 2023

Farmers Weekly Over the past couple days combines have been re-emerging in the South, and first impressions are starting to be made on the harvest 2023 to come. Essex Harvest began on Monday (17 July) afternoon for Carl Juhl, farm manager at Little Farms in Saffron Walden, with Craft winter barley in at 16.7%

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 225

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 16, 2023

Farmers Weekly Throughout the harvest season, we are updating our handy map with the latest data from 2023’s AHDB wheat Recommended List harvest results. Use the map below to find the five highest-yielding wheat varieties at your nearest trials site.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 232

Real Agriculture

MARCH 26, 2025

Soybeans pack plenty of yield punch. Georgia grower Alex Harrell offered proof of that again in 2024 when he smashed his previous yield record with a new harvest benchmark a whopping 218 bushels per acre.

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Yield Acre Harvester Harvest 189

Farmers Weekly

JULY 31, 2023

Farmers Weekly The pain continues for oilseed rape growers with only 21% of the rapeseed area cut by 25 July and yields averaging a poor 3t/ha, according to the first AHDB harvest report. Progress is far behind where it was at the same time last year, when 68% had been harvested.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 239

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. The effects of soil type on harvest include: 1.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Cultivation 98

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Farmers Weekly It’s been a difficult stop-start harvest across the country, but how have our regular featured Arable Insights farmer panel fared?

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 279

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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Harvester Harvest Harvesting 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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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 221

Farmers Weekly

JULY 24, 2023

Farmers Weekly Throughout harvest 2022, we are updating our handy map with the latest data from 2022’s AHDB winter barley Recommended List harvest results. Use the map below to find the five highest-yielding winter barley varieties at your nearest AHDB trials site.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 216

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 11, 2023

Farmers Weekly Weather conditions have drastically slowed harvest, with lodging difficulties delaying the combines. A sliver of light is that overall winter barley yields concluded well this season.

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Lodging Harvester Harvest Harvesting 246

Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Farmers Weekly As foragers start chopping maize crops across the South and East, reports are that yields are very good, ranging between 43 and 48t/ha. This is allowing growers to replace their forage stocks and build up a carry […] The post Maize harvest begins with yields off to a promising start appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Maize Yield Harvester Harvest 246

Farmers Weekly

JULY 11, 2023

Farmers Weekly Winter barley harvest has been a stop-start affair at the Trinley Estate in Hampshire, where farm manager Mike Farrell began cutting the hybrid variety Thunderbolt last week, with yields of just over 10t/ha.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 209

Real Agriculture

MAY 24, 2024

There’s plenty of potential but final yield will likely be determined by how the crop deals with the many stresses it could encounter between now and harvest. There’s plenty of potential but final yield will likely be determined by how the crop deals with the many stresses it could encounter between now and harvest.

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Yield Harvester Harvest Harvesting 317

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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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Grain 246

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 21, 2023

The two-row feed variety yielded 8.5-9.5t/ha ha this harvest, the specific weight held up with […] The post Harvest 2023: New winter barley impresses in Yorkshire appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 244

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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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 244

Real Agriculture

MAY 28, 2024

So many decisions that influence yield need to be made throughout the growing season, and it begins with the optimal seeding rate. The ideal seeding rate can also help with a smoother harvest and to time. The ideal seeding rate can also help with a smoother harvest and to time. Read More

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Seeding Yield Harvester Harvest 299

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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Harvester Harvesting Harvest Yield 246

Farmers Weekly

JULY 24, 2023

Farmers Weekly Winter wheat harvest started two weeks earlier than usual for Dorset farm manager Tom Matthews, making him one of the earliest growers in the UK to cut wheat this season.

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Harvester Harvesting Harvest Yield 246

Farmers Weekly

JULY 13, 2023

Farmers Weekly Combines might have got off the starting line early for some, but wet weather has blown in and it is certainly putting a damper on harvest. Farmers Weekly speaks to a range of growers in the South West to find out the latest harvest updates.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 227

Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Farmers Weekly A mix of peas and mustard generated the highest gross margin in the first year of an extensive intercropping trial carried out by Oxfordshire farmer Ben Adams, where different crop mixes were assessed for yield, quality and ease of harvest.

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Yield Harvester Harvest Harvesting 325

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 Harvester Harvest Harvesting 195

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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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 312

Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

On this episode, host Shaun Haney is back from Germany and is joined by RealAgriculture’s in-house agronomist, Peter Johnson, to discuss: Autonomy to help dealing with labour issues; Yields and quality concern in the corn harvest; and, Enough corn for an on-farm grain dryer. We will also hear a. We will also hear a. Read More

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Grain 262

Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Farmers Weekly Sugar beet growers have made an unusually early start to this year’s beet harvest as British Sugar offers a premium for early-lifted crops in an attempt to make up for last season’s 250,000t sugar shortage.

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Yield Harvester Harvest Harvesting 306

Real Agriculture

APRIL 23, 2024

Intercropping is the practice of growing two or more crops seeded at the same time (in one pass or two) that are then also harvested at the same time. The seeds are separated post-harvest, and the yield can, at times, out yield what each crop would have yielded on its own. But not all crops. But not all crops.

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Yield Harvester Seeding Harvest 317

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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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 161

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 Harvester Harvesting Harvest 158

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 Harvester Harvest 299

Real Agriculture

JULY 30, 2024

Straight-cutting canola without losing significant yield thanks to pod-shatter resistance traits means that farmers have a full range of options when managing canola harvest. The decision on swathing or not isn’t always an easy one, but many farmers use swathing as a harvest timing management tool. What happens if.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 299

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

When planting a grain crop in the spring and caring for those plants throughout the summer, farmers look forward to the full bins that harvest typically brings. Sometimes, drought, hail or pests get in the way, leading to crop yield potential that isn’t worth taking for grain. This is where having a mixed operation or.

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Crop Crop Yield Grain Harvester 306

Farmers Weekly

JULY 18, 2023

Farmers Weekly Winter barley has been coming into grain stores around the South with varying quality levels and moistures due to a stop-start harvest. Oilseed rape is trickling in too, showing good oil content so far.

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Harvester Harvesting Harvest Grain 183

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 Harvester Harvest 331

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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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Crop 167

Modern Farmer

MARCH 24, 2025

One gardener has figured out how to push the boundaries of tomato growing and harvest fresh fruits throughout the year. When he starts with a climate that lacks a true freeze and adds in intentional variety selection and planting dates, hes able to enjoy homegrown tomato harvests year-round.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Seeding 76

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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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Technology 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 Harvester Harvest Harvesting 246