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

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 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

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 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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Yield Harvester Harvest Harvesting 209

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Harvest Harvesting 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 Harvest Harvesting 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

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 Harvest Harvesting 158

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 23, 2023

I can only apologise if you have had a wetter than normal harvest, it is quite obviously all my fault. My prediction […] The post Farmer Focus: Spring cereal yields are disappointing appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Yield Harvester Harvest Harvesting 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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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 161

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

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

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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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Acre 327

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

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

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 Harvester Harvest Harvesting 282

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

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 25, 2023

If the weather pattern for the previous growing season wasn’t bad enough, we now find ourselves in a snatch-and-grab harvest, with wheat moistures ranging from 21.25% down to 11.6% The wet autumn and early spring […] The post Farmer Focus: June drought blamed for poor wheat yields appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Yield Harvester Harvest Harvesting 207

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 Harvest Harvesting Grain 183

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 Harvester Harvest 299

AgWeb Farm Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Despite the weather extremes Indiana farmers faced during the season, USDA is estimating statewide yields will be above 2022 for both corn and soybeans. So far harvest results are confirming that trend.

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 120

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

Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 31, 2023

Spring barley has been fairly good for yield, but crop have certainly missed the sunshine this year, while in Scotland some growers are seeing spring barley showing regrowth of green shoots […] The post Harvest 2023: Wheat quality suffering as Hagberg levels fall appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Yield 171

Real Agriculture

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Host Shaun Haney is joined by Peter Johnson to discuss a number of agronomic topics, including: Bent wheat in Alberta; Ontario harvest yields; and, Night time temperatures and development. Thanks for tuning in to this Agronomic Monday edition of RealAg Radio! Read More

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Seeding Yield Harvester Harvest 278

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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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Acre 230

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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Harvester Harvest Harvesting Grain 230