Real Agriculture

JULY 10, 2024

A large part of farming has always included trying new things to see what impact change can have on soil, crops yield, and ultimately profit margins. Read More A large part of farming has always included trying new things to see what impact change can have on soil, crops yield, and ultimately profit margins.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Diversity can mean many things to many people and when it comes to a grower diversifying variety choices, the goal is to mitigate risk, push yields, and maximize profit on every acre.

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Cambridgeshire sugar beet grower and contractor Nigel Harrison is one of the farmers making the most of the early-lift premium […] The post Early sugar beet yields promising for Cambridgeshire grower appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 12, 2024

Department of Agriculture added to the bearish tone in grain markets with larger-than-expected yield, production and stocks estimates in a series of reports published on Friday. Both the headline corn and soybean yield numbers for 2023 were higher than all trade estimates prior to the report, with corn yield pegged at a record.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Turns out, it’s not just building organic matter that adds to this dynamic — growing high yielding crops is also key part of nutrient cycling and productive soil. Turns out, it’s not just building organic matter that adds to this dynamic — growing high yielding crops is also key part of nutrient cycling and productive soil.

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In digs, yields look pleasing, although quality is a little variable in places, but nothing I’m majorly concerned about,” says Andrew. “I I can foresee that potato movement might be later than normal which is […] The post Harvest 2023: Potato yields hit by dry early summer appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

More than just a friendly competition, the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network is designed to better understand all the external factors and management decisions that drive wheat yields.

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Real Agriculture

JANUARY 16, 2024

Setting up this crop for great yield is the typical combination of establishment, nutrition, and crop protection, but in this episode of The Agronomists, we dig in to. Setting up this crop for great yield is the typical combination of establishment, nutrition, and crop protection, but in this episode of The Agronomists, we dig in to.

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 2, 2024

There are several ways to manage through market doldrums, including trying to yield your way to profit, cutting back on input costs, or keeping an extra close eye on every market move to capitalize on brief rallies. Neil Townsend, market analyst with GrainFox, suggests one more way to navigate the current grain market trends: get.

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 1, 2023

Understanding each field’s soil is key to maximizing yield potential. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Soil School, host Bernard Tobin catches up with Zettler at Luymes Farms at Moorefield, Read More Understanding each field’s soil is key to maximizing yield potential.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 11, 2023

Use the map below to find the five highest yielding oilseed rape varieties at your nearest trials site. See also: 5 top-yielding winter barley varieties Oilseed rape summary The first Recommended List […] The post Harvest 2023: The 5 top-yielding winter OSR varieties map appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Farmers Weekly

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Farmers Weekly Growing a mix of different wheat varieties, known as a “blend”, rather than planting a single variety has proven to increase average wheat yields by nearly 0.5t/ha, For the past three years, UK farming company Velcourt trialled a four-way wheat blend which yielded on average 0.47t/ha more than the individual cultivars.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 14, 2023

Farmers Weekly The wheat harvest picked up pace in the recent dry spell, with yields surprisingly good after such a wet and stormy July, although milling quality is a concern with proteins generally low and Hagbergs under pressure. Suffolk father-and-son growers Carl and Adam Driver have finished 155ha of Extase with a yield of 8.7-9.7t/ha,

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 1, 2023

Farmers Weekly Winter barley harvest is nearly done, showing average yields and on-target specific weights, while oilseed rape is still coming in slowly. Now farmers are waiting for a weather window to get cracking on the winter wheat and spring barley.

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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.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 16, 2024

But there’s another macronutrient that’s hitting the radar with greater frequency as farmers and agronomists pursue higher crop yields. But there’s another macronutrient that’s hitting the radar with greater frequency as farmers and agronomists pursue higher crop yields. Read More

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 16, 2023

Use the map below to find the five highest-yielding wheat varieties at your nearest trials site. See also 5 top-yielding winter barley varieties 5 top-yielding winter oilseed rape varieties Wheat summary With […] The post Harvest 2023: The 5 top-yielding winter wheat varieties map appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Farmers Weekly

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Barnes family of Alma Bank Farm, near Oakham, have endured six tumultuous years since selling their old farm in nearby Somerby, with planning permission for housing, and building a greenfield dairy unit in the middle of […] The post How a greenfield dairy targets ‘resilient’ 50% yield lift appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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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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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 23, 2023

My prediction […] The post Farmer Focus: Spring cereal yields are disappointing appeared first on Farmers Weekly Farmers Weekly In my previous article for this revered magazine I urged you to look at my forthcoming August submission when I would be complaining about the terrible wet weather that we had been having.

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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. Together with his father, Harrell planted the.

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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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Farmers Weekly

JULY 12, 2023

Newly recommended for 2023, SY Nephin is a high-performance hybrid barley variety combining high yield, excellent specific weight and outstanding disease resistance.

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Farmers Weekly

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Farmers Weekly Maize growers around the country are reporting very good yields this year. Yields are 44-49t/ha, which is very good compared with the long-term UK average of 40-42t/ha. Contractors are chopping now in all regions.

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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. See also: Essex farm uses borage […] The post Harvest 2023: Only 21% of oilseed rape cut and with poor yields appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 25, 2023

But it’s not crop yield that’s sizzling, but the crop itself. But it’s not crop yield that’s sizzling, but the crop itself. Brian Grete, editor of Pro Farmer uses one word to sum up this week’s crop tour: hot. Read More

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Farmers Weekly

JULY 24, 2023

Use the map below to find the five highest-yielding winter barley varieties at your nearest AHDB trials site. See also: Last year’s 5 top-yielding winter barley varieties Winter barley summary The first harvest results […] The post Harvest 2023: The 5 top-yielding winter barley varieties map appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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Farmers Weekly

JULY 20, 2023

Although harvest […] The post Harvest Highlights: Rain frustrations and disappointing yields appeared first on Farmers Weekly 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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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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Real Agriculture

AUGUST 23, 2024

Corn plants need boron throughout the growing season. The uptake curve for the micronutrient is pretty linear from emergence to black layer, but making boron available in the ear later in the season, where it plays an important role in sugar movement and developing kernels, can be difficult. The challenge, says AGRIS Co-operative senior agronomist.

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Real Agriculture

JULY 8, 2024

Why on earth should corn growers take a page out of wheat growers’ handbook? Paul Sullivan, of Sullivan Agro near Kinburn, Ont., says there are management lessons learned in wheat that apply to corn production, too. It all comes down to managing stress at key points in the growing season. Looking to the Great Lakes.

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Real Agriculture

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Questions remain, however, on how to deploy these products, which include living organisms, bacteria, amino acids or plant extracts, in the pursuit of higher corn yields. Questions remain, however, on how to deploy these products, which include living organisms, bacteria, amino acids or plant extracts, in the pursuit of higher corn yields.

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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 25, 2023

The wet autumn and early spring […] The post Farmer Focus: June drought blamed for poor wheat yields appeared first on Farmers Weekly 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%

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Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Crop researchers can learn a lot in 28 years. That’s how long crop rotation trials have been on-going at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown campus. On this episode of the RealAgriculture Corn School, host Bernard Tobin and University of Guelph crop researcher Dr. Dave Hooker look at the importance of crop rotation and key corn.

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 9, 2024

It’s nearly Thanksgiving, and plenty of farmers have lots to be thankful for, including excellent soybean yields and lovely fall weather for wheat planting. Read More It’s nearly Thanksgiving, and plenty of farmers have lots to be thankful for, including excellent soybean yields and lovely fall weather for wheat planting.

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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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Farmers Weekly

AUGUST 18, 2023

Like many areas of the UK, the Revesby site experienced high cabbage stem flea larvae pressure this spring and Agrii technical manager David Leaper says some varieties have coped better than […] The post Why OSR vigour and late disease score is key to 2023 yields appeared first on Farmers Weekly

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