Nutrient Management

As bagged fertiliser prices soar, the value of organic manures has more than doubled. ADAS principal soil scientist Dr Lizzie Sagoo gave her top tips on the making the most of your muck in a recent AHDB webinar.

Arable farmers concerned about the tight availability and surge in prices of bagged nitrogen fertiliser could mitigate some of their requirements in certain crops by ensuring other forms of nutrition are not in limited supply

Yara has announced its first acquisition in the organic fertiliser segment, after adding Ecolan Oy, a Finnish producer of recycled fertilisers to its portfolio.

Growers are being urged to resist the temptation to take a ‘phosphate holiday’ in response to a sharp rise in fertiliser prices, and instead switch to more efficient ways of applying this essential nutrient.

Following concerns over health and safety, most farms are expected to undertake their own grain sampling this season. Alice Dyer finds out how to obtain an accurate sample that will aid the best marketing decisions. 

SCIENTISTS have refined a transformational process that allows nitrate to be captured from drinking water for use in agriculture as a liquid fertiliser.

An increased grant offering has been announced to encourage the planting of cover crops to improve soil structure on Midlands farms and protect water quality, as part of the wider Severn Trent Environment Protection Scheme.

For oilseed rape crops, wet weather is one of the biggest risk factors for boron deficiency, with the micronutrient easily leaching out of soils.

Winter waterlogging and the recent cold spell has left soils slow to warm up as spring approaches and growers are being urged to monitor soil temperatures regularly for the most effective fertiliser applications.

With drilling around the corner, Farmers Guardian explores key considerations for spring barley crops this season, whatever the end market.