Nutrient Management

Tune into the latest episode of Crop It Like It’s Hot to hear all things cover crop selection, nutrient management and destruction.

A new project led by Yorkshire farmer Angus Gowthorpe intends to help farmers across the UK unlock the benefits of cover crops.

With the price of fertiliser continuing to weigh on the minds and bank balances of farmers, Alice Dyer takes a look at some of the advice and technology out there to improve nutrient use efficiency.

Farmers that established overwinter cover crops ahead of planned spring cereals need to think carefully about how and when to terminate the cover.

The integration of cover crops has been the key ingredient for one farmer in his move to improving the health and resilience of his heavy clay soils.

Trials at Helix Farm North in Yorkshire have investigated responses to nitrogen and fungicide inputs in winter wheat and barley crops.

On this week’s Over the Farm Gate, AIC’s Jo Gilbertson takes a look at the factor’s affecting the market for fertiliser.

Organic manures, healthier food and future-proofing the potato sector are topics the 2023 Nuffield Farming Scholarship scholars will investigate

Growers can now assess and benchmark their soil health, and obtain management recommendations using the Soil Health Scorecard.

A multi-year agreement has been announced for the distribution of two plant-stimulating lactobacillus aimed to improve soil conditions and nutrient interactions.