Nutrient Management

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

As nitrogen prices remain high, growers are being urged to consider how they can tailor and optimise their nitrogen products and application rates for the 2023 crop.

The Welsh Government has unveiled an update to its heavily criticised water regulations, after admitting opposition to the plan had ‘introduced a level of uncertainty’.

Milling wheat samples from harvest 2022 are displaying a lower percentage protein content, which is thought to be a result of limited nitrogen uptake due to hot and dry weather at the time of final application.

High costs amid reduced farm support and fertiliser supply issues at market and crop nutrition level were discussed at the ICL Fertilisers ‘Facing the future’ conference

Lack of rain and early crop senescence has meant that potassium offtake from straw could be significantly higher than usual this harvest.

With fertiliser prices hitting new heights this spring, many growers have had to look at their application programmes and make cuts where necessary to save costs.

With fertiliser markets still rocky and gas prices set to further rise, Ian Watson joint managing director of Elite Farmers Trading Company gave visitors to Groundswell his advice on buying for the season ahead.

How growers would achieve milling spec amid high nitrogen prices was a topic of conversation at Cereals.