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Top Agronomy and an eye for detail produce exceptional yields of high qulaity dessert apples Curve Overlay
22/12/2015

Top Agronomy and an eye for detail produce exceptional yields of high qulaity dessert apples

Yields of 80 tonnes/ha and more may not be unusual in cider orchards these days, but for many dessert apple growers it’s a rare achievement and likely to remain so for some time.

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Talking Agronomy: Time for reflection Curve Overlay
22/12/2015

Talking Agronomy: Time for reflection

With the shooting season now in full flow and Christmas rapidly approaching, I guess it is a good time to reflect on 2015.

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Optimizing OSR seed numbers for best yields Curve Overlay
08/12/2015

Optimizing OSR seed numbers for best yields

It is well know the key to achieving high oilseed rape fields is to deliver a high number of seeds per sq.m.  And with seed number determined during a two to three week period towards the end of the canopy development.

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Agronomy update - Dec 15 Curve Overlay
08/12/2015

Agronomy update - Dec 15

Late weed control in oilseed rape in running several weeks late due to the warm weather, says Agrovista agronomist Craig Green.  Many growers have rightly delayed applying propyzamide to control black grass in oilseed rape as soil temperatures have been too high foreffective control, says Craig.

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Carefully targeting oilseed rape management Curve Overlay
18/11/2015

Carefully targeting oilseed rape management

They say fortune favours the brave and that has certainly been the case for growers in the region suffering with grass weed issues who delayed wheat drilling until mid October.

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How cover crops can decimate blackgrass numbers Curve Overlay
11/11/2015

How cover crops can decimate blackgrass numbers

Cover crops have an essential role in tackling herbicide resistant blackgrass by improving soil conditions to enable direct drilling of wheat on heavy land in spring.

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Trial results show cover crops can beat blackgrass Curve Overlay
11/11/2015

Trial results show cover crops can beat blackgrass

Results from the second full season of Agrovista trials confirm a spring wheat based system can successfully bring heavily blackgrass-infested land back into productivity.

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Get up to 1t/ha extra OSR yield with clover companion crop Curve Overlay
06/11/2015

Get up to 1t/ha extra OSR yield with clover companion crop

Drilling a clover companion crop into oilseed rape helps promote better rooting, resulting in crops that deliver up to 1t/ha extra yield and are more tolerant of dry springs.

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Spud Special: Thoughts turn to grading export seed Curve Overlay
02/11/2015

Spud Special: Thoughts turn to grading export seed

A settled October has allowed growers to clear seed crops in good time. Ware growers are still harvesting – crops have been slow to skin set, which has added to the delays in lifting after the late growing season.

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