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Philip
Jul 30, 20232 min read
Turning Red
Yield Monoculture of Red Clover may result in a lower yield per hectare if compared to when sown with suitable grass species. Variety...
Philip
Jul 26, 20232 min read
Hybrid or Conventional?
What is important when choosing a winter sown Oilseed Rape (OSR) variety? If you are to believe the popular press it has to be Gross...
Philip
Jul 22, 20232 min read
Ragwort in Grassland.
Summer is now showing us pretty yellow flowers around the countryside, not Oil Seed Rape I might add but Ragwort. Ragwort is often a...
Philip
Jul 12, 20232 min read
Blue is the Colour.
Variety is the spice of life or so they say, sadly none of my clients are growing spring sown linseed this year so I have none to look at...
Philip
Jul 7, 20232 min read
Hot!
The UK’s hottest June on record beating the previous record set in 1940, as well as June 1976 (part of the well-known summer of 1976) was...
Philip
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Say Hello!
Why the sudden interest in beans? Why not come and find out and at the same time say "Hello"? Western Arable (your local grain marketing...
Philip
Jun 21, 20231 min read
Beans (Vicia faba.) Establishment
Why am I growing, field beans? The reasons are many and varied but like all crops, yield and quality are essential parts of profitability...
Philip
Jun 19, 20232 min read
Beans (Vicia faba) in the United Kingdom.
Early History. Tusser (1573) wrote that sowing beans was one of the tasks for November as well as for February and March. The omission of...
Philip
Apr 19, 20232 min read
Global demand for glyphosate.
Today I had a request for 240lt of Glyphosate to be ordered and delivered onto farm. In 2021 a 20 lt drum of 360 gram material could be...
Philip
Apr 5, 20232 min read
Uninhibited Urea Fertilisers
The UK’ governments commitment to reduce greenhouse gasses from agriculture has created debate about the use of urea in UK agriculture....
Philip
Feb 19, 20233 min read
The X-Files
A programme on the radio talking about “truth” a collection of news items concerning “UFO’s” and recent agricultural presentations I have...
Philip
Feb 5, 20232 min read
Conference.
New Year’s Day was some while ago and although the month of January is never busy with field work the days are pretty full with other...
Philip
Dec 7, 20222 min read
Winter or Spring Beans
Winter Field beans may be established using one of many different machinery techniques. I have seen many crops that were historically...
Philip
Dec 4, 20221 min read
Drainage
Waterlogging remains a significant constraint upon crop yield in areas with high rainfall and/or poor drainage. A yield penalty ranging...
Philip
Nov 30, 20222 min read
US $5.6 Billion.
China is where a large proportion of the raw material for the production of Glyphosate originates. According to published data the...
Philip
Nov 16, 20221 min read
15 December 2022
England is NOT part of the EU and consequently has it's our own agrochemicals approval process when it comes to product regulation and...
Philip
Nov 5, 20221 min read
Reduce Input Costs.
Looking at these photographs of young seedlings you would be hard pressed to tell which of the legumes this actually is but looking at...
Philip
Nov 2, 20222 min read
Superfoods
It is amazing what you find when you start field walking. After a crop of Oil Seed Rape slugs are always present in the next crop. In...
Philip
Oct 29, 20221 min read
What's that White Stuff?
We all know that organic manures are good for the soil but how good? Is it measurable and how do we capitalise on such benefits? If we...
Philip
Oct 26, 20222 min read
Jimsonweed
The forage maize crop has now been harvested. There are few Farm-Fed Anaerobic Digestors in Gloucestershire and I must admit I am not...
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