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The Agronomist's year in Pictures
This years Cropping Season in pictures. Click and scroll to see more
Towering above.
Not something I encounter every day. I just parked up to hop over the hedge.
Sunshine.
A day of sunshine and everything looks better. This block of wheat shows very positive attributes coming out of the winter months.
No escape.
The "maybe" control of broad leaved weeds pre Christmas has turned out to be kill especially on difficult weeds such as these Cranesbill.
Winter Oil Seed Rape, January 2025.
Traditionally planted conventional oil seed rape varieties look well.
Winter wheat plant populations.
One of many fields of autumn sown winter wheat on this farm with a good plant population going into the winter.
Oil Seed Rape Weed control.
Applied herbicide appears to be negatively
impacting a variety of weed species.
impacting a variety of weed species.
A nice crop
.. of blackgrass now growing in an uncultivated stubble.
Winter wheat seedbeds.
Several fields have now worked down nicely for winter wheat and have been treated with a pre emergence herbicide.
Grey Day.
It might have been a grey day but some of the winter wheat seedbeds are really quite good.
The Plough.
With a wet autumn, ploughing offers many advantages to the field and the farmer.
Panoramic Black Grass
A field destined for winter wheat with a high density of blackgrass plants. All set for an appropriate rate of Glyphosate.
Phoma in Oil Seed Rape.
Right on time Phoma begins to show itself in fields of Oil Seed Rape.
Good job.
Glyphosate applications are working well on these scattered patches of Black grass.
Looking good.
Miserable the weather may be but these timely planted crops of oil seed rape are looking good.
Headlands and Tramlines.
The places where most soil structural damage occurs.
Solidarity for the Ukrainian people.
Throughout Ukraine’s history, the flower has been used as a symbol of peace.
OSR Emergence
Lots of little weeds and a few blue slug pellets.
35 days to soon.
I am reliably informed that the first OSR crops have now been drilled,
Fodder Beet.
After a dry start crops now look well. Managed to keep the majority of aphids away and weed control was a little easier this year.
Main crop potatoes.
First earlies are ready to harvest in late June to early July, second earlies a bit later.
Maincrops are ready to harvest from mid-August, that is for immediately eating. You will need a further 21 days for the skins to set prior to lifting and storage.
Maincrops are ready to harvest from mid-August, that is for immediately eating. You will need a further 21 days for the skins to set prior to lifting and storage.
pH tolerant but still with an optimum.
Miscanthus is a perennial plant growing to a height of 4 m, it has an estimated productive life of 16 years and is harvested annually.
With a biomass yield of 10 t/ha the nutrients removed at harvest are estimated at, Nitrogen 45 kg/ha, Phosphorus 7.0 kg/ha, Potassium 60 kg/ha and Magnesium 60 kg/ha.
With a biomass yield of 10 t/ha the nutrients removed at harvest are estimated at, Nitrogen 45 kg/ha, Phosphorus 7.0 kg/ha, Potassium 60 kg/ha and Magnesium 60 kg/ha.
Dormancy and Persistence.
Freshly shed seeds are not dormant but they develop dormancy when managed incorrectly.
Seed Heads.
Should you cultivate stubbles immediately after harvest?
Indifferent.
Seedbed quality is always unpredictable on soils with a high clay content yet it can have a significant effect on herbicide performance and seed placement.
Spring Beans. Pre em herbicides.
Less than perfect seedbeds, dry soil and still the residual herbicides are working to control seedling blackgrass plants.
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