HARVESTING AND ENSILAGE

HARVESTING AND ENSILAGE

The third and final installment in our series Maize Growing: the Core Skills looks at the principles behind harvesting the crop for silage. Having cultivated the healthiest possible yield, you will now want to turn that into the best possible end product.  ...
WEED CONTROL AND FERTILIZER APPLICATION

WEED CONTROL AND FERTILIZER APPLICATION

In the second instalment of our series Maize Growing: the Core Skills we turn to the twin themes of weed control and fertilizer application – as important as each other when it comes to the achievement of consistent, high yields. Weed control Weeds compete with...
MAIZE VARIETY SELECTION FOR 2022

MAIZE VARIETY SELECTION FOR 2022

It’s the time of year for reviewing past progress – and for planning ahead. Farmers will be looking to learn from this year’s harvest in order to optimise the next. Did performance match expectation? How did the cold, wet start to 2021 affect drilling plans? Was...
AGRICULTURE: THE NET ZERO CHALLENGE – PART 2

AGRICULTURE: THE NET ZERO CHALLENGE – PART 2

Following on from our last blog, we look at the specific challenges of achieving net zero in agriculture by 2050… The impact of agriculture on the environment is both significant – in the UK it accounts for about 10% of total greenhouse gas emissions...