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Blogs

Talking Policy with Tom Bradshaw, NFU combinable crops chair

Talking Policy with Tom Bradshaw, NFU combinable crops chair

11 Feb 201912:12
During my time as a Monitor farmer for AHDB I remember one of my genuine ‘lightbulb’ moments.
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Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Use change to adapt and grow

Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Use change to adapt and grow

10 Feb 201911:57
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Talking arable with Ian Matts: Ground conditions are unseasonably good

Talking arable with Ian Matts: Ground conditions are unseasonably good

09 Feb 201910:49
The New Year has started as 2018 finished, warmer and drier than average. Although we have now had some frosts and even a small fluttering of snow, ground conditions are still unseasonably good.
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Talking agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Nearing the end of drilling with considerable relief

Talking agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Nearing the end of drilling with considerable relief

05 Nov 201811:39
We are moving towards the end of October and our final winter drillings with considerable relief, although still without the scale of pre-planting weed growth we really wanted on bad grass-weed ground.
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Talking agronomy with Madeleine Vaughan: A disheartening start with new season OSR crops

Talking agronomy with Madeleine Vaughan: A disheartening start with new season OSR crops

05 Nov 201811:30
Flea beetle season began slowly; I actually thought early in August that perhaps this year we would have it easy, as the early-drilled oilseed rape went in and started to emerge and little damage was found.
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Talking arable with Ian Matts: Rainfall has improved soil conditions greatly

Talking arable with Ian Matts: Rainfall has improved soil conditions greatly

01 Nov 201816:45
We have at long last had a significant rainfall event, with just over 24mm recorded on October 14. This has improved soil conditions greatly and seems to have been a turning point from summer conditions, to autumnal ones, with a drop in temperatures and heavy morning dews.
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Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Assessing the impact of losing some key crop protection actives

Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Assessing the impact of losing some key crop protection actives

01 Nov 201816:32
The times they are a changin, went the song by Bob Dylan and they certainly are. The grass growth has slowed down in the garden so the mower is used a little less but we’ve been busy harvesting apples and pears and what a bumper crop they’ve been.
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Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Weather, weeds, pests and disease

Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Weather, weeds, pests and disease

30 Oct 201816:03
Storm Callum passed over our region in October, bringing welcome rain but very unwelcome winds. Even so, it has been a fantastic autumn for cultivating land.
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Talking arable with Neil MacLeod: Patience is a virtue

Talking arable with Neil MacLeod: Patience is a virtue

29 Oct 201815:45
Patience is a virtue they say and you would think that, after such a kind summer and autumn, I would enjoy the feeling of calm starting to envelope Southesk, as seasonal colours signal the end of summer and the occasional frosty morning heralds thoughts of winter.
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Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Battling the beetle; at war with the wind

Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Battling the beetle; at war with the wind

10 Oct 201809:23
Despite unsettled weather towards the end of harvest, we have had an exceptionally early finish to combining here in the North East.
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Talking arable with Sophie Alexander: When to apply compost and how much?

Talking arable with Sophie Alexander: When to apply compost and how much?

10 Oct 201809:09
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Talking arable with Neil MacLeod: Early finish to harvest

Talking arable with Neil MacLeod: Early finish to harvest

09 Oct 201810:38
The Southesk 2018 harvest came to an end on September 14th, 10 days earlier than normal having delivered unexpected highs and, unfortunately, predicted lows in terms of drought related crop performance.
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Talking agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Going into new cropping year in a good place

Talking agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Going into new cropping year in a good place

11 Sep 201811:52
A good inch of mid-August rain in most places – and quite a lot more in some – caused a hiccup as we neared the end of harvest. But it has been just what we needed for oilseed rape sowing and autumn stubble management, as well as cover crop establishment and potato desiccation.
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Talking arable with Neil MacLeod: Rain comes at wrong times

Talking arable with Neil MacLeod: Rain comes at wrong times

07 Sep 201809:23
It would now appear that the man above is attempting to restore the norm for this time of year and, having witnessed the combines rolling, is refusing to turn off the tap.
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Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Dealing with drought legacy

Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Dealing with drought legacy

06 Sep 201809:54
In 1976 I’m told the weather broke about now, August bank holiday weekend and then it didn’t stop raining until winter. Legend has it that potatoes were planted in snow and lifted in snow - but I’m told they were well worth the effort and should be this year too.
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Talking arable with Sophie Alexander: Best informed predictions way off the mark

Talking arable with Sophie Alexander: Best informed predictions way off the mark

05 Sep 201815:56
Sometimes I really think we know nothing. Speak for yourself, I can hear you all say.
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Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Relief as harvest proves better than expected

Talking agronomy with Andrew Roy: Relief as harvest proves better than expected

02 Sep 201816:39
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Talking Agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Avoiding the knock-on effects of summer drought

Talking Agronomy with Ken McTaggart: Avoiding the knock-on effects of summer drought

07 Aug 201811:33
It is past mid-July and harvest is firmly underway. Not a drop of rain since I last wrote and scorching temperatures have certainly dented our expectations.
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Talking Arable with Neil MacLeod: Drought pushes crops to the brink

Talking Arable with Neil MacLeod: Drought pushes crops to the brink

05 Aug 201811:28
The old adage ‘we are all in the same boat’ is an irritating reminder of the unseasonably weird weather patterns we have experienced over the last six months.
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Talking Arable with Sophie Alexander: Getting on top of the weed burden

Talking Arable with Sophie Alexander: Getting on top of the weed burden

03 Aug 201811:22
Organic Arable has just Tweeted that one of our producer members is combining Mascani at seven tonnes/hectare. Add that to this season’s low moisture readings and it is a very satisfying yield – and a hard act to follow.
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