fertilizer News
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Fertile Minds – Technology Key to Future of UK Farming
At a high profile conference this week, Defra minister, Lord De Mauley, stated that young farmers’ grasp of new technology is the key to the future of farming in the UK. According to The Westmorland Gazette, 150 farm entrepreneurs from around the country attended the Fertile Minds event at Penrith where they heard the natural environmental minister tell them their ability to innovate was a ...
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Organic Liquid Fertilizers and FlexiCisternas
Conveniently treated, slurry is a source of biological methane that can provide important economic performance for a farm. In addition it can reduce the greenhouse effect emissions. An organic liquid fertilizer is achieved from the decomposition of organic materials, such as animal slurry, green plants, fruits, (among others), due to the absence of oxygen. It is very fertile, ecologically and ...
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Farmers Prefer Liquid Fertilizer – Enduramaxx Liquid Fertiliser Tanks
Farmers have been demonstrating a preference for liquid fertiliser, according to Farming UK. Many are finding it to be more efficient, something that has led to a significant increase in investment at BFS Fertiliser Services, the award-winning UK leaders in crop nutrition. The company has recently installed seven new liquid fertiliser storage tanks at the BFS Fertilisers’ production ...
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Environment agency offers free slurry advice to Welsh farmers
Environment Agency Wales is offering Welsh farmers free advice about slurry storage and spreading. Slurry is an important fertiliser source, and good storage and spreading can increase the profitability on any farm. However, it can also pollute nearby rivers during heavy rainfall if precautions are not taken. This can result in an expensive court case for the farmer. But with good advice from ...
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Boom sprayers preferred by wheatsheaf farming – liquid fertiliser tanks at the ready!
As we approach growing season, the focus of attention in farming shifts towards fertiliser and Farmers Weekly explains how one farm believes that boom sprayers can boost fertilizer accuracy. The piece explains how disc spreaders have come a long way in recent years. However, they fail to provide the accuracy that some growers need and many are shifting to boom sprayers instead. This was ...
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Asteroid Soil Could Fertilise Farms in Space
OK, so we’re not quite ready to supply horizontal storage tanks and vertical storage tanks for farms in space just yet and we don’t think there will be a huge demand for rainwater tanks either, but an interesting article in New Scientist details how there is enough fertilizer zipping around in space to grow crops for generations of space colonisers and can be found on asteroids. It ...
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Major crop losses in Central America due to El Niño
Prolonged dry weather associated with the El Niño phenomenon has severely reduced this year’s cereal outputs in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, putting a large numbers of farmers in need of agricultural assistance as the subregion tries to recover amidst ongoing dryness, FAO said today. This is the second consecutive year that the region's main season cereal harvest ...
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Farmers hit by Typhoon Haiyan need urgent assistance
Hundreds of thousands of farmers in the Philippines whose crops were destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan need urgent assistance to sow new seeds before the end of the current planting season, FAO warned today. The typhoon caused damage in the central part of the country to the 2013 main season rice crop, harvesting of which was well advanced. It also badly disrupted planting of the current 2013-2014 ...
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Four million Syrians are unable to produce or buy enough food
Syria's food security situation has significantly deteriorated over the past year and domestic agricultural production will further decline over the next 12 months if the present conflict continues, according to a new report published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP). "Crop and livestock production, food availability and access to food have all ...
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EPA requires major agricultural chemical dealer to safely manage pesticides
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced settlements with two associated companies for the improper storage and containment of agricultural pesticides. Fertizona, a large fertilizer and crop protection retailer, and Compton Ag Services operate six facilities in Arizona and California subject to the enforcement actions. They have agreed to pay a total of $133,240 in civil ...
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Northern Ireland Farmers Warned Over CAP Claims – Fertiliser and Diesel Documentation Deadline
3,000 Northern Ireland Farmers were warned this week that they could lose payments from Europe if they don’t meet an impending deadline for paperwork, being the 3rd August. Farmers are required to prove that they are actively working their land to qualify for the money from the European Common Agricultural Policy. Of the 27,000 farmers who applied for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in May, ...
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PINEYE® Emulsion, a new adjuvant for aerial spraying
With the development of applied science, agricultural sprayers have become a key equipment in crop production. How to choose a suitable sprayer is a topical issue for growers. It is, in fact, the first step to improve the usage rate of pesticides and fungicides, a smart way to save farm management cost. Growers, however, may try to select innovative adjuvants to adequately protect crops. ...
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Spring offers on Tanks and Sprayers
This spring we are delighted to be able to offer special deals on a selection of our products. These wonderful offers are valid until 31st May 2016. At Enduraspray we have a huge range of Skid Mounted Sprayers available in sizes from 150 litres up to 5000 litres, a choice of over 100 Pressure Washers and Spot Sprayers designed to be fitted to an ATV or Quad bike. Click here for sprayer offers. ...
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Precision Farming – Sprayers and Vertical Storage Tanks
Fertiliser spreading and spraying continues throughout May and many farmers report to Farmers Weekly that they are moving towards a more precision-farming approach, having started with variable-rate applications of phosphate and potash and implementing tractor-mounted sensors when applying nitrogen. Enduramaxx has a range of sprayers to enable farmers to apply liquid fertilisers efficiently and ...
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The Paris Agreements and UK Farming
Although one of the big debates across the press and media has been the doubt cast on the environmental benefits of a vegetarian diet, arguing that calorie for calorie provided, eating meat is no worse for the environment, the big environmental news this month comes from Paris. The climate change deal, struck between 195 countries, seeks to keep temperature rises well below 2C and commits to curb ...
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How Next Government Can Boost Farming – Vertical Storage Tanks and More
According to Farming UK this week, The Crop Protection Association (CPA) is discussing how the next UK government can boost its agricultural production at its Annual Conference on the 15th May. With just one year to go before the next general election, representatives from all three major parties will outline policies and approaches that they believe the next government should take to support ...
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UK farming urges EU policy makers to consider the future of pesticides carefully
The growing season is fast approaching and farmers and growers throughout the UK are turning their attentions to the management of fertilisers and pesticides. This month, farmers and UK industry bodies called for a balanced EU approach to pesticides, as reported by Farmers Guardian. The NFU, Crop Protection Association and Agricultural Industries Confederation presented what they have named ...
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Mysteries of soil and nitrogen to be probed at Jamestown
Making better use of soil moisture and nitrogen will be a major focus of the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) Update at Jamestown on August 19. GRDC Southern Regional Panel chair David Shannon said improving efficiencies in the use of moisture and nutrients was an important investment for the GRDC and keenly sought by growers in South Australia’s Mid North. “While the ...
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New Enduramaxx Cone Bottom Tank Range – The Benefits Of Conical Tanks For Farming Applications
As autumn approaches, a lot of focus falls onto the various requirements for Cone Bottom Tanks, or conical tanks. Featuring varying degree conical bottoms, cone tanks are suited for the storage of any liquid that produces sediment and that needs draining. As we launch our new range of cone bottom tanks, we thought we’d go through some of the many features, benefits and uses of conical tanks ...
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Traditional farming methods in India protect birds
Under the right conditions, traditional agricultural practices can support significant biodiversity in farmed areas over the long term. A new study shows that arecanut plantations combined with forest areas support bird life. The researchers studied bird communities in arecanut plantations found in southwest India to assess whether biodiversity could be sustained in an agriculturally developed ...
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