Combinable Crop Articles & Analysis
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Crop registration - an essential piece of the puzzle No matter how well controlled a growing environment is, environmental conditions are bound to vary from time to time. This can be due to the weather conditions in your natural climate, interactions between different plant species or even changes in your operational practices. It’s essential to gain knowledge and understanding of all of ...
In severe potassium deficiency soils, all potassium fertilizers should be used as base fertilizers in medium soil potassium supply, and suitable organic fertilizers should be applied as base fertilizers, combined with topdressing. Note the method of application of potassium chloride. ...
Though he’s still fine-tuning his rotation, Hutchinson says he’s learning more about cover crops over time, and his soils are benefiting and helping to sustain and improve his rotational crop yields. ...
According to researchers who conducted the new study, because maize is a staple crop in Sub-Saharan Africa, the spread of MLN is threatening food security in the region. ...
“Over the years, I have used a combination of crop protection methods and tried and tested pesticides. ...
Blackgrass is a weed that troubles many, and controlling it is an increasing challenge, particularly with the small armoury of products available, and the growing issue with resistance. Paul Drinkwater, Crop Production Manager for Abbots Ripton Farming Company, explains how, in his 40 years of being in the Cambridgeshire area, the blackgrass problem has evolved. ...
Growers should be mindful that slugs can thrive when there is no leaf canopy to protect the crop. This, combined with heavy rainfall and reports of increased slug populations this year, mean that good slug control at harvest is paramount. ...
Moreover, Africa’s highly diverse cropping landscape creates micro-climates that require myriad location-specific varieties. ...
Recent analysis by WRI’s team of experts, working with the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration, has unveiled one of the greatest potential opportunities for combined economic and environmental gains. We estimate that over two billion hectares of land has potential to be restored, providing better soil, water, and natural resources that improve human ...
A vast literature has accumulated since crop varieties with transgenic resistance to insects and herbicide tolerance were released to farmers in 1996 and 1997. ...
However, interactions of tillage system and crop rotation have not been thoroughly investigated for large-seeded, Virginia market type peanut. ...
A diversified crop rotation may reduce fertilizer N inputs for corn (Zea mays L.) and increase soil organic C (SOC). Our objectives were to determine the effects of crop rotation and fertilizer N on soil C within the surface soil (0–15-cm depth). ...
This trend has spawned a debate regarding which cropping systems are more sustainable and led to the question: can diverse, low-input cropping systems (organic systems) be as productive as conventional systems? ...
Sequence analysis of DSSAT3.5 was used to select the best combination of crop residue and N application rate for sustainable production of rice-wheat rotation under generated weather. ...
“There’s almost always a yield penalty from going direct, but we do have that capability up our sleeves, though we now prefer to stick with a min-till regime for most of our cropping,” says Mr Brown, who manages Spernal Farms at Great Alne, near Alcester. ...
Drilling rates have nearly doubled to 80 acres/day, compared to the combination unit, using the same tractor, a Case MX135, with the same amount of diesel. ...