Fertilisers

Loading workers at CF Fertilisers’ Billingham factory will strike over pay.

Half of the fertiliser used on UK wheat crops could be removed, without yield or quality penalties if a unique combination of nitrogen-capturing technologies is successful in trials, scientists claim. 

With some colour sorters struggling to identify modern grass ergot, it’s time for everyone to find a solution to this problem.

While drones have been used for crop monitoring for quite a while, there’s some new and exciting potential for other uses. Rachel Hicks reports.

Origin Fertilisers and the Port of Tyne have announced a £7.5 million combined investment in a new fertiliser facility. 

Crop production and grain marketing business Frontier Agriculture has acquired the assets of Fengrain Ltd. following a five-year relationship. 

Adama Agricultural Solutions UK Ltd. has announced a change to its organisational structure following the decision by current go to market director, Steve Beal, to retire. 

Net zero and innovation are commonly-heard buzzwords, but for agriculture to have a bright future, ‘education’ must be added to the list.

Growers must be aware of all mycotoxins that have a legislative limit, particularly in years with a wet, slow harvest.

Soil pH is critical for crop production, so why are so many fields outside the target pH range?

Late sown pulse crops that were slow to establish are now racing through growth stages to recover, however, increasing high disease pressure could restrict green leaf area development and yield potential, warns a Syngenta expert. 

As farmers move away from key crops, those who are tempted to try something new need to understand what impact a stray admix of an allergen could have.