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Farmers who want to increase soil organic matter and health – while also reducing their CO2 footprint – should consider fermenting their manure rather than composting it, according to crop nutrition experts, Agriton.

A new initiative said to add an innovative dimension to refining crop nutrition has been launched by ADAS.

A physiotherapy career is not a natural precursor to farming, but Hannah Darby has brought insights from outside agriculture back to the family farm. Chloe Dunne reports.

With many wheat crops either poorly established or drilled particularly late, ensuring micronutrient requirements are met can give yields an extra boost.

Reducing stress and maintaining green leaf area could be vital not only for yield, but for grain marketability this season, with the potential for a heavily supplied market.

Here is why using nodal growth stages will not be a good indicator of leaf 3 emergence this season.

It has been eight years since Tim Parton began using biostimulants and since their introduction, yield plateaus have been broken, chemical fungicides have been abolished and disease bills average £40/hectare.

Getting spring barley off to the right start is key for high yields, focusing on establishment and maintaining high tiller numbers.

Late-drilled and backward wheat crops will need careful management to get them kick-started this spring. Arable Farming asked arable nutrition specialist Ross Leadbeater of CF Fertilisers for some pointers.

Nutritionally, digestate provides crops with organic manure and a combination of readily available nutrients, but it is not without its challenges.