Autumn applications of TwinN on OSR & Cereals
Can you remember those wonderful years when you were allowed to put Nitrogen into Autumn Cereal seed beds to jettison the following crop off to a flying start? Reliable trial work has now shown that by spraying TwinN (Our nitrogen fixing microbes) at the 3 leaf stage in the Autumn dramatically increases the root mass & encourages a bigger, healthier & less stressed plant going into the winter. One OSR trial gave an extra 1.45t / ha extra yield over 160kg AN together with a very worthwhile 5% increase in Oil yield. Autumn applications of TwinN do not infringe the water directive rules & we believe are one of the best ways of boosting your crops for next year.
Forage Crops
With grass yields mainly disappointing this year it may be worth considering a forage catch crop for this Autumn. Rape & Turnip mixtures are back in fashion.
K.A.N. Coated Urea Fertiliser
The age old hang up with Urea of the unknown losses due to volatisation may soon become a thing of the past. Later this year we will be marketing a technically new Coated Granular Urea which should reduce the losses from a debatable 50% to less than 7%. This may just change the attitude of Ammonium Nitrate supporters as it will be cheaper to store & spread ( less tons ) and give far greater flexibility on application timings than standard urea.
Naked Oats
This years Naked Oat premium is still 30% over feed wheat, for contracts in before 13th August 2010, so please talk to us about this buy back crop which has the potential for out performing any other crop’s gross margins. The variety Fusion now has the short stiff straw of Hendon & the yield of Grafton. What other crops can deliver a dependable margin in these uncertain volatile times?
New HGCA cereal recommended lists published. Follow our links in the Arable section. At last we have new group 1 & 2 wheats to broaden the market choice.
Harvest 2010 updated grain passports. Follow our links in the Arable section.
Topwrap 2000 bale wrap works out cheaper per meter than conventional 750mm wrap. More wrapping time & less change-over time.
