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Early results from Norfolk trials show strip tillage combined with cover crops could help boost sugar beet margins. CPM takes a closer look. Strip tillage offers a potentially attractive alternative to conventional plough-based sugar beet establishment systems, as the technique uses less energy and is potentially better for the environment and soil. To test […]
With cover cropping in vogue across all sectors, there’s still much to learn. CPM discovers how the missing pieces of the knowledge jigsaw are being put into place. We’re on that ‘slope of enlightenment’ now. By Lucy de la Pasture In recent years cover crops have become all the rage. With many growers putting […]
Close to 50 farmers attended an Agrovista field day at Reaseheath College last week to see the results from a range of maize and cover crop trials. The research could offer maize growers some crucial options to reduce soil erosion and nutrient run off post-harvest, as well as curtailing herbicide loss into watercourses. See […]
LIMAGRAIN TRIAL RESULTS SHOW VALUE OF COVER CROP MIXTURES UK field trials run by specialist seed company Limagrain UK have shown that benefits such as biomass production and nutrient capture, that reduces leaching, can easily cover establishment costs. Trials were carried out in 2015/16 on sites in Lincolnshire with varying land types. Two single varieties […]
In a cropping system where the soil is the priority, the drill is not the key decision. CPM travels to France to explore a system where the drill has been designed around the crops and the soils they work. Grow a crop like this, do your own trials and you rediscover your love of farming. […]
CPM (Crop Production Magazine) is a controlled circulation magazine for UK arable farmers, farm managers, agronomists, machinery dealers and other arable supply industry professionals. CPM is published ten times a year – monthly from February to December – and is sent out free of charge to qualifying individuals.
