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Life as a SOYL area manager

Monday, 20 August 2018

Rory Geldard

SOYL

My role as a SOYL area manager is as diverse and varied as some of the farms we work with around the country. As the months of the year change, so too...

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Should I be variably drilling my oilseed rape?

Wednesday, 15 August 2018

Peter Croot

SOYL

This is a question I am often asked when discussing plans with growers and my most common response is, "Why wouldn't you?" For me, as with any crop, i...

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Correcting your soil pH

Friday, 10 August 2018

Gavin Campbell

SOYL

Sitting here on a Friday, surrounded by colleagues taking calls from lime contractors across the UK, I thought it would be worthwhile to address the i...

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PK timings

Thursday, 26 July 2018

Gavin Campbell & Jeremy Hollis

SOYL

As customers get the combines out, some are also turning their thoughts towards next season and what will need doing for the new crop. Cropping plans ...

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Target applications to maximise protein %

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Gavin Campbell

SOYL

In what has been a challenging spring for many farmers across the UK, winter wheat crops have come out of it looking well and the potential in many ar...

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Weed mapping

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Tom Parker

SOYL

Weed mapping has been around, in various guises, for some time. For example, it might be in real-time by identifying weeds in the field and directing ...

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The life of a precision applications advisor

Thursday, 17 May 2018

Chloe Milton

SOYL

The weather has improved lately and workload for growers and advisors has increased. I am a relatively new member of the crop applications team at SOY...

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Over-winter nitrogen losses and spring N levels

Tuesday, 01 May 2018

Simon Griffin

SOYL

SOYL have undertaken a nitrogen sampling project at a number of sites across the UK. These sites had a range of differing soil types, allowing us to a...

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Variable rate nitrogen benefits

Friday, 27 April 2018

Simon Parrington

SOYL

There can be confusion around the benefits of variable rate nitrogen. In fact, I was talking to a consultant just this week who is new to precision fa...

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Variable rate nitrogen - A different perspective

Tuesday, 03 April 2018

Rory Geldard

SOYL

At our recent workshops, I addressed variable rate nitrogen and some of the often 'overlooked' added benefits associated with it. We have always...

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Technological innovations

Thursday, 29 March 2018

Tom Parker

SOYL

Well, the winter workshop campaign has finished for another year and was hugely successful – it is always a pleasure to tour the country seeing our cu...

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Variable rate plant growth regulators (PGRs)

Friday, 23 March 2018

Simon Griffin

SOYL

SOYL have been conducting trials using variable rate plant growth regulators (PGRs) on both winter oilseed rape and winter wheat. The premise for vari...

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Precision farming and grassland

Thursday, 22 March 2018

Simon Griffin

SOYL

Over the past few seasons, SOYL has been developing precision farming services for the grassland industry. Grass is the UK's largest crop and is grown...

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Precision soil management

Tuesday, 20 March 2018

David Whattoff

SOYL

Over the past decade the national average wheat yield has remained relatively static at around 8.5 t/ha. However, set this against the biophysical pot...

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Magnesium - the forgotten nutrient?

Friday, 16 March 2018

David Whattoff

SOYL

At our winter workshops, we discussed the importance of magnesium. It is essential for plant development and occurs naturally in soils across the...

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SOYL Winter Workshop Roundup

Friday, 09 March 2018

Simon Parrington

SOYL

Just a couple of weeks ago, we drew our Winter Workshop series to a close in Hampshire. Our time on the road took us to a wide range of locations acro...

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What is so special about iSOYL?

Tuesday, 06 March 2018

Simon Parrington

SOYL

We get a huge amount of interest in our iPad app, iSOYL. It is used by over 1,000 customers around the world who find it to be a simple and effective ...

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Compatible iPads for iSOYL

Friday, 02 March 2018

Mark Frost

SOYL

It is always the first question we get asked when it comes to customer iPads – is mine compatible when it comes to variable rate? It's easy to assume ...

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What is the difference between multispectral & hyperspectral imagery?

Thursday, 08 February 2018

David Whattoff

SOYL

The remote sensing of vegetation is an important tool in the SOYL toolbox, enabling farmers to quickly identify variations in crop biomass and monitor...

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SOYL to conduct UK's largest variable rate nitrogen trial

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Gavin Campbell

SOYL

Please click here to visit the SOYL website For those of you who have visited one of our Winter Workshops you will have heard about our launch of the ...

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