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3D-THINKING HERO

3D Thinking brings innovation to growers nationally and regionally

Over the next decade, the issues facing growers will become more challenging and the solutions harder to find. Frontier's reputation in replicated trials is second to none, but we believe the long-term questions facing agriculture requires a new approach - looking at crop production from every angle to deliver the answers that our customers will need in the future.

Discovery

  • Frontier's Discovery programme works with new and emerging technologies to discover solutions for future challenges.
  • Yield estimation, weed or nematode mapping, and crop monitoring delivered with SOYLsight drone.
  • The long-term implications of resistance.
  • The potential benefits of cultivations and rotations to control grassweeds.
  • Soil health, structure and vitality.
  • Managing the impact of legislation and the withdrawal of active ingredients.

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Development

  • Frontier's Development programme includes work on varieties, crop protection, nutrition and precision agronomy techniques.
  • Replicated trials at eight sites nationwide.
  • 12,000 plots over 100 hectares.
  • Close links with manufacturers, breeders and other research organisations.
  • Trials data is shared to keep our own agronomists up to date and help our growers make decisions.

Demonstration

  • The most extensive Demonstration site network in UK agriculture, open for visits all year.
  • Key varieties demonstrated in conditions that match your own.
  • Precision crop production, conservation crops, nutrition and crop protection demonstrations at each site.
  • 21 demonstration sites managed by highly skilled local agronomists.
  • 3D Thinking is about answering the questions of the future in a way which our growers can easily access.

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