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Our team of 130 BASIS qualified agronomists draw on extensive experience, in-depth trial data and the latest digital services to provide growers with fully integrated agronomy advice. 

With support from an industry leading technical team backed by a wide-ranging research and innovation programme, our agronomists work with growers to increase soil health and identify solutions that support sustainable production. 

AGRONOMY brief 

Throughout the year we publish AGRONOMY which includes news related to our services, industry updates, new developments and advice from our experts. 

  


 AGRONOMY brief archive 

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ISSUE 31

Articles in this issue:

  • Restless mindset underpins agronomy improvements
  • Environmental screening trials insights
  • Post-harvest soil care
  • SFI soil, nutrition and IPM plans

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ISSUE 30

Articles in this issue:

  • Farm clusters creating sustainable supply chains
  • A mixed approach: Utilising public and private funding
  • What emissions data means for you
  • Balancing crop production with the environment

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ISSUE 29

Articles in this issue:

  • Key moment for closed transfer investment 
  • Using grain analysis to adjust N fert rates 
  • Crop variability underlines importance of T1 and T2 sprays 
  • Reducing sugar beet stress
  • 3D Thinking summer open days

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ISSUE 28 - New Year's resolutions

Articles in this issue:

  • Will you be using precision technology in 2024? 
  • Planning a resilient rotation: different options this spring
  • New Year's nutrition resolutions for the whole farm 
  • View from the field with Kerris Poland, Frontier agronomist for Norfolk and Suffolk

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ISSUE 27 - innovation special

Articles in this issue:

  • Evidence-based advice vital for a changing industry 
  • Digital tools to evaluate solutions at scale
  • Trial insights identify best techniques 
  • No-shear sheep boost biodivesity for Shropshire farmer 
  • Supporting future business resilience

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ISSUE 26 - water special 

Articles in this issue: 

  • Farming practices have a key role in delivering WFD objectives 
  • Soil infiltration: the value of organic matter 
  • Stewardship and crop protection 
  • Availability of water on farm 
  • Water protection in practice


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ISSUE 25

Articles in this issue: 

  • The power of a farm data strategy 
  • Field grain analysis optimises crop production 
  • Top varieties for drilling in 2023
  • Establishment is key to OSR success
  • View from the field: Ben Mead, Frontier agronomist

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ISSUE 24

Articles in this issue: 

  • Choosing the best varieties for direct drilling 
  • Why carbon related data is important 
  • Making the most of grass and maize forage 
  • Investigating 'greener' fertilisers 
  • View from the field: Beth Jones-Davies, Frontier agronomist 


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ISSUE 23

Articles in this issue: 

  • SFI provides more options 
  • Evidence IPM with digital tools
  • Can you make your own N?
  • Protecting potatoes from CAA resistant blight 
  • T1 crucial for wheat disease control
  • View from the field: Rob Hamlen, Frontier agronomist 

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ISSUE 22

Articles in this issue: 

  • Nitrogen: make every kilo count 
  • Varying N rates can improve crop performance 
  • Closed transfer system delivers exceptional efficiency and reduced environmental exposure 
  • Don't discount new chemistry to protect valuable crops 
  • Profit from sugar beet 
  • View from the field: Mark Lancaster, Frontier agronomist 

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ISSUE 21 - sustainable crop production special

Articles in this issue: 

  • Sustainability is more than no-till and cover crops 
  • Trials help identify best techniques to adopt 
  • Technology has key role in regen 
  • Expert focus: Adopt a pragmatic approach 
  • 7 ways to implement sustainable practices

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ISSUE 20

Articles in this issue: 

  • Increased risks create opportunities 
  • Step-by-step, practical approach is best for regen ag 
  • Is reducing nitrogen the right course of action? 
  • Using weather data for smart decision making 
  • View fromt the field, Peter Forster, Frontier agronomist

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ISSUE 19

Articles in this issue: 

  • Is ryegrass the new black-grass? 
  • Undersowing cover crops benefits maize 
  • Crop nutrition needs a holistic approach 
  • Farming rules for water and autumn manures
  • View from the field: Lucy Tagger, Frontier agronomist 

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ISSUE 18

Articles in this issue: 

  • New MySOYL mobile app puts farm and crop performance data at your fingertips 
  • Getting the best start for OSR
  • New tool helps analyse production costs
  • Wheat varieties to watch this autumn
  • View from the field: Sam Cooke, Frontier agronmist 

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ISSUE 17

Articles in this issue: 

  • Delivering environmental benefits at catchment level 
  • Blight strains determine control plans
  • IPM is central to Stewardship and SFI
  • HEAR: from niche crop to mainstream 
  • Meeting the growing demand for oats 
  • View from the field: Simon Young, Frontier agronomist 

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ISSUE 16

Articles in this issue: 

  • Warburtons Growers Group will help shape milling wheat supply chain 
  • Don't forget Stewardship as SFI approaches 
  • Precision approaches to grassland 
  • Beet growers' options for management of virus yellows 
  • Getting the most from every kilo of N 
  • View from the field: Rob Norman, Frontier agronomist 

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ISSUE 15

Articles in this issue: 

  • New radar imagery to optimise nitrogen applications in 2022
  • Learnings from 2021 grain analysis results 
  • New closed transfer system available to Frontier growers 
  • Do elicitors have a role to play in crop production?
  • Four ways to manage large OSR crops 
  • View from the field: Elle Pace, Frontier agronomist 

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ISSUE 14

Articles in this issue: 

  • Planning for success this spring 
  • Learnings from a challenging season
  • Using MyFarm to conduct on-farm trials 
  • Beet - more than just adjusted tonnage 
  • Food for thought - macro challenges facing agriculture
  • Investing in the future 


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ISSUE 13

Articles in this issue: 

  • What to consider for 2022 spring cropping
  • How to use PCN mapping effectively 
  • Maize review ahead of 2022
  • How to make the most of manure applications

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ISSUE 12

Articles in this issue: 

  • The journey to carbon neutral farming 
  • What are my options with the Sustainable Farming Incentive? 
  • 10 steps to battling black-grass 
  • Innovation focus: Margin maps 
  • The forgotten role of seed treatments 

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ISSUE 11 

Articles in this issue: 

  • Steering change - maintaining profitability 
  • Cover crops or catch crops - what are your options? 
  • Opt for mint oil to combat sprout suppression 
  • Checklist for grain store pest management pre-harvest 
  • Use grain sampling to plan effective use of nitrogen

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ISSUE 10

Articles in this issue: 

  • Companion cropping - reducing the OSR risk 
  • Pre-harvest grass weed management 
  • Keep tuber blight out of potato crops 
  • Ramularia - life after chlorothalonil 
  • Late season disease management for premium markets 

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ISSUE 9 - digital special

Articles in this issue: 

  • Game-changing tool makes waves in environmental management 
  • Seasonal update: Making nitrogen and urea decisions 
  • Soil-borne pests - the role of cover crops 
  • Cereal disease control 2021


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ISSUE 8 

Articles in this issue: 

  • Pushing crop performance with nutrients 
  • Innovation focus: R100® biostimulant 
  • A proactive approach to undersowing maize 
  • IPM control in beet yellows 
  • How can we impact winter wheat yield potential? 

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ISSUE 7 - soil health special

Articles in this issue:

  • Investing in soils to support sustainable farming 
  • Farm-based research network focused on sustainable soil management 
  • Supporting farmers with regenerative agriculture techniques 
  • The future of soil management - what's next?

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ISSUE 5

Articles in this issue: 

  • Building plant resilience with biostimulants this season 
  • Dealing with BYDV through IPM 
  • Key stages of an IPM programme 
  • Practical guide to adjuvants 

 

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ISSUE 4

Articles in this issue: 

  • New kids on the block for autumn drilling 
  • Stop black-grass in its tracks
  • Life without Diquat - what are the options 
  • Assess, plan and act on soils this autumn 

 

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ISSUE 3

Articles in this issue: 

  • 3D Thinking goes virtual 
  • OSR - to grow, or not to grow?
  • IPM approach to blackgrass control 
  • Late season disease control 
  • Boosting mid-season maize nutrition 
  • Innovation: new seed genetics 

 

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ISSUE 2

Articles in this issue: 

  • Bolstering performance of spring barley crops 
  • Support good crop genetics with the best chemistry available 
  • Top tips for controlling virus yellows in sugar beet 
  • Innovation focus: carbon management
  • Work smart, not harder 

 

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ISSUE 1

Articles in this issue: 

  • All is not lost with late autumn drilled crops 
  • Innovation focus: Revysol®
  • Maximise nitrogen use efficiency this spring
  • How to ensure spring crops meet end market specifications 
  • Give your soils some TLC ahead of drilling 

 


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