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• Fertiliser meeting figues worry Andy Barr

  We're progressing with T1 wheat and mid-flowering oilseed rape sprays, writes Andy Barr from East Lenham Farm near Maidstone, Kent. It's finally getting warmer and allowing the spring rape and spring barley to grow, and the latter will hopefully... Posted Apr 28 2008, 07:17 PM by flutefriend with | with no comments Filed under: Fertiliser, andy barr, Barometer, south, rhizobium

• Beet-free autumn leaves tidier farmyard

  The absence of sugar beet to lift has clearly eased the autumn workload on Farmers Weekly's western Barometer farm in Shropshire. "We've been spending some of the time lifting carrots for an organic neighbour, and we're very nearly up... Posted Nov 26 2007, 10:51 AM by flutefriend with | with no comments Filed under: Sugar beet, Potatoes, Fertiliser

• Extra fertiliser purchase hurts in Lincs

  With all 20ha of sugar beet at Grange Farm, Rippingale, Lincs lifted and wheat drilling and re-drilling done, Ben Atkinson has been turning his attention to base fertiliser dressing and spraying. Because of the extra crop area previously in set-aside... Posted Nov 14 2007, 12:30 PM by flutefriend with | with no comments Filed under: muriate of potash, Fertiliser, GPS, superphosphate