Nutrient Management

We would all likely assume that the difference between various phosphate fertilisers are fairly minimal and not worth agonising over. After all, phosphate is phosphate, surely? Not so, according to Natalie Wood.

Walkers crisps, one of the largest buyers of British potatoes, is turning its potato waste into fertiliser to reduce its carbon footprint.

‘Test and trace’ has become a well coined phrase during 2020, but it is also a practice that can be applied to improve crop management.

If food production is to reach net zero targets, policy makers need to secure fair returns for farmers by incentivising climate neutral food production.

The Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) has set out plans to explore the impact that different crop management practices and yields have on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

A urea ban could add 20% to farmers’ fertiliser bills as Defra feels the pressure of meeting its ammonia emissions targets

Farmers in Scotland are analysing grain nutrient levels as another measurement to maximise their yields. 

With the window to get winter crops drilled likely to be tight this year, following a later harvest in some areas, crop nutrition may be neglected.

The UK has an opportunity to lead on preventing the spread of zoonotic diseases such as the coronavirus, the Co-op’s head of agriculture Caroline Mason has said.