ProcamPress Releases & Articles
Extending maize rotations to elevate crop performance
With sustainable farming payments making cover cropping financially attractive, maize growers are beginning to re-assess how best to manage stubbles after harvest.
While it may be tempting to use a basic cover crop to protect bare soils, there are better ways of achieving this, with evidence suggesting that widening the rotation is a...
Read MoreRegional planning to get crops on track
After the wet autumn brought havoc to winter crops in many regions, how does agronomy need adapting? ProCam agronomists around the country offer guidance.
With only 25% of winter wheat and barley drilled in North West England, and some crops borderline whether they are worth keeping, some critical field-by-field decisions will be...
Read MoreNitrogen efficiency solutions on trial
With other reasons, besides cost, for incorporating alternatives to bagged nitrogen into fertiliser programmes, ProCam trials have put a number of options to the test.
Granular nitrogen (N) prices may have fallen back from their 2021/22 highs, but the aftershock has left a legacy of farmers wanting to use N more efficiently, believes...
Read MoreMULTIPLE HERBICIDE ACTIVES & FAVOURABLE WEATHER REQUIRED TO OUTFOX RESISTANT RYEGRASS
Despite increasing concerns regarding the spread of herbicide-resistant ryegrass, effective control can still be achieved where a stacked and sequenced programme of herbicides is applied accurately and in favourable conditions.
That’s according to ProCam’s Rob Adamson, who explains that success is reliant on a careful balance of...
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