Spring Decisions: Timing, Nutrition, Results

About this episode

The episode discusses spring crop decisions focusing on timing, nutrition, and improving results with insights from industry experts.

Today we’re tackling spring crop decisions. How do you nail the timing, get nutrition spot on, and boost your results? To answer that, we’ve got Ben Foster from RHIZA and Gavin Stewart, Fertiliser Product Manager for Scotland, and George Proctor, Contracting Operations Manager at Agrii. Summary: Nitrogen needs to be used more efficiently as prices rise and CBAM fertiliser tax comes in. Many farms only achieve around 60% nitrogen use efficiency, but Agrii trials show variable‑rate, evidence‑ba...

People in this episode

Guests: Ben Foster, Gavin Stewart, George Proctor

Topics covered

• spring crop decisions
• nitrogen use efficiency
• fertiliser management
• agriculture
• crop nutrition

Keywords

• spring crop decisions
• nitrogen efficiency
• fertiliser tax
• agriculture
• crop nutrition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Agrii, RHIZA

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