Strategic Cereal Farm Tailoring crop inputs

Tailoring crop inputs 

Part of our series of webinars detailing the results of Harvest 2022 at our Strategic Cereal Farms, this webinar looks at tailoring inputs to the crop’s needs throughout the season. Strategic Cereal Farms East and Scotland have both taken different approaches to managing their inputs to best meet the needs of the crop and minimise the risk of losses to the environment. Crop health results and finances from the fungicide trial at Strategic Cereal Farm East and nutrition trials at our Strategic Cereal Farm in Scotland will be shared and compared.

• Trial results covered:
• Strategic Cereal Farm East:
  • Managed lower inputs: Investigating the cost-benefit of different fungicide programmes.
• Strategic Cereal Farm Scotland:
• Amended nutrition: Testing whether amending nutrition throughout the season in response to crop testing can reduce the need for additional inputs.
• Optimising nitrogen application: Comparing foliar and granular nitrogen application to optimise nitrogen use efficiency and reduce losses. 
• Chair: Fiona Geary, (AHDB)
• Speakers: Steve Hoad (SRUC), Will Smith (NIAB), David Aglen (Strategic Cereal Farm Scotland) and Brian Barker (Strategic Cereal Farm East)