Arable
The Potash Development Association (PDA) is highlighting the role of cultivation systems on soil...
Dairy
There is no doubt that 2024 proved to be a challenging year for farmers, and so farmers should be...
Agronomists agree that soil pH must be considered the all-important starting-point of any crop fertiliser plan...
N.Ireland
Yesterday (Wednesday, March 20), the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) stated that soil...
Environment
SoilEssentials is urging farmers across Scotland to have their soils tested and analysed in the...
The Potash Development Association (PDA) is highlighting the growing prevalence of ‘skewed’ soil testing results which it said is a direct consequence of min-till or zero-till cultivation techniques.
Although most fields are currently too wet to take soil samples, you should consider doing so when conditions improve.
Agri-Business
Farmers across the UK are being urged to test their soil and establish a baseline that will help improve soil health ahead of a new 2022 standard.
Northern Ireland's DAERA is working on plans to launch a £37 million five-year soil health scheme to improve soil fertility and nutrient use.
Autumn is an ideal time for soil sampling. Soils are warm and the results will come back to allow...
Grass
A major supplier of agricultural products is urging farmers to improve soil quality now, in order to reap the benefits next spring.
Land is the most limiting and expensive resource on farms but soil analysis showed only around half of soils analysed had optimum nutrients.
Almost 3,000 livestock farmers in Northern Ireland have registered for the soil sampling and...
Almost 3,000 livestock farmers in Northern Ireland have registered for the soil sampling and analysis scheme from DAERA.
AFBI has launched a free soil sampling and analysis scheme for the benefit of livestock farmers in Northern Ireland.
