Agrii’s new glasshouse facilities to promote better research
Don Pendergrast, Agrii technical manager for non-combinable crops, explains why Agrii is investing almost a million pounds in a new glasshouse. Agrii is nearing the completion of a 480m2 glasshouse that will extend our research capacity and enhance our advice to customers. At a cost of almost £1 million, the glasshouse and adjoining polytunnels will […]
New: sustainable wheat contract
Agrii, in partnership with Viterra and Whitworths, has developed a new sustainable wheat programme for harvest 2025. The programme aims to quantify the emissions associated with growing a wheat crop, with the ambition to reduce emissions per tonne in the future. Farmers on this programme will be rewarded a guaranteed premium of £5/t for inputting […]
Long-term fall in phosphate use raises concerns
The development of soil-release agents and protected forms of phosphate means growers can meet crop needs without having to apply large quantities of TSP, SSP or rock phosphate. Disincentivised by higher prices for phosphate (P) fertiliser, Britain’s growers have gradually reduced application rates to the extent that many soils now contain worryingly low levels of […]
Liqui-Safe cuts losses while increasing yields and margin
Liqui-Safe delivers a range of technical and practical benefits but the savings in nitrogen are likely to be of greatest interest to growers. Tom Land explains what makes it a compelling proposition. Liqui-Safe is a urease and nitrification inhibitor containing NutriSphere-NL, an organic polymer that acts as a complexing agent to prevent metal ions in […]
Winter wheat preview for 2025
Last year was a particularly challenging time for the plant breeders, with the main foliar diseases of Septoria tritici, yellow rust and brown rust all presenting enormous pressure on crops. Cracks are starting to appear in some mainstream UK varieties, and as ‘parents’, this is evident in the lower disease scores seen in some of […]
Spring barley seed treatments for 2025
Spring barley has traditionally been a key crop for many areas of the UK, but over the last 10 years, it is grown more extensively due to black-grass issues or as a consequence of poor autumn drilling conditions. Malting end-uses continue to attract premiums for brewing and distilling while some farmers grow it for feed […]
Spring barley variety developments
2025 is set to be an important year for Agrii’s long-standing collaborations with two key European barley breeders, Nordic Seeds and Secobra Research. This spring is the culmination of many years of work to identify, test and bring to market those varieties that will lead the market over the next five years or more. Malting […]
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
Over the last few weeks, there has been a lot of interest and speculation on the impact on fertiliser prices of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). This followed the Budget Day publication of the response to a 12-week consultation that confirmed: Fertiliser importers will be responsible for paying the CBAM tax liability when the […]
Spring Seed Yearbook 2025
We are pleased to present the Masterseeds Spring Yearbook 2025, offering insights into spring seed options across various species. Agrii’s Masterseeds standards surpass the industry’s Higher Voluntary Standard (HVS), with features like a higher germination threshold and a ‘blackgrass-free’ guarantee. Ergot contamination, a concern from Harvest 2024, is addressed with our advanced standards, using colour-sorting […]
Stow Longa delivers vital insights into carbon and nitrogen efficiency
Agrii’s Stow Longa site near Huntingdon continues to provide new crop production insights as its current trials programme enters its tenth year. Some of the latest findings are the carbon footprint implications of different cultivation methods and just how much blackgrass can reduce the efficiency of nitrogen applications. With the need to use inputs as […]
