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Late Jan/early Feb applied N (modest dose) has really made a difference here on this second wheat. Soils were mild and crop has responded superbly despite high rainfall levels in February. #skyfallblue #Nutrition #earlyneverborrowsfromlate #wheat #kent #agronomy #rewarding 🚜💨🌾

‘Proactiveness’ always pays off. A very small window back in January to apply Bifenox and this farmer has been rewarded for their efforts. OSR on the move following 1st small dose of N #teamwork #rewards #kent #OSRlife #onthemove 🦊👊🏼🌱😁

Beautiful morning walking some @KWSUKLtd Zyatt on the foothills of the North Downs. Following last weeks milder weather and warmer soils, crops really have moved on. #wheat #zyatt #moving Spring moves ever closer ! 😄

Sending OSR leaf samples off to @ADASGroup using @Bayer4Crops SpotCheck service to tease out varietal tolerance and treatment differences following the autumn/winter and plan spring strategy. #osr #LLS #Phoma #learning

This crop of @KWSUKLtd Amistar on heavy, Weald mans land enjoying the morning sunshine ☀️ #finally #barley 🌾#bringonthespring @No1FarmerGuy

The mixture was grown as an EFA option - a great way to meet requirements while retaining nutrients & supporting soil structure.

Autumn OSR herbicides getting to work on these difficult weeds at this particular site. #lookslikeakerbyear #osr #weeeds 👊🏼 #Kent

BYDV Tolerant Wheat Wolverine up in rows in Kent. Genetics likely to play a bigger role in the very near future. #BYDV #Wolverine #kent

Popped into look @Kingscrops Winter cover crop of Radish and Oat established with low disturbance sub soiler leg. Doing its thing, structuring and encouraging soil biology. Soil is ‘dry’ and in lovely condition. Mopping up excess nutrient too. #winwin #soilhealth #biology #roots

👀there is still hope 🤞🏼Amazed to see how well this is going. Nice land I know, but still shows this system has allowed us to travel. Soil in lovely, friable condition for seeding after 48hours dry ish weather. #zyatt #itsaGo @ClaydonDrill #wellsdrained #soilhealth

Always finish your day on a high...😁#bestOSRinKent? @dekalb_osr Expansion. August drilled, one pass...conserved moisture, Lumiposa seed dressing and liquid fert. down with seed #wishitwasalllikethis #osrlife... #backitfromday1

Perhaps @Bayer4CropsUK Deter did offer more slug 🐌 protection and prevent hollowing than we previously thought...distant memory now! 😰Let’s hope @SyngentaCropsUK Vibrance Duo pulls this crop away from them. 🤞🏼 #postdeterwoes #notjustaphids #slugs #hollowing #lifeafterdeter

High dormancy... 🤔certainly not here. What were extremely dry soils have taken the recent rain nicely. Patience needed, even a week could make a huge difference. #dormancy #delayeddrilling #ipm #grassweeds #culturalcontrols

Again, @dekalb_osr EXPANSION really expressing itself early here vs. Adjacent field of Conv. ELGAR drilled the same day. Elgar has always shown early vigour but not as fast developing as the hybrid this time which is really good to see value of investment made.#hybrid @FrontierAg

Really impressed with @dekalb_osr Expansion and it’s early autumn vigour. Now with true leaves since last visiting the field a couple days ago. They promised it and it’s certainly delivering at this stage. #hybrid #beatthebeetle 👊🏼🌱

Pleasing to see this crop of @dekalb_osr Expansion escaping the dreaded Flea beetle. The @CortevaUK Lumiposa seed dressing seems to be bringing some early protection from adults grazing the cotyledons. No Insecticide here, graminicide planned for barley vol’s 🤞🏼🌱😁#osrlife

Harvest well underway in Kent. Very promising yields. 4t/ha + here, this crop always looked great from the start. Eagerly awaiting moved weights. Flea beetle in stores slightly worrying, will catch and send for resistance testing. #elgar #CSFB #Yielding #happy #780 #46ft 💪🏼🚜💨😁

Always interesting, pleasing and equally frustrating to see how herbicide inputs have performed whilst reflecting on OSR at desiccation. Tramline disturbance encouraging later flushes of IRG in this case. Considerations to appln. of glyph behind wheels on later passes perhaps ...