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How the YEN milling wheat champion won gold

How the YEN milling wheat champion won gold >More in Simon Budden © MAG/Emma Gillbard When Hampshire grower Simon Budden entered a prestigious milling wheat competition, as a first-timer he didn’t expect to scoop the top prize. But his crop of Crusoe won gold with a yield of 11.98t/ha and a grain protein content of 13% in the Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) milling wheat challenge. With timely input applications and a firm focus on crop nutrition, his entry showed excellent grain and dough quality. He now hopes to use the knowledge he gained from the experience to develop thicker, greener canopies with greater ear numbers, while also delving deeper into the formation and size of wheat grains.

Why Holl oilseed rape is working for winning grower

Why Holl oilseed rape is working for winning grower >More in © Mark Stubbbs Lincolnshire grower Mark Stubbs switched to growing high oleic low linoleic (Holl) oilseed rape varieties for the chance to earn a premium price and now sets an ambitious target yield of more than 5t/ha. After a successful debut with the specialist crop, he hasn’t looked back, although he has continued to grow a small area of the normal hybrid Exclaim on a coastal farm where the rotation isn’t suitable for Holl types. Holl varieties produce healthy rapeseed oil that is favoured by the food industry.

Norfolk farmer praises the productive power of peas

Published: 3:00 PM May 7, 2021    Norfolk farmer Chris Eglington has hailed the essential role of peas within his arable rotation - Credit: Tim Scrivener A Norfolk farmer has praised the productive power of peas to unlock higher yields and reduce pests for other crops in his rotation. Chris Eglington, who farms at Letton, near Shipdham, has an eight-year rotation of wheat and winter barley, alternating between peas and oilseed rape (OSR) as a break crop. He said while peas are not particularly profitable on their own, they brought significant benefits to his other crops. “You can’t consider the benefits of peas in isolation; on their own peas don’t produce the margins, but as part of the whole rotation, they improve the margins of all the other crops, he said.

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