Grow the future
Grow the future
Yara Agronomy Team
All the latest crop nutrition information and advice from the Yara Agronomy team.Yara is the global leader in crop nutrition knoledge and the leading producer of quality fertiliser products. This podcast is intended to facilitate the transfer of knowledge for farmers and crop advisers, improving farm profitability and environmental sustainability.
Autumn oilseeds - what can growers do to improve oilseed rape establishment?
In this episode, Ken Rundle talks to Natalie Wood, Yara's arable agronomist to ask what growers can do to improve the establishment of oilseed rape crops, and what role nutrition plays in crop establishment.
Jul 21, 2021
11 min
Top fruit - managing nutrition in a difficult season
As top fruit growers get to grips with a difficult season thanks to the weather, many are wondering how to manage nutrition not only for this season but helping the tree recovering for next season too. So, in this episode, Giz Gaskin, Yara's Fruit Specialist discusses the nutrition options for orchard fruit and soft fruit particularly thinking about mitigating the effect of the recent variable weather and looks ahead to options for early season nutrition.
Jul 7, 2021
16 min
Grassland - update on nitrogen management
As grass growth finally picks up this season,  in this episode,  Philip Cosgrave Yara's Grassland Specialist discusses proactive nitrogen management on grass swards and considers nitrogen use efficiency on grassland and nutrient management planning.
Jun 23, 2021
12 min
Potatoes need calcium for tuber quality
Now that this season's potato crop is in the ground and hopefully starting to emerge it is a good time to check on its nutritional requirements.  In this episode, Ken Rundle talks to Mark Tucker, Yara's Head of Agronomy to discuss how nutrition can influence not just the yield but also the quality and return from the crop.
Jun 9, 2021
14 min
Grassland - management of horse and pony paddocks
At this time of year, there are a lot of questions about managing horse and pony paddocks, so in this episode, Ken Rundle talks to  Philip Cosgrave Yara's Grassland Specialist to learn what horse owners should be doing to meet grass nutrient requirements and to safely fertilise paddocks.
May 27, 2021
14 min
Nitrogen - don't be rushed into a hasty decision to buy next season's fertiliser
Although we are still very much in the middle of this season, some growers may already be thinking of buying fertiliser for next season.  So, in this episode, Ken Rundle talks to Natalie Wood, Yara's Arable Agronomist, to ask what growers should consider before buying next season's fertiliser and find out why taking time now could save money and avoid problems later.
May 12, 2021
12 min
Focus on fruit - what are the options for early season nutrition ?
As the new fruit season gets underway with some stop-start weather, fruit growers are facing tricky decisions. So, in this episode, Giz Gaskin, Yara's Fruit Specialist discusses the nutrition options for orchard fruit and soft fruit particularly thinking about mitigating the effect of the recent variable weather and looks ahead to options for early season nutrition.
Apr 28, 2021
14 min
Livestock health - improving grazing animal health with bio-fortified selenium fertiliser
In this episode, Ken Rundle talks to  Philip Cosgrave Yara's Grassland Specialist to discusses the role of selenium in grazing animal health and the benefits to livestock of incorporating selenium into the diet of grazing animals using bio-fortified fertiliser either grazed as fresh grass or conserved as silage or hay.
Apr 14, 2021
12 min
Nutrient management - not just a load of mumbo-jumbo - optimising nitrogen efficiency
As growers start thinking about second nitrogen applications, in this episode, Ken Rundle talks to Natalie Wood, Yara's UK Arable Agronomist to discuss how tools such as the N-Tester, Atfarm and N-Sensor can be used to optimise the efficiency of nitrogen applications.  Natalie also discusses how tissue testing can be used to identify micronutrient deficiencies which can also influence nitrogen use efficiency.
Mar 31, 2021
12 min
Liquid fertiliser - why farmers should consider Yara
 With more and more farmers showing a renewed interest in switching to a liquid fertiliser system, in this episode, Ken Rundle talks to Darren Glegg, Yara's liquid fertiliser business manager to learn why farmers should consider Yara liquid fertilisers. 
Mar 17, 2021
11 min
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