Tillage
The Potash Development Association (PDA) is advising that early crop nutrient availability will maximise forage maize final yields
A late start to the spring planting season is expected to encourage further growth in the area of forage maize grown in Ireland.
The Potash Development Association has published a new potato crop nutrition guidance leaflet, which will facilitate UK and Irish growers
The Potash Development Association (PDA) is highlighting the need for tillage farmers to retain soil nutrient reserves
The Potash Development Association (PDA) has highlighted the role played by cover crops in recycling soil nutrients.
Straw strength is a critically important determinant of final yield within all combinable crops and oilseed rape.
The Potash Development Association (PDA) is highlighting the role of cultivation systems on soil sampling techniques.
According to the Potash Development association (PDA), sulphur is an essential nutrient for all plants and animals.
The extremely dry conditions experienced for most of the 2024/25 growing season will impact crop nutrient offtakes: potash is one of these.
The Potash Development Association has reviewed the role of plant nutrition in mitigating the impact of extreme weather events on crops
The Potash Development Association (PDA) has published an overview of the role played by potassium in maximising cereal crop development.
The Potash Development Association (PDA) has highlighted the key role of sulphur in crop production systems.
Trends identified within a 2022/23 survey of UK soil potassium index values have just been published by the Potash Development Association
According to the Potash Development Association (PDA) forage maize crops can deliver yields of up to 50t/ha
Sulphur is an essential nutrient for all plants and animals. Its behaviour in the soil is very similar to that of nitrogen.
The Potash Development Association (PDA) is highlighting the need for all winter crops to receive adequate potash applications now.
The application of potash and phosphate fertilisers when planting a winter cereal enables these nutrients to be worked into seedbeds
The Potash Development Association (PDA) is recommending that sulphur (S) should be included within all fertiliser programmes for 2025.
The Potash Development Association is confirming that many soils are currently in an extremely poor structural state.
All agronomists agree that soil pH must be considered the all-important starting-point of any crop fertiliser plan.
The Potash Development Association (PDA) has highlighted the importance of effective crop establishment this autumn
The role of potash in maximising cereal yields has been profiled by a number of agencies to coincide with the 2024 autumn planting season.
Recent research has confirmed that numerous soil minerals combine to maximise the eating quality of potatoes.
