Nitrogen-fixing bacteria could save arable farmers £1000s
Arable farmers could slash fertiliser costs, boost yields, and protect the environment following the launch of a new nitrogen-fixing bacteria mix. Developed by Jim Brown at Soil Systems, Enfixa is a combination of nitrogen-fixing and nutrient-solubilising bacteria, which fix atmospheric nitrogen and turn it into a usable source for the crop. It can be used […]
Putting biological nitrogen fixation to work for smallholder farmers
A pan-African project aimed at improving legume technologies to counter the debilitating impact of low-nitrogen soils on agricultural production is generating higher yields and new income streams for smallholder farmers. Since it began in 2009, N2Africa set out to increase the adoption of improved nitrogen fixing legumes – specifically soybean, cowpea, groundnut and common […]
Plant Impact launches eNTiton™ in the UK
eNTiton™ is developed from the Company’s PiNT technology and is formulated to supplement base nitrogen to more effectively deliver nitrogen to the plant over a sustained period. The product encourages root development, enabling the plant to better utilise nutrition in the soil. “Our launch of eNTiton™ could not be more timely”, explains Plant Impact UK […]
Soil Nitrogen levels likely to be low this spring – or are they?
Allison Grundy, Arable Agronomist at GrowHow UK has been looking at rainfall data. “We’ve had an awful lot of rain since then,” she says. “Looking at the figures up until the middle of December, rainfall across England and Wales has been on average 150% of the norm, with some regions having over 180% more rain […]
