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The products and technologies described in the TIBRE Arable Handbook provide an opportunity for you to improve your farming system, but whether or not they do so in practice will depend on how they are used. Each data sheet gives outline information on how to use the individual products or technologies to get the best out of them and tells you where to go for further advice if you need it. It also draws your attention to other related data sheets on technologies or techniques that could be used in combination.
This section takes the approach further and describes groups of linked products which will help you to make the most of the technology you adopt. By combining a wider range of products, the overall efficiency of the farming system and the environmental benefits will be maximised.
top of pageEfficient use of fertilisers and manures
If your farm is close to a loch, river or other watercourse which suffers from nutrient enrichment from the surrounding land, you could make most difference by concentrating first on products which can help tackle this and which can also improve your efficiency when using fertilisers and manures.
Options to help make better use of slurries and manures:
Electronic Communication
Internet
Information, Prediction Schemes and Tools
Renewable Energy on the Farm
Fertiliser Planning
Nitrogen Diagnostic Technology
Manure-Value Diagnostics
Improved Manure Storage
Improved Manure Application
Biogas Production
Yield Mapping
Options to help make better use of inorganic fertilisers:
Electronic CommunicationInternet Information, Prediction Schemes and Tools
Fertiliser Planning
Nitrogen Diagnostic Technology
Targeted Nitrogen Application
Targeted Phosphate, Potash and Lime Application
Improved Fertiliser Spreading Characteristics
Improved Targeting of Fertiliser Close to Field Boundaries
Boom Fertiliser Spreaders
Yield Mapping
Combining some or all of these options will help ensure that you only apply enough fertiliser to satisfy the needs of the crop and that you apply it in a targeted way. This ensures that less is wasted by losing it from the field into the wider environment and that there is less damage to hedgerows, ponds and other non-farmed areas.
top of pageEfficient use of insecticides, fungicides and herbicides
Combining some or all of these options will help ensure that you only apply enough fertiliser to satisfy the needs of the crop and that you apply it in a targeted way. This ensures that less is wasted by losing it from the field into the wider environment and that there is less damage to hedgerows, ponds and other non-farmed areas.
Options to help maximise the effectiveness of pest control:
Electronic
Communication
Internet Information, Prediction
Schemes and Tools
Variety Choice
Novel Seed Treatments
Potato Diagnostics
Monitoring Pest Activity
Decision Support Systems
Resistance Management
Biological Control
Co-ordinated Slug Control
Improved Formulation and Packaging
Appropriate Active Ingredient
Use
Appropriate Insecticide use
Pesticides Mixtures
Biobeds
Yield
Mapping
Options to help maximise the effectiveness of disease control:
Electronic
Communication
Internet Information, Prediction
Schemes and Tools
Variety Choice
Novel Seed Treatments
Plant and Crop Structure
Crop Diagnostics
Potato Diagnostics
Decision Support Systems
Resistance Management
Biological Control
Improved Formulation and Packaging
Appropriate Active Ingredient
Use
Appropriate Fungicide use
Pesticides Mixtures
Yield Mapping
Options to help maximise the effectiveness of weed control:
Electronic CommunicationInternet Information, Prediction Schemes and Tools
Decision Support Systems
Resistance Management
Biological Control
Improved Formulation and Packaging
Appropriate Active Ingredient Use
Appropriate Herbicide Use
Pesticides Mixtures
Plant and Crop Structure
Weed Wipers
Mechanical Weed Control
Yield Mapping
Spraying equipment which can be used to help with the control of pests, weeds and diseases:
Pesticide Handling SystemsSprayer Control and Maintenance
Patch Spraying
Appropriate Spray Quality
Drift Reduction by Nozzle Selection
Air Assisted Spraying
Air Induction Nozzles
Twin Fluid Nozzles
Rotary Atomisers
Low Volume Spraying
Low Volume Washing Systems
Sprayer Decontamination top of page
Biobeds
Efficient management of resources
Electronic Communication
Internet Information, Prediction Schemes and Tools
Minimum Tillage
Precision Irrigation
Yield Mapping
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy on the Farm
