Agronomy for Tractor Drivers

A series of courses for Tractor Drivers to help improve their awareness of Crop Nutrition and Health

Phospate & Potash Strategies

Course Content:

• P+K - their role in the plant
• Limiting factors
• Soil Supply
• Fertilising Strategies

• P+K Mapping and spreading using "precision farming"

Growth Regulators in Winter Wheat

• Why we use them
• Different types
• How they work
• Timing
• Cost

Nitrogen in Winter Wheat

• What it is

• How it's taken up

• Limiting factors

• Types of nitrogen

• Effects of inaccurate spreading

• Residual Nitrogen

• Timing

• Environmental effects