Irrigating cereals to protect yield potential

Irrigating cereals to protect yield potential

With just 13mm of rain since the beginning of March, Norfolk grower, Michael Wilton started irrigating cereals to protect yield potential. Michael manages the Stody Estate’s acreage in North Norfolk alongside 600ha of contract farmland. Crops are looking well but with little rain in the forecast and 80kg of nitrogen yet to be washed into the soil’s profile, irrigation has become his number one priority. “It’s the biggest challenge we’ve got at t…