‘Cereal Signals’ helps arable farmers to obtain the maximum yield from their cereal crop.
The book follows all the crop stages of winter and summer cereals and provides practical information for arable farmers who want to get the best out of their land and cereals. What factors are important when selecting strains? How to prepare a good seedbed? Which pests and diseases threaten the crop and how to best tackle weed control? These and many other points are explained on the basis of photographs and illustrations. Concise, clear and to the point, it enables farmers to find the information they need without having to plough through large expanses of text.
Many cereal farmers know how to monitor the signals of the crop and translate them into action. This is not a gift but a skill that can easily be learned. By better monitoring the signals, every cereal producer can improve his yields. ‘Cereal Signals’ can help. ‘Cereal Signals’ was written for arable farmers and their advisers. It contains practical tips and advice on improving the cereal production.