DJL Agriculture – In the Press

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Farm Contractor Magazine

Silicon applications could mitigate CSFB risk

Daniel says.

“I’ve always believed that disease and pest pressures come easily to weak crops.  Besides its physical properties, silicon has a role in several plant metabolic functions. Boosting the crop’s inbuilt resilience to attack, be it from pests or pathogens, and reducing abiotic and biotic stress, has to be a more sustainable option.”

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cropproduction magazine

Plant resilience with silicon

Moving away from synthetic plant production products is behind DJL Agriculture’s Dan Lievesley’s exploration of silicon.

“I’ve always believed that disease and pest pressures come easily to weak crops,” explains the independent agronomist.

“Besides its physical properties, silicon has a role in several plant metabolic functions. Boosting the crop’s inbuilt resilience to attack, be it from pests or pathogens, and reducing abiotic and biotic stress, has to be a more sustainable option.”

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FARMERS WEEKLY

Silicon could mitigate flea beetle attacks in OSR

Transitioning farmers away from harsher inputs – lay behind Dan Lievesley’s exploration of silicon.

“I’ve always believed that disease and pest pressures come easily to weak crops,” explains the independent agronomist from DJL Agriculture.

“Besides its physical properties, silicon has a role in several plant metabolic functions. Boosting the crop’s inbuilt resilience to attack, be it from pests or pathogens, and reducing abiotic and biotic stress, has to be a more sustainable option.”

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Agronomist Arable Farmer

Agronomists turn to silicon for sustainable CSFB solution

DJL Agriculture agronomist Dan Lievesely believes disease and pest pressures come easily to weak crops.

“Besides its physical properties, silicon has a role in several plant metabolic functions. Boosting the crop’s inbuilt resilience to attack, be it from pests or pathogens, and reducing abiotic and biotic stress, has to be a more sustainable option.”

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Yorkshire Post

Cabbage stem flea beetle:
Breakthrough in bid to stop beetle attacks which have devastated Yorkshire crops


Flea beetle attacks on oilseed rape, which have contributed towards a dramatic decline in Yorkshire’s area planted with the crop, could be mitigated for just £7 per hectare, agronomists have concluded.

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DIRECT DRILLER MAGAZINE

Turning soil, crop and cow health around on tricky land

Having worked for an agrochemical distributor, Daniel felt that growing crops relying on chemical and synthetic fertilisers was not the way he wanted to work. He now spends his time transitioning growers towards a biological approach, as he believes this benefits everyone, economically and environmentally.

“We are impressed with Dan’s approach,” says Martin from Brook Farm, Repton in the East Midlands . “He has a completely different mindset to our old agronomist – who only ever wanted to use a different chemical. Dan has taken us back to basics and it is working.

Soil organic matter has risen from 2.2% to 3.4% in just four years.

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