Richard Cockcroft

Farming in Northumberland

[Richard Cockcroft @bowsdenhall]

Cracking day for Revystar on the real results field today #t2 #gleam @BASFcropUK

[Neil Thomson @neilthomson22]

@BASFcropUK Finally a gap in the weather to get the Clearfield trial cut in Northumberland this afternoon. Thanks to @bowsdenhall for taking the time to harvest the varieties. #harvest19 #clearfield

[Richard Cockcroft @bowsdenhall]

@neilthomson22 @BASFcropUK No problem Neil, stand out performers were PT279CL, HRE 095 and DK Impressario

[Richard Cockcroft @bowsdenhall]

@durds1 @TheACCnz 😂😂

[Richard Cockcroft @bowsdenhall]

Northumberland BASF clearfield trial field looking well in the sun this week @BASFcropUK @neilthomson22

[Richard Cockcroft @bowsdenhall]

@Andrew76180013 @neilthomson22 @BASFcropUK @dekalb_osr @PioneerSeeds @ragtseedsuk @dsv @LGSeedsUK @kws The importer and Phoenix stand out so far. Plurax flowering first

[Neil Thomson @neilthomson22]

Clearfield trial in Northumberland is looking well. @BASFcropUK @bowsdenhall @dekalb_osr @PioneerSeeds @ragtseedsuk @dsv @LGSeedsUK @KWS

[Thomas Durdy @durds1]

Stolen last night from Tickhill nr Doncaster. Land Rover Defender 90. Registration PHE 1X. Please retweet.

[Richard Cockcroft @bowsdenhall]

@Farming_Daft 😂 and 5 tea pots in Queenstown

[Richard Cockcroft @bowsdenhall]

7 flights, over 23,000 miles, 10 hotels, 1 fergburger, 15 farm visits, not sure how many speights 🤔 and 25 broken farmers. Thank you @BASFcropUK for organising a fantastic, thought provoking trip and thank you @BASF_Agro_NZ for hosting us. #InnovationTourNZ #tripofalifetime

[Robin Rose @Robinbasf]

UK farmers and the BASF team getting a detailed up date from Grant Haggerty. BASF NZ Mr Fungicide at FAR Cereal open day. #InnovationTourNZ #Revysol @BASFcropUK

[Robin Rose @Robinbasf]

Turley Farms visit. 4000ha combinable cropped Canterbury plain farm. Ex pat agronomist Roger Lasham gave a fascinating tour about huge variety of crops for seed production. Including Claire, Crusoe and Clearfield OSR seed production.#InnovationtourNZ #realroadtripNZ @BASFcropUK

[Richard Cockcroft @bowsdenhall]

@JamesWFretwell Sorry only just seen this. Trip has been fantastic, at turley farms today ending up at Christchurch end of the week. Yes Pukekohe, impressive business!

[Richard Cockcroft @bowsdenhall]

Great tour around large veg grower ‘Balle brothers’ today just south of Auckland, just starting on new crop onions, and milking 2600 🐄!

[Scott Milne @scottmilne53]

Our day of visiting cereal growers continues.Mike Solari former wheat world record holder.9 year rotation including grass grazed by sheep to increase fertility.Bushel weight can be 90kg/hl. He is glad they don't have our restrictions on nitrogen use.#InnovationTourNZ @BASFcropUK

[Richard Cockcroft @bowsdenhall]

Interesting day seeing some cereal crops, these southland growers are pushing yields 12-15t/ha wheat, 9-11t/ha barley! Been a challenging spring for them 171mm in November (UK May equivalent) Revysol looking impressive #innovationtourNZ @BASFcropUK

[Robin Rose @Robinbasf]

OSR and wheat at Mike Solari's record breaking farm. Budget yields OSR 3.5t/ha. Wheat 14t/ha #InnovationTourNZ #RealRoadTripNZ @BASFcropUK

[Robin Rose @Robinbasf]

It's been a very wet spring in NZ Southland. Farmers struggling with field work and spray timings. #InnovationTourNZ #RealRoadTripNZ @BASFcropUK

[Col Mountford-Smith @Mountfordsmith]

Sunset over Lake Te Anau #InnovationTourNZ #RealRoadTrip

[janecraigie @janecraigie]

And here’s day 4 of the #InnovationTourNZ - we visited the fantastic man that is Dr John Baker @CrossSlot - there are now 130 of these drills bought and being used, 60 in NZ, 30 in the UK, the rest all over the world.