Arable Cereal Crops

Duration: 3 hours

High yields in cereal crops depend on good agronomic practices. Cereal crop production can be influenced by many factors such as irrigation layout, growing the right crop for the right climate, soil structure, and timing of fertiliser application, stubble retention, good rotation practices and weed control. In this course, you'll learn about good practices used to farm cereals for harvest and sale as cash crops. Includes material on the Zadock scale, growth stages, nutrition, and pests and diseases for a variety of cereal crops. Covers wheat, barley, oats, and more.

1 Lesson