Don't waste chance to up yields with green compost

摘要

Green waste compost (GWC) can increase winter wheat yields in three out of four years, according to the findings of a New Farming Systems project by NIAB TAG with an average response of about 7%. "The yield improvement was not consistent every year ina four-year continuous wheat rotation," says Ron Stobart of NIAB TAG. "The second wheat yield was down on the compost-treated plots, but this was probably due to them being tricky to grow anyway and seasonal variations in the breakdown of high hgnin content, woody matter in the compost."