04 April 2024

Jim McCarthy’s update from Romania

Jim McCarthy joins the Tillage Edge again this week with the latest on managing the 16,000 hectare farm in Romania and to share some insights on the global grain trade.

Jim discusses the agronomy of growing crops in Romania and how the farm is growing most of their crops using less nitrogen but with an increased use of digital farming technologies.

Jim says the use of precision farming allows grain maize to be planted in exactly the same row as nitrogen fixing cover crops, allowing a saving of nitrogen. 

He points to the reduced grain prices leading to a larger than normal number of farmers who are now in financial difficulties, but points out that the Romanian government has stepped in to help these farmers until this harvest.  

Listen in below:

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