Arable production systems crops

Fresh produce is a term used to describe edible horticulture crops. The fresh produce sector is technically challenging the range of crops is laige and different production systems are employed for many of them. The crops are harvested fresh and, in contrast to arable crops, may be harvested regularly for a number of months. Some of the key differences between fresh produce and broad-acre arable crops are ... 

As well as the various EU directives impacting on arable production, once we joined the EU it also led to the adoption of metric units. The first edition of crop husbandly was all written using imperial units now of course everything is metricated, though in practice many farmers still use both systems ... 

Spiertz, J.H.J. 1989. Arable crop production. In Zadoks, J.C. (ed.) Development of Farming Systems. Evaluation of Jive year period 1980-1984. Pudoc, Wageningen. pp. 19-25. 

A high proportion of the animal waste will have been recycled on to grassland by the grazing animal and we must therefore conclude that, even if an equitable system of distribution of animal wastes was available in this country, there would certainly be insufficient to maintain present yields of arable crop production. 

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