Harvest Predictions 2024 - North West England
It has certainly been a challenging year for black-grass control in the west, but where residual herbicides were applied in the autumn, these have...
Harvest Predictions 2024 - West and South of England and Ireland
It has certainly been a challenging year for black-grass control in the west, but where residual herbicides were applied in the autumn, these have...
Unseasonably warm weather prompts cereal aphid warning
With soaring October temperatures prompting new migrations of cereal aphids, there’s an increased risk of new crops being exposed to Barley Yellow...
Strong T2 treatments needed to control increasing septoria risk
Reports are coming in thick and fast from across the UK of significant levels of disease in wheat crops, with septoria lesions rapidly building in...
Optimising ramularia control at T2 in spring barley
T2 treatments on spring-sown barley crops must be robust and well-timed to keep rapidly developing crops clean and green.
A wet start... a round up from our Senior Agronomy Managers
Well, it’s certainly been a wet winter for most growers. In fact, the UK has experienced its 11th wettest winter since records began in 1836.
Saddle Gall Midge Warning
Growers in hotspots known to be susceptible to saddle gall midge infestations should be on the lookout for the first emergences over the coming...
Pellet application… calibration is crucial
To ensure slug pellets are applied accurately and to achieve the optimum number of baiting points (40-50 pellets per m2), all spreading equipment...
Effective weed control gives sugar beet a head start
A sequenced herbicide programme which includes a range of different active ingredients is the best strategy when it comes to reducing weed...
Boosting ramularia control with ARIZONA at T2
With the weather finally starting to improve in most parts of the UK, our attention turns to controlling ramularia in those crops of winter sown...