Harnessing the power of TOWER® to banish brome
Brome has become an increasingly troublesome weed in recent years, largely because it has migrated from headlands towards the centre of fields...
Slug control… choosing the most effective bait
While commercial molluscicides are currently limited to just one active ingredient, ferric phosphate, not all slug pellets are created equally,...
Protecting peas and beans from aphid attacks with APHOX®
With reports of aphids already on the attack in crops of peas and black beans, we take a quick look at how and when to fight back against the two...
Better disease control in barley
With the arrival of longer days and rising temperatures, winter barleys are rapidly progressing through their growth stages and will soon be at...
Powering up disease control at T3 with prothioconazole
With unsettled weather continuing to favour disease development, attention turns to protecting the ear. As such, the T3 fungicide timing will be...
MAVRIK®: the safer way to control grain aphids
With temperatures rising across the UK, so too is the threat posed to cereal crops by pests such as grain aphids. The Rothamsted insect survey is...
Out-FOXing charlock in oilseed rape
Charlock (Sinapis arvensis) has rapidly become one of the most difficult to control broad-leaved weeds, not just in cereals, but also in brassicas...
ADAMA Insights: Agronomy observations from the field with Michael Farr
After the best part of two months of almost continuous rain, field work has finally got underway across the south of England, with fertiliser...
Power-up Weed Control in Winter Rye and Barley
In order for crops of winter barley and winter rye to out-compete grassweeds and broadleaved weeds, growers will need to apply a range of pre- and...
Get ahead and stay ahead of cereal disease control with ARIZONA
After another wet winter, our regional agronomy managers have reported significant levels of septoria and rusts already clearly visible in wheat...