Cultural tactics and accurate spraying vital against wild oats
Wild oats, of which there are two species, are one of the most competitive grass weeds, with just one plant per square metre able to reduce winter...
Wild oat control… this season’s hot TOPIK
In addition to the use of cultural controls to reduce wild oat infestations, an appropriate herbicide should be used to spray off the worst...
Pre-emergence herbicides boost sugar beet yields
With post-emergence herbicides for sugar beet few and far between, metamitron and quinmerac-based pre-emergence applications will be crucial this...
Powering up pre-emergence weed control in winter wheat
With the winter wheat drilling window looming large on the horizon – but hopefully still at least a few weeks away for those growers with a severe...
Season Two Show Two: Spring is in the air (along with an impressive fighter plane!)
Date: 07/05/19
Location: Grange Farm, Abbots Ripton, Nr Huntingdon
Show notes: Andy Bailey and David Roberts are in Abbots Ripton with...
Cost-Effective Maize Weed Control with Easy-to-Use Pendimethalin
Depending on how quickly soils have started to dry out following the spring’s incessant rainfall, maize drilling is either already in progress or...
Wild oat control in cereals
Wild oats are one of the UK’s most competitive grassweeds, with just 1 plant/m2 capable of reducing cereal yields by as much as 1%.
Powering up winter barley protection at T2
With ramularia now included on the ARIZONA (500 g/l folpet) label for barley, growers can power up the protection of winter sown crops at the...
Metribuzin pre-em treatment confirmed safe for Elland
The list of maincrop potato varieties to which metribuzin can safely be applied as a pre-emergence herbicide treatment has been extended with the...
PGRs added to ADAMA crop protection range
ADAMA UK has added two plant growth regulator (PGR) active ingredients to its expanding range of crop protection agrochemicals.