Controlling Brome in OSR
Brome has become a significant problem for some growers as populations have spread from field margins towards the centre of fields.
Powering up slug control: the importance of mould resistance
While commercial molluscicides are currently limited to just one active ingredient, ferric phosphate, not all slug pellets are created equally,...
Powering-up post-emergence weed control in OSR
For those oilseed rape crops that have established well and are developing nicely, an early post-emergence herbicide treatment will help to...
Harvest Predictions 2024 - East of England
Black-grass control has been a bit hit and miss in the eastern half of the UK this year. Where pre-emergence and/or post-emergence herbicides were...
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,...
Better ryegrass control with multiple actives
Along with the ever-present threat of blackgrass out-competing combinable crops, many growers are also facing an uphill struggle in the fight...
Regional Focus
RAM June Update
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...
Wild oat control in cereals
With warmer, drier weather arriving in some, if not all parts of the UK, and land at last starting to dry out after another exceptionally wet...
MAVRIK: the safer way to control grain aphids
After several weeks of dry and warm weather, pests such as grain aphids and mealy cabbage aphids are building in numbers and posing a significant...