Taking the fight to ALS resistant weeds in sugar beet
With resistance to ALS inhibitor herbicides confirmed in multiple species of broad-leaved weeds (in particular poppies, chickweed and mayweed...
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...
Kickstart wheat disease control with an early fungicide
This year’s wet, and predominantly mild, winter has resulted in plenty of disease pressure, especially in those wheat crops which were drilled...
Beating brome with a barrage of herbicide actives
With brome infestations becoming more widespread, and ALS resistance confirmed in UK populations, cereal growers will need to use an array of...
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 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...
Perfect storm warning for BYDV infections in spring barley
The mild and wet conditions which have dominated the first few months of the year could culminate in a perfect storm for BYDV (barley yellow dwarf...
Spring 2022 round-up: around the regions with ADAMA’s agronomy team
With warmer weather hopefully not too far away, we talk to ADAMA’s regional agronomy team to find out how the spring drilling season progressed,...
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...
Post-emergence weed control in winter wheat
Where wheat drilling hasn’t been too badly hampered by the recent spell of exceptionally wet weather, many crops will have received a pre-...