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 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...
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,...
Power-up weed control in winter rye and barley
In order for this year’s crops of winter barley and winter rye to out-compete grassweeds and broadleaved weeds, growers will need to apply a range...
Combatting the cold to boost weed control
With overnight temperatures still regularly dipping below freezing, and daytime temperatures struggling to break into double figures, any thoughts...
Harvest Predictions 2024 - North East England
There’s certainly more black-grass present this season compared to previous years, largely due to the season’s tricky conditions which have also...
Latest trials data reinforces folpet benefits in cereal disease control
Including the multi-site fungicide ARIZONA (500g/l folpet) in combination with single site active ingredients provides an uplift in wheat and...
Protection for Spring Barley in a shortened season
As a result of the wet spring, many crops of spring barley weren’t sown until late into the typical drilling window, with some remaining undrilled...
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-...