Quality counts… choosing the right slug bait
While commercial molluscicides are currently limited to just one active ingredient, ferric phosphate, not all slug pellets are created equally,...
Mind the gap: use a pre-emergence herbicide to let OSR steal a march on early season weeds
With rapeseed prices remaining high – at least in the short to medium term – it will pay growers who are intending to drill a crop (if and when...
Pellet palatability promotes persistent performance
While commercial molluscicides are currently limited to just one active ingredient, ferric phosphate, not all slug pellets are created equally,...
Start early to stay ahead of diseases
With the seasons no longer easy to predict and unfavourable weather conditions seemingly never more than a few days away, it pays to ensure...
Spring is in the air… time to ‘Power-Up’ your crop protection
With temperatures tentatively climbing and crops, weeds and diseases starting to wake from their winter slumber, we are once again launching our...
Powering up Groundsel Control with Chlorotoluron (CTU)
In addition to providing excellent activity against troublesome grassweeds such as black-grass, ryegrass and brome, the inclusion of chlorotoluron...
Powering up slug control: pellet timing and baiting point density are critical
To maximise the efficacy of molluscicides, slug pellets should only be applied when pest populations have reached threshold, and only when weather...
MAVRIK: Safeguarding beneficials whilst controlling grain aphids
With temperatures rising across the UK, so too is the threat posed to cereal crops by pests such as grain aphids. Regular crop inspections will...
Boosting ramularia control with ARIZONA at T2
With the weather finally starting to improve in most parts of the UK, our attention turns to controlling ramularia in those crops of winter sown...
A new cropping cycle, another set of new challenges
As happens so often in farming, the start of the new cropping cycle has been dominated by unprecedented issues for all those involved in...