Throwing the kitchen sink at OSR weed control
With the forward rapeseed market showing little, if any, sign of decline, once crops have the weather conditions to enable establishment, they are...
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...
Powering up slug control…get ready for battle
There’s no getting away from the fact that the wet winter, soggy spring and unsettled summer conditions have allowed slug populations to boom in...
Effective weed control gives sugar beet a head start
A sequenced herbicide programme which includes a range of different active ingredients is the best strategy when it comes to reducing weed...
Use Spring Herbicides With Alternative Modes of Action To Limit ALS Resistance
Growers should protect spring sown cereals by adopting alternative herbicides instead of relying on any one single mode of action. That is the...
Combatting seed weevils and diseases
With oilseed rape in flower and temperatures on the rise, seed weevils will soon begin to migrate into crops. If and when thresholds are...
Look beyond the can to maximise wild oat control
Growers should adopt an integrated approach to wild oat control this spring, with chemical and cultural control methods used in tandem to reduce...
Multiple herbicide actives needed to power up brome control
With brome infestations becoming more widespread, and ALS resistance confirmed in UK populations, cereal growers will need to use a selection of...
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...
Season One Show One: A Snowy Start
Date: 05/03/2018
Location: Strawson Ltd, Newark
Show Notes: We are extremely excited to launch our very first podcast show, A Snowy...