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...
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...
How metamitron keeps sugar beet ahead of weeds
A sequenced herbicide programme which includes a range of different active ingredients is the best strategy when it comes to reducing weed...
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...
Maximising sugar beet weed control with post-emergence treatments
For sugar beet crops which didn’t receive a pre-emergence herbicide treatment – either due to the wet conditions which have prevented travelling,...
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...
Controlling tier two weeds
As well as the constant battle to control the more prevalent weeds such as black-grass, ryegrass and annual meadow grass, arable growers also need...
Harvest Predictions 2024 - South England
Grassweed control has been very variable in the South West, with some unexpected patches of black-grass and ryegrass appearing throughout the...
Tackling wild oats
Wild oats are one of the UK’s most competitive grass weeds, with one plant per square metre holding the potential to reduce winter cereal yields...
Be clear of crop protection rules to avoid falling foul of the transition from winter to spring
With arable growers in the UK rushing to make up for lost drilling time, it’s easy to forget that 31st January marks the last official day of the...