Slug control… choosing the most effective bait
While commercial molluscicides are currently limited to just one active ingredient, ferric phosphate, not all slug pellets are created equally,...
New cropping year, new challenges
It’s that time of year when everyone in the arable sector is starting to get ready for the new spraying season. Therefore, as has become customary...
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...
Autumn 2023 weed control... A look ahead from ADAMA's agronomy team
With the arable harvest underway – in between the showers, downpours, and thunderstorms – our regional agronomy team share their thoughts for the...
Chocolate spot and rust warning for bean growers
With the current spell of wet weather bringing an abrupt end to a long period of dry, almost drought-like conditions, growers need to take every...
Harvest Predictions 2024 - North West England
It has certainly been a challenging year for black-grass control in the west, but where residual herbicides were applied in the autumn, these have...
Harvest Predictions 2024 - West and South of England and Ireland
It has certainly been a challenging year for black-grass control in the west, but where residual herbicides were applied in the autumn, these have...
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...
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...
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,...