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...
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...
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...
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...
Powering-Up sugar beet weed control
With sugar beet prices up significantly compared to last year – by as much as 50% where growers are willing to commit to producing a crop in 2023...
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...
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...
Powering up post-emergence weed control in sugar beet
Where wet spring conditions have hampered the timely application of pre-emergence herbicides, sugar beet growers will need to ensure they apply an...
Protecting each new leaf: wheat treatments at T1.5
For most UK growers, the first half of spring 2023 has been a frustratingly wet affair, with the damp conditions complementing the winter’s mild...
Power-up sugar beet weed control to protect investment in crops
With sugar beet prices up significantly compared to last year – by as much as 50% where growers are willing to commit to producing a crop in 2023...