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...
Season Two Show Two: Spring is in the air (along with an impressive fighter plane!)
Date: 07/05/19
Location: Grange Farm, Abbots Ripton, Nr Huntingdon
Show notes: Andy Bailey and David Roberts are in Abbots Ripton with...
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...
Harvest Predictions 2024 - East of England
Black-grass control has been a bit hit and miss in the eastern half of the UK this year. Where pre-emergence and/or post-emergence herbicides were...
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...
Power-up disease control to protect cereal returns
Despite a recent dip in cereal prices, the value of 2023’s harvest is predicted to remain relatively buoyant compared to previous years. It will...
Protecting OSR with pre-emergence herbicide applications
With time marching quickly onwards, it won’t be many weeks until the first oilseed rape of the new cropping cycle is being drilled.
With...
A wet start... a round up from our Senior Agronomy Managers
Well, it’s certainly been a wet winter for most growers. In fact, the UK has experienced its 11th wettest winter since records began in 1836.
Beating brome with a barrage of herbicide actives
With brome infestations becoming more widespread, and ALS resistance confirmed in UK populations, cereal growers will need to use an array of...