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...
Powering up early season weed control in wheat
With the drilling window for winter wheat just around the corner, it’s the ideal time to consider how best to maximise the efficacy of pre-...
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...
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...
Act swiftly and safely to protect valuable crops from pest attacks
With rapeseed and cereal prices continuing to remain strong, it will pay to protect crops from pest damage this season.
Be vigilant to keep BYDV in check
Following the loss of neonicotinoid seed treatments, cereal growers must change the way they control barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV), with...
Season One Show Three: The hottest summer for years
Date: 13/09/18
Location: Home Farm, Swaffham
Show notes: Our Technical Specialists, David Roberts (Herbicides) and Andy Bailey (...
Slug watch… getting ready for action
With Autumn on the horizon, our attention turns to minimising the impact that slug damage can have on young crops.
Pellet palatability promotes persistent performance
While commercial molluscicides are currently limited to just one active ingredient, ferric phosphate, not all slug pellets are created equally,...
Ramularia control in barley
With ramularia displaying increased insensitivity to azole and SDHI chemistries, plus confirmed resistance to strobilurins, UK growers must...