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...
Rising temperature sparks warning to scout for seed weevil
With air temperatures slowly, and at last, starting to settle into a slightly warmer pattern, growers should be on the lookout for the arrival of...
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...
Spring 2022 round-up: around the regions with ADAMA’s agronomy team
With warmer weather hopefully not too far away, we talk to ADAMA’s regional agronomy team to find out how the spring drilling season progressed,...
Post-emergence protection protocols
With wheat drilling well underway in many parts of the country, Dr Bill Lankford, ADAMA’s herbicide technical specialist, turns his attention to...
Product update removes varietal restrictions
ADAMA has announced that its unique triple-active herbicide, TOWER, has had an upgrade making it suitable for use on all currently available...
Wild oat control… this season’s hot TOPIK
In addition to the use of cultural controls to reduce wild oat infestations, an appropriate herbicide should be used to spray off the worst...
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...
Crowd control in OSR
Volunteer cereals present a significant problem in many crops, but are particularly troublesome when oilseed rape drilling is delayed: their large...
Protecting OSR with pre-emergence herbicide applications
Pre-emergence herbicide applications are still the most effective way of getting weed control off to the best possible start in new oilseed rape...