Arable News

Lincolnshire farmers and growers have the opportunity to learn how to get the best from their pre-emergence herbicide applications, with a series of spray application meetings dedicated to achieving better

Key independent bodies and industry companies in the UK have joined forces to promote best practice to help ensure the continued availability and efficacy of glyphosate-based herbicide products. The European

With the 2018 ‘slug pellet season’ rapidly approaching, Adama says that it is once again providing free placebo pellets to enable growers to calibrate their spreaders without the need to

Up-and-coming malting barley varieties, Craft and Fairing, have been promoted to Full Approval on the newly-released Malting Barley Committee (MBC) Approved List for harvest 2019. This is excellent news and

With the discovery of the fluazinam tolerant strain 37_A2 in UK potatoes last year, this will mean a rethink of blight control programmes, says Dr Reuben Morris, Crop Production Specialist

Spring cereals across much of the UK could again be at high risk from Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) infection, agronomy firm Hutchinsons warns. Late drilling due to poor weather

Wheat growers should be prepared to make changes to their T2 applications if spray schedules have been disrupted by the cold, wet spring. With septoria levels already higher than expected

Adama has released the second episode of its podcast aimed at providing UK arable farmers and agronomists with the latest crop protection news and advice. Episode Two of the ‘ArableAware’

A new broad-leaved herbicide deigned to overcome the growing threat of resistant populations of poppy in UK cereal fields has been unveiled by Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture division of DowDuPont.

The benefits of variable drilling for establishing an even crop are more evident than ever this spring claims Sally Morris, agronomist with agronomy firm Farmacy.  The tough winter and challenging

Bayer’s new herbicide for use in potatoes has impressed in trials giving good control of a broad range of weeds, says the company. The new herbicide which Bayer is hoping

Oilseed rape in many northern areas is expected to be at very high risk from light leaf spot this spring, so crops must be fully protected throughout the crucial flowering