Use T1 spray wisely to get wheat fungicide programmes back on track
13th April 2018
Wheat growers and agronomists should ensure as much as possible that their T1 spray timings are spot on this season after weeks of exceptionally wet weather forced some wheat growers
Beet industry celebrates record yields
9th April 2018
The 2017/18 sugar beet campaign came to a close just before Easter and the British beet sugar industry is celebrating record yields from the crop, says British Sugar. 8.9m tonnes
Keep on track with T1 sprays
9th April 2018
Keep winter wheat T1 sprays at GS32 urges Bayer’s’Tim Nicholson after many T0s were abandoned or applied late following cool and wet weather through much of March. He says the
New nematicide e-learning course launched
9th April 2018
The potato industry is being urged to take part in a free interactive e-learning course on best practice nematicide usage that has been launched by the NSP and ARTIS. With
Don’t give up on pulse drilling
3rd April 2018
As we move into April there will be many who are now significantly behind in their spring sowing campaign, the prolonged cold having been succeeded by continuing wet soil conditions,
Spring spraying advice as crops get moving at last
3rd April 2018
With the T0 timing approaching rapidly, there are good reasons not to be tempted to miss the first fungicide spray, says Chris Bean, technical director of Zantra. Septoria is easy
Be ready for planting potatoes once conditions change
3rd April 2018
Despite the cold, wet conditions and a delayed start to the potato planting season, potato agronomist Denis Buckley advises growers not to panic yet and keep to their original plans.
A quarter of UK septoria isolates carry SDHI mutations
29th March 2018
According to early season monitoring work co-funded by AHDB, 26 per cent of all isolates gathered and tested carried an SDHI mutation.
New blight strain requires fresh approach to control
27th March 2018
Blight control strategies will have to change this season if potato growers are to combat the spread of a new aggressive, fungicide-insensitive/ resistant strain of the disease, an agronomy firm says.
Pollen beetle migration starts in Scotland
27th March 2018
84% of the UK weather stations (69 of 83) monitored by the Bayer Pollen Beetle Predictor have now had weather conducive to suggest pollen beetle migration has started. This week
Yellow rust still a threat despite cold weather
23rd March 2018
Wheat growers are advised to include some yellow rust-active chemistry in their T0 applications, particularly when treating high risk varieties, even though recent heavy frosts appear to have damped down
New disease control option for barley
21st March 2018
A major new weapon in the fight against yield-robbing cereal disease, which was launched mainly into wheat last season, is having its launch ramped up this year to bring its
