Arable News

Newly introduced to the UK by Sipcam for the 2017 season, Perseo is a combination of chlorothalonil and azoxystrobin for disease control in cereals at growth stages T0–T3. Trial results

As farmers begin to think about their spring spraying programmes they are being encouraged to sign up for BeeConnected, a new way for farmers to inform beekeepers of their intention

Reports of cleavers coming through early autumn herbicide applications plus the likelihood of thistles and mayweeds add up to a need for a targeted post-emergence herbicide to tidy crops up

The English area of oilseed rape, as at 1 December 2016, is estimated at 538Kha. This is 1% lower than the total (winter and spring) harvested area in 2016 (543Kha), reports AHDB.

After poor winter barley yields, the scene is set for spring barley to rise in popularity. This means growers will be thinking about establishment strategies, fungicide programmes, and how to deal with the challenges ahead.

Farmers and sprayer operators need to ensure that applications of carbetamide are applied by the latest application date of 28th February advises the Voluntary Initiative (VI). The current mild and

Growers are better equipped than before to deal with outbreaks of diamondback moth (DBM), as baselines for their susceptibility to chemical control have now been identified. But the UK industry

Growers are choosing several different wheat varieties in order to spread risk and increase their chances of maximising gross margin potential, but many of them are mildew susceptible. Therefore to

The commonly used insecticide deltamethrin has been undergoing a new review process that sees its Maximum Residue Level (MRL) reduced in some crops. The legislation change was announced on 13th

Focus on lower market risk opportunities in your spring cropping and secure your outlets as early as possible this season, advises Agrii.

Mutated UK net blotch isolates that are less sensitive to succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor (SDHI) fungicides have been detected at high enough frequencies to raise concerns about efficacy. The discovery was

Results of a new survey suggest that more than two thirds of farmers think a T0 fungicide in winter wheat has become more important now than five years ago. Carried