Confident in your OSR drilling date?
24th August 2016
With the later start to the season experienced by growers this year and unpredictable weather, harvest is running late for many. The knock-on effect is that oilseed rape (OSR) drilling
Pesti-wise initiative shows early success
22nd August 2016
A voluntary scheme between a water company and farmers targeted at specific river catchment areas, has significantly reduced the levels of metaldehyde and other pesticides in river waters. Pesti-wise is
Zero tolerance approach to black-grass vital
22nd August 2016
Arable farmers in East Anglia have been battling black-grass for a number of years, but it is perhaps more important now to adopt a zero-tolerance strategy on black-grass to safeguard winter wheat and oilseed rape crop production.
Harvest Results – 22nd August
22nd August 2016
Harvest results for the first three AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) winter wheat trials report average yields of 10.57t/ha, which is very close to the five-year average of 10.59t/ha.
Switch to KWS Lili raises appeal of UK wheat abroad
22nd August 2016
As analysts in France revise down their expectations for the country’s milling wheat harvest, UK traders are eyeing export opportunities to North Africa. The extent of the UK’s ability to
High disease pressure year suits verticillium wilt
17th August 2016
The AICC has detected significant levels of verticillium wilt on varieties at its trial sites in Suffolk and Sussex. The infection scores provide a graphic illustration of the different resistance
Fast desiccation cuts tuber blight spread
17th August 2016
With blight endemic in this season’s potato crops means growers and agronomists will have to pay greater attention to fast desiccation this season, to minimise infection spread to tubers, warns
Harvest Results – 15th August
16th August 2016
Winter barley yields are still low but improving after 14 trials, reports AHDB.
Molecular soil test for clubroot pathogen
11th August 2016
The PGRO is now offering a rapid molecular test for the detection of the brassica clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae in the soil. “PGRO has launched the first commercial test from its new Molecular
Autumn warning on light leaf spot
10th August 2016
It might sound a bit early to start thinking of autumn disease control strategies but that is what growers are being advised to do after high levels of light leaf
Harvest Results – 9th August 2016
9th August 2016
The first oilseed rape harvest results show that this year’s yields are nearly 0.5t/ha down on the four-year average.
Monitor flea beetle risk in OSR
5th August 2016
ADAS has published its latest Crop Action issue with advice to oilseed rape growers regarding the potential threat of cabbage stem flea beetle (csfb) this autumn: A discussed in a previous issue
