Major revisions to wheat yellow rust disease ratings
17th October 2016
Unusually high levels of wheat yellow rust, observed in AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) trials during 2016, have resulted in an early and major revision to disease ratings.
Optimise late drilling
17th October 2016
Select the right wheat for the late drilling slot to avoid unnecessary yield penalties. Where drilling has been delayed for either black-grass management, a second wheat situation or for those
Novel post-em black-grass chemistry launched
17th October 2016
A new post-emergence residual herbicide which can enhance black-grass control levels in winter wheat has been introduced this season.
Phoma threat despite Indian summer
17th October 2016
Despite September 2016 being warm growers are being advised to check OSR crops for phoma. The ‘Indian summer’ has seen much of the country bask in warm sunshine but there
Reflection delivers some excellent farm yields in its first year
17th October 2016
Harvest results from farms around England in 2016 have shown winter feed wheat variety Reflection delivered some impressive yields in its first year, despite a season of intense disease pressure,
The “extra benefit” in black-grass programmes
30th September 2016
Dr Paul Fogg, Crop Production Specialist for Frontier Agriculture Ltd says that herbicide programmes in trials this year generally worked well, but he acknowledged that the mild and wet winter
Protect OSR with tebuconazole at the first sign of LLS
30th September 2016
With light leaf spot infections able to significantly detract from oilseed rape yield potential, UK growers must be ready to act at the first sign of the disease this autumn.
Robust genetics withstand tough season
30th September 2016
Growers need to look behind the headline figures and fully understand the robustness of their wheat variety genetics, urges Ron Granger, arable technical manager with Limagrain UK. “This season we
Effective grass weed elimination for later drilled wheat
27th September 2016
The most effective elimination of black-grass and rye-grass immediately ahead of crop emergence is crucial in taking full advantage of the golden opportunity delayed wheat drilling offers in managing these
Harvest Results – 26th September
27th September 2016
Harvest Results are now available from 18 AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) spring barley trials.
Increase in field bean and combining pea areas
23rd September 2016
A significant 5% increase in the 2016 field bean area, plus a substantial 18% increase in the combining pea area in the Defra June Survey, underlines the fact that the
Hit black-grass hard in OSR
22nd September 2016
With such high levels of black-grass in oilseed rape crops this autumn, growers are being advised to use the most effective herbicides in sequence to get on top of the
