Use data to select optimum variety
27th January 2020
A new free selection guide from LG Seeds will help farmers identify the most suitable maize variety and help increase the return on investment in the crop.
Potato herbicide Titus back in Corteva stable
24th January 2020
Corteva Agriscience will be marketing the renowned post-emergence herbicide Titus in 2020, bringing the product back inside the company that developed it more than 20 years ago.
Corteva to launch Korvetto herbicide
21st January 2020
Farmers growing winter oilseed rape will have a new broadleaf weed herbicide at their disposal this spring in Korvetto from Corteva Agriscience.
Hit mildew early in late-drilled winter wheat crops
21st January 2020
Powdery mildew infection can be particularly severe in late-drilled winter wheat and growers may need to consider a specific fungicide at the T0 spray timing to limit its impact on yield this spring.
Top tips when ‘over-yearing’ winter seed
15th January 2020
Cereal growers having to carry over unused winter cereal seed from this season’s washout winter into next season must take adequate steps to protect its viability, says ProCam seed manager, Lee Harker.
Revystar XE receives UK authorisation for wide use on cereal crops
10th January 2020
The much anticipated new cereal fungicide, Revystar XE, has received authorisation in the UK for use on all cereal crops.
Increased seed choice for sugar beet growers
31st December 2019
Sugar beet breeder KWS and the joint Seed Working Group of British Sugar and NFU Sugar have reached an agreement that extends the seed offering to growers.
Exciting new additions to PGRO Recommended List
28th December 2019
Continued investment in pulses has seen two new additions to the 2020-21 PGRO Recommended List from breeders Limagrain UK.
Product efficacy and best practice is key for future slug control
23rd December 2019
In East Anglia, the establishment of healthy rape crops in order to withstand flea beetle damage is of paramount importance and growers’ investment in a sustainable and effective slug control strategy has been critical.
IPM must be part of the narrative
20th December 2019
Integrated pest management, or IPM, is nothing new but it’s critical that farmers can demonstrate how and when they are using it, delegates were told in the opening address at December’s AHDB Agronomists’ Conference. Dominic Kilburn writes.
Survey gives 2020 vision into wheat disease woes
20th December 2019
Controlling the UK’s number one wheat disease of Septoria; the loss of multi-site fungicide chlorothalonil; having fewer fungicide active ingredients in general; and control of yellow rust.
Managing late drilled wheat crops
20th December 2019
Where drilling of winter wheat has been delayed, the crop nutrition strategy should be adapted to help recover the lost yield potential.
