Weed & Pest Management News

Trials conducted by Richard Austin Agriculture have identified a natural alternative to fungicides to prevent cavity spot in carrots.  

Farming bosses worry about how the UK Pesticides National Action Plan (NAP) is going to be supported and delivered, especially without the SFI options.  

Agri-biotech company specialising in the next generation of green insecticides, Solasta Bio, has passed a major inflection point with two significant developments that accelerate its path to regulatory approval and commercialisation.

Crop protection company Adama said that this season farmers can make disease control easier with its broad-spectrum fungicide, Maxentis.  

Growers can enjoy yield increases and efficacy improvements on crops whilst reducing fungicide inputs, with interventions of natural biostimulant products from AminoA, the company says.

With winter wheat at a wide range of growth stages coming out of winter, extra care will be needed to manage crop development and disease pressure this spring, agronomy firm Farmacy warns.

Mitigate resistance risk with the use of different triazoles in early fungicide sprays, advises agronomist Mike Thornton of ProCam.  

Colour sorters could be the answer for ergot contamination in your crops, according to Perry of Oakley.

Opico launched new share options, a spot-spraying system and 0% finance package for Farmdroid’s FD20 weed-and-seed robot at LAMMA.

At a press briefing today (10th January 2025) the Weed Resistance Action Group (WRAG) announced that a glyphosate-resistant population of Italian ryegrass has been confirmed on a farm in Kent. This is the first field population of any weed to have glyphosate resistance in the UK.

Experts have just revealed that a specific gene appears to protect some fungal threats as they invade wheat. They said that disarming these defences could offer a pathway to keeping pathogens in check.

Introducing FMC’s newest herbicide active, Isoflex, experts explored the increasingly complex challenge of weed control. Sarah Kidby reports.