Register for Lodi UK’s grain storage pest protection training webinar
15th April 2021
Agricultural pest control company, Lodi UK, will host their first ever webinar to advise growers, agronomists, and pest controllers on the latest best practice on effective grain store pest protection.
Metaldehyde guidelines must be followed, urges MSG
1st March 2021
Report from water companies prompts call to growers to follow best practice stewardship guidelines for metaldehyde, despite the upcoming withdrawal of the active.
Arable industry joins together to fight cabbage stem flea beetle
5th February 2021
A cross-industry taskforce is calling for UK oilseed rape growers to join an ambitious on-farm monitoring and trials programme in the war against cabbage stem flea beetle.
FEB 2021
Temperature – more important than moisture?
5th February 2021
Pest control expert and Dealey managing director Martin Cobbald says when it comes to insect pests, temperature is key.
Excessive levels of metaldehyde continue to be detected in water courses this winter
6th January 2021
Wet weather throughout the autumn created ideal conditions for slugs. The challenging conditions have also meant that farmers have struggled to get winter wheat drilled. But the wet weather has delivered a double whammy, causing excessive water run-off in some areas.
Cereal farm trials to focus on IPM for harvest 2021
30th October 2020
Harvest 2021 trials at AHDB Strategic Cereal Farms will focus on the prevention, detection and control of pests, weeds and diseases – key components of integrated pest management (IPM).
Surprise rodenticide resistance results prompt alert to farmers
22nd October 2020
Farmers are advised that the spread of rodenticide resistance rats has taken a “surprising and troubling” turn, according to Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use chairman Dr Alan Buckle.
Light leaf spot risk lowest for several years, according to forecast
16th October 2020
AHDB’s light leaf spot preliminary forecast shows that the disease risk to winter oilseed rape (OSR) ranks among the lowest recorded in recent years.
Independent trials recognise best performing and most consistent bio-stimulants
15th October 2020
Independent trials conducted in drought prone soils, comparing the performance of commonly used bio-stimulants on Skyfall winter wheat with a 50% fungicide programme, have found AminoA FLO to be one of the best performing and most consistent bio-stimulants in the study.
Count the days to CSFB larvae control
8th October 2020
Oilseed rape growers and agronomists can now calculate the optimum timing to target cabbage stem flea beetle larvae hatch, with the chance to limit stem infestation.
AHDB forecast shows early onset of phoma in oilseed rape
2nd October 2020
Some winter oilseed rape may already have 10% of the crop showing phoma symptoms and may need treating, according to AHDB’s forecast for the disease.
Hold nerve with blackgrass infested fields
25th September 2020
Continue to hold off drilling winter wheat fields where blackgrass is a worry until early October where possible, or mid-October in the worst fields, says agronomy firm ProCam.
