Wheat growers have a new opportunity to boost crop health from germination onwards by making use of ‘beneficial side effects’ of latest fungicide technology.

Stuart Woods has won the overall title of Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year, awarded at Sprays & Sprayers.

Chocolate spot can now be found at low levels in most field bean crops, and the current pattern of unsettled weather could see an aggressive increase in disease levels

Biocontrols offer an exciting new potential for crop protection. Farmers Weekly explored the future in the latest Farming Futures lecture, which you can catch up on now.

Winter wheat growers are being urged not to compromise T3 ear fungicide sprays and timings after rain events in May, even if not long since applying the previous T2 spray.

Bruchid beetle are set to start egg laying in winter bean pods as temperatures rise - larvae damage will cut yields and hit the value of beans for the export market.

Early aphid pest activity this season threatens to spread TuYV in young brassica crops. Growers will need to be alert to the risk and manage spray programmes accordingly.

Continued frosty nights will be causing a problem in flowering oilseed rape crops with some early pod abortion on the flowering raceme. With most crops, especially outside the...

With many potato crops starting to emerge, Syngenta's renowned BlightCast is set to go live on April 24 for the 2017 season - including a new forecast for risks based on...