New research by NIAB is set to help growers and agronomists make more effective decisions on spring grassweed herbicide application timing and treatments.
The winter wheat and winter oat plots received there T1s on 28/04/22 with some disease starting to develop. T2s are currently planned for week commencing 23/05/22 with the poten...
Arable growers can now quickly calculate the financial implications and potential gains from entering long-term environmental schemes for their individual farm.
Four new cereal varieties, the importance of resilient varieties in uncertain times, and a focus on rooting to access soil nutrients in the wake of high fertiliser prices.
Arable growers can now quickly calculate the financial implications and potential gains from entering long-term environmental schemes for their individual farm.
Bean growers are being warned that downy mildew is highly prevalent in crops this season. The disease is even hitting winter bean plants at levels that would warrant treatment...
The winter wheat and winter oat plots received there T1s on 28/04/22 with some disease starting to develop. T2s are currently planned for week commencing 23/05/22 with the...
New research by NIAB is set to help growers and agronomists make more effective decisions on spring grassweed herbicide application timing and treatments.
With maize crops so susceptible to weed competition for light, moisture and nutrients, an effective season-long herbicide strategy is essential, advises Joe Bagshaw.
For improved potato blight control new designs of angled 90% drift reduction nozzles offer the potential to improve spray penetration throughout the crop canopy, and performed...
Potato growers now recognise high temperatures as the greatest threat of the key abiotic stresses. Research has highlighted that while 40% of potato growers currently see...
Farmers should be looking to utilise the benefits of environmental habitats, including Green Headlands, to host beneficial insects as a part of new integrated pest management (...
New research is revealing the science behind biostimulants that can trigger the plant’s own natural processes and enable it to better cope with abiotic stress factors.
Spring is well and truly here, and spring barley drilling is well underway with many first nitrogen applications already applied. With current buoyant prices, particularly for...
Following plenty of rain, and cold wintery spells in March and early April, spring barley drilling is well underway in Scotland, and whilst there is still moisture in the...
Oat growers have a major new fungicide option for 2022, with the SDHI + triazole fungicide Elatus Era (benzovindiflupyr + prothioconazole) now approved for use on the crop.
Spring is well and truly here, and spring barley drilling is well underway with many first nitrogen applications also applied. With current buoyant prices, particularly for...
This season's seed offers with Syngenta's Operation Pollinator give a great value option to enhance farm biodiversity and ecological features that can fit with...
Drilling got off to an early start in some parts of England this year, and stretched through from as early as December through to April. In this time there has been plenty of...
Official heatwave thresholds have been increased, to reflect the trend to warming climate. The increase has ben greatest in eastern and central regions.
New in-depth research at the University of Nottingham has given an insight in to how the biostimulant Quantis acts inside the potato plant, to make it better able to withstand...
