Arable Views – ‘Your own marketing department’

Openfield chief, James Dallas provides Farmers Guide with an overview of what the UK’s largest farmer-owned grain marketing co-operative can do for its members.

7 steps to control black-grass after harvest

  The summer months are a critical time for black-grass control and while the main focus is on yield and crop quality, Bayer is reminding growers to keep an eye

Changes to sulphur guidance recommended

Sulphur (S) experiments conducted on winter oilseed rape (WOSR) have revealed that current recommendations only require a small adjustment and not the significant uplift anticipated by some, reports AHDB. The

Balancing grass weed and OSR volunteer management needs

Cultivation immediately after harvesting has become standard practice for growers wanting the best control of problem grass weeds ahead of winter cereal drilling, but it’s about the worst thing they can do after oilseed rape.

Harvest Results – Winter Barley (16-7-18)

Harvest Results from two AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) winter barley trial sites (Lincolnshire and Suffolk) have been published.

Get ready to apply Avadex granules

Gowan Crop Protection, the marketing company for Avadex Excel 15G, is asking farmers and contractors to get its application machinery ready to go, in order to satisfy the anticipated increase

Strong early vigour sees Limagrain conventional OSR variety find favour in Angus

There has been a long running debate on the merits of hybrid versus conventional oilseed rape varieties, particularly in the harsher conditions of northern England and Scotland. For one Central

Oilseed rape area up

The oilseed rape area for harvest 2018 in England and Scotland has increased slightly compared with last year, according to AHDB’s 2018 Planting and Variety Survey.

Know your varieties’ key agronomic strengths

Disease and grass weed management should be key drivers of wheat variety choice for many growers in 2018

Time fungicides to keep canopies disease-free

Protecting sugar beet crop canopies will be key to helping backward crops make the most of late-season sunshine

Agronomy Update – July 2018

Mid-June and many of Sam Patchett’s crops have caught-up remarkably well from the late spring

Field focus – July 2018

Nottinghamshire agronomist Andrew Wells reflects on what has been a manic season so far

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