Top yields despite highest ever levels of TuYV
21st August 2019
Turnip Yellows Virus (TuYV) incidence in OSR has reached its highest level ever this season; but yields are protected by genetic resistance.
KWS Orwell yields well
21st August 2019
After an impressive performance that will be remembered as “one of the best crops of winter barley we’ve grown”, Ben Hipperson’s KWS Orwell has left helped ensure harvest 2019 proves to be another successful year.
Application deadline looming for metaldehyde reduction funding
21st August 2019
Farmers in the Severn Trent region have only got until 15 September 2019 to sign up to receive rewards of up to £5/ha for reducing metaldehyde levels in watercourses.
Bridgeway boosts OSR potential
20th August 2019
Biostimulants could provide a much-needed solution to give crops that extra boost during establishment.
Careful planning to help prevent herbicide moving to water courses
15th August 2019
The Voluntary Initiative, an industry led programme which promotes responsible use of pesticides, has highlighted five key actions where careful planning by farmers and their agronomists can make a tangible difference in preventing five oilseed rape herbicides from reaching water courses.
Harvest Results show winter barley yields close to 5-year average
13th August 2019
The average treated yield of winter barley control varieties of (9.98t/ha) is close to the five-year average (10.02t/ha), reports AHDB.
Don’t be hasty ruling oilseed rape out of rotations
8th August 2019
Don’t be too hasty dropping winter oilseed rape (WOSR) from rotations based on short-term performance, says Mike Thornton, head of crop production for leading agronomy firm, ProCam.
Farmers move to improve pre-em applications
5th August 2019
A quarter of UK farmers have made changes to their spraying operations to get better performance from pre-emergence herbicide applications.
Harvest Results continue to show above-average winter barley yields
2nd August 2019
Harvest Results from six AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) winter barley trials sites (Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Glamorgan, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire and the Scottish Borders) have been published.
Wrestling with wild oats
2nd August 2019
In the final column in our series on integrated controls to manage the ‘big five’ grass weeds, Barrie Hunt turns his attention to wild oats.
Organic producers can now benefit from approved biostimulants
31st July 2019
Organic farmers can now make use of two unique biostimulants to improve crop health and productivity, following their approval by Organic Farmers & Growers.
Metaldehyde slug pellet ban overturned following legal challenge
31st July 2019
In an unprecedented move, the decision by the former Secretary of State for the Environment to ban metaldehyde slug pellet products has been declared unlawful.
