Guidance highlights fragile nature of pyrethroids
Guidelines for the management of insecticide resistance in several key UK crops have been updated…
Browsing: Agronomy
Call for clarity after EU ruling on gene-edited crops
Leading scientific institutions including the John Innes Centre are today calling for the Government to…
Early egg count results indicate a relatively low wheat bulb fly risk
Initial egg count results from the AHDB autumn wheat bulb fly (WBF) survey suggest it…
BYDV threat grows with mild autumn conditions
With the imminent loss of clothianidin (Deter/Redigo Deter) seed dressing much of the UK’s autumn…
Trials shed light on take-all in barley
Recent trial results measuring the effect of various inputs on crop health, nutrition, take-all incidence…
Minimise flea beetle damage
A hot summer and earlier than usual harvest has meant that oilseed rape establishment has…
UK farmers given support for seasonal labour with new pilot scheme
A two-year pilot to support UK farmers by allowing non-EU migrant workers to work on…
Nitrogen fixation engineering in cereal crops moves a step closer
A new way of engineering nitrogen fixation has been discovered by a UK-China research team,…
New cases of lettuce Fusarium wilt confirmed
New outbreaks of lettuce Fusarium wilt have been confirmed at sites in Lancashire and Ireland,…
Five-point plan offers guidance for delaying autumn wheat drilling
Think before rushing in to drill winter wheat after the early harvest and now we’ve…