Forward OSR crops will need careful management
Oilseed rape crops across the UK are generally leafier than usual and many will require…
Browsing: Agronomy
Committee chair calls for govt to reverse brexit chemical plans
The chair of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has called on the government…
Macron backtracks on glyphosate
President Emmanuel Macron said that France will exempt farmers from a glyphosate ban if there…
First report in decades of a forgotten crop pathogen
Scientists, breeders, farmers and conservation groups must continue to work in close collaboration to prepare…
Collaborative project to improve forecasting of UK’s most important potato pest
A team of Harper Adams University researchers; Dr Matthew Back, Dr Ivan Grove and Bill…
Spring wheat weed control boosted by new approval
Spring wheat growers have a new weed killer at their disposal this season after Dow…
Another resistance, this time rodenticides, for farmers to deal with
Just when farmers are getting the hang of rodenticide stewardship rules, introduced mid-2016, a new…
Top tips to manage fungicide resistance in septoria
Top management tips to help slow fungicide resistance in septoria have been issued as part…
More consistent vine weevil control from the high quality formulation, Nemasys L
New experimental work has confirmed that Nemasys L (Steinernema kraussei) provides better control of black…
Alternative spring barley treatment option key to controlling seed-borne diseases
Spring barley growers will be turning to new single purpose seed treatments in future following…