Are early insecticide programmes required this year?
With this winter’s exceptionally mild conditions allowing insect populations to escalate unchecked, oilseed rape growers…
Browsing: Crop Protection
Watch Out! for illegal pesticides
As farmers start to get back out onto their fields for spring spraying it’s important…
BASF crop protection pipeline valued at 3 billion
BASF now projects its crop protection pipeline to achieve peak sales of 3 billion for…
BASF to refocus plant biotechnology research
As part of its regular portfolio review, BASF is refocusing its plant biotechnology research portfolio…
Regulate wheat growth to combat after effects of mild winter
With a large percentage of over-wintered wheat crops looking extremely advanced, many agronomists are advising…
Straightforward septoria advice available online
A new cereal disease guide, which outlines the fungicide options available for the effective management…
Ramularia resistance ratings issued for winter barley
Ramularia resistance ratings for winter barley varieties have been published for the first time by…
Mild winter spells danger from increased weed pressure
With the winter’s exceptionally mild conditions continuing to dominate UK weather patterns, pea and bean…
Wet soils and heavy rain increase risks to water
The wet weather in December and January has left fields very wet and there is…
Don’t quite shut the gate yet there are potentially five more weeks to apply Kerb or ASTROKerb
With the warm, wet and windy autumn so far, growers have been struggling to find…