Cereal growers urged to follow tried and tested herbicide programmes this autumn
Corteva Agriscience says farmers growing winter cereal crops should persevere with early-season herbicide programmes wherever…
Browsing: Crops
Drop in processing planting leads to third smallest potato area
The total area planted with potatoes in Britain is the third lowest on record at…
Focus on peri-em applications to prolong grass weed control
Heavy rains that interrupted autumn drilling could also further compromise pre-emergence herbicide applications. Growers should…
Do not forget the threat of Phoma
Yorkshire-based trainee technical manager and agronomist, Chris Dickinson, provides support to customers and colleagues country-wide…
Time to diversify my portfolio
As many maybe considering, Joe Stanley plans to drop oilseed rape in favour of a…
Yukon spring bean lives up to its early-to-harvest promise
Yukon is a spring bean with the earliest ripening (9) on the 2020 PGRO Recommended…
Beware of higher than normal BYDV risk
The BYDV risk is likely to be elevated this season as a consequence of several…
Battle against blackgrass with Backrow this autumn
As growers contemplate earlier drilling as a result of last autumn’s washout, trouble could lie…
Against the grain: new paper reveals the overlooked health benefits of maize and wheat
Cereal crops like maize and wheat deserve greater consideration as part of a healthy, nutritious…
High-tech data confirm record poor harvest after year of extreme weather: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Scientific data confirm British farmers’ fears that this is the worst harvest for at least…