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  1. Trial Officer Barney

    Spring Barley!

    Hello! Given the spring weather conditions (🌦🌧🌦) did anyone managed to drill any spring barley in South Northumberland / Newcastle / Durham area? Looking for several fields for small, easy PGR testing trials. (Or anyone planning to drill?🤞) Any help would be much appreciated!
  2. Trial Officer Barney

    Winter Oats!

    The spraying will be done by me or one of my colleagues. As it is a crop safety trial, some treatments will have a higher dose rate than the recommended on the label, in this case, plots will need to be destroyed. In any case, generous compensation would be paid for the yield loss and for your...
  3. Trial Officer Barney

    Winter Oats!

    Hello Farmers, Does anyone have winter oat fields that I could use for crop safety trials? The size of the trials is between 0.15-0.2 hectares. Preferred locations Oxon, Bucks, Northants, Warwicks. - but any other options will be considered. Any help would be much appreciated!
  4. Trial Officer Barney

    Ryegrass/Brome/Wild Oat

    Hi! Looking for high-pressure sites of Ryegrass, Brome, or Wild Oat for herbicide trial purposes. Locations: the Midlands and/or the South regions (Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire) If interested, please send a PM. :)
  5. Trial Officer Barney

    Wheat pre em

    Does anyone have issues with Wild Oat? Looking for a potential winter wheat field to test some a.i. combination against wild oat. Let me know if you are interested and have a field in mind.
  6. Trial Officer Barney

    Help needed!

    Hi, I'm looking for a winter wheat field in the Northants, Cambridgeshire, Bucks, Beds, Warwicks area to conduct a fungicide trial. I'm specifically interested in fields with one of the following varieties: Elation, Skyscraper, Barrel, Bassett, Gravity, or Firefly. (or any other variety with a...
  7. Trial Officer Barney

    Spring Beans

    Did anyone had a problem with bean seed flies in spring beans or peas before? If so, can you tell me when you planted your crop and whether you used any methods to protect your plants?
  8. Trial Officer Barney

    Spring oats!

    I don't have the information - either it's new varieties or just comparing current varieties. - it would be client-coded labels. 🤷‍♂️
  9. Trial Officer Barney

    Spring oats!

    Actually, I'm a trialist and planning to set up a variety trial in spring oats in the East Midlands. Just wanted to do some research on what growers are usually going with regarding rate and sowing time.
  10. Trial Officer Barney

    Spring oats!

    Is anyone planning to grow spring oats? - when is the optimum drilling time? - what would be a good drilling rate?
  11. Trial Officer Barney

    How to rid Volunteer potatoes

    Did anyone spot some late blight on potatoes recently? I need to take several late blight samples for lab analysis ... (preferred locations Midlands / East Anglia / South of Yorkshire) Thank you!
  12. Trial Officer Barney

    Direct Drilling

    Does anyone planning to direct drill OSR in a fairly weedy (grass, broad-leaved) field and would like to host a small trial (600 m²), testing different concentrations and dose rates of Glyphosate? Preferred locations Oxfordshire / Gloucs / Bucks / Northants / Warwicks / Leicesterhsire / Notts...
  13. Trial Officer Barney

    Beet '22

    Has anyone had any issues in previous years with Cercospora Leaf Spot on Sugarbeet? ... is the fungicide program targeting Cercospora or the focus is only on mildew and rust?
  14. Trial Officer Barney

    Growing Triticale / Oats

    Thank you - I have sent a pm.
  15. Trial Officer Barney

    Growing Triticale / Oats

    Thank you - I have sent a pm.
  16. Trial Officer Barney

    Growing Triticale / Oats

    Hi 👋 I work as a field trialist and I'm searching for what seems to be a difficult crop this year. Is anyone growing winter Triticale or/and winter Oats that would go to harvest? The preferred location Midlands, the South East and West of the country. Please help if you know anyone! For more...
  17. Trial Officer Barney

    State of your crops -2022

    Does anyone grow winter triticale or/and winter oats in Northamptonshire (or Oxfordshire)? I would like to set up crop safety trials. For oats, it would be preferable a late drilled, just start of tillering (max. 2-3 tillers) crop. Please let me know if you are interested and I will get back...
  18. Trial Officer Barney

    Brome control in wheat

    Is anyone having a field highly infested with brome? Looking to do a herbicide trial in winter wheat (pre-em) against brome.
  19. Trial Officer Barney

    State of your crops?

    Searching for winter wheat fields for fungicide trials. Generous compensation (£700- £900) will be given for a small area ( max. 0.5 ha). What do you need to do as grower/sprayer operator? Simple, not to spray fungicide on the small trial plots. Preferred varieties Elation, Gravity, Barrel...
  20. Trial Officer Barney

    Chemical Price Tracker

    Searching for winter wheat fields for fungicide trials. Generous compensation (£700- £900) will be given for a small area ( max. 0.5 ha). What do you need to do as grower/sprayer operator? Simple, not to spray fungicide on the small trial plots. Preferred varieties Elation, Gravity, Barrel...
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