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    Is this land a no go?

    If that's the case then you are receiving your neighbour's run off. A ditch between you and them would be a good start . When you get chance to look round , look for evidence of where water leaves the field and if it can be improved . Culverts get blocked by neglect. As everyone else says ...
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    Chemical Price Tracker

    Buy it. I have no doubt that it will go up more as the season progresses. On grassland though, some of Dow's formulated mixes may look better value now.
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    Cover crop destruction

    Full rate Kyleo doesn't deliver enough glyphosate so you need to add another litre of 360 gm product to get the job done. .Even Nufarm admit that it needs more active to burn off a thick sward. The 2,4D part will be pretty useless when the temperature is in single figures. I guess that you...
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    Chemical Price Tracker

    The timings of the review of the old chemistry and the development of new stuff is entirely coincidental. Instead of questioning the motives just be grateful that Revsol is on the horizon because the discovery of new actives that can meet all the new commercial and legislative demands has...
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    Wanted sheep electric fencing equipment

    What are you looking for and where are you? Give us a bit of help by explaining what you are aiming to do, please. Are you starting up with nowt or diversifying?
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    British sugar leaving it late

    If they are only going to process 80 or 90% of what they could handle, why spend more money on improving efficiency unless you see a big expansion of area in the near future. BS say they are committed to retaining all their factories but Newark has always had rumours about it's lifespan. The...
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    OSR herbicides

    Its like showbiz-sometimes the old ones are the best. But if Ned has already drilled and the weeds are coming through, it's too late anyway.
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    OSR herbicides

    You could try Devrinol +/- clomazone BUT it's pre-em and you are pretty much stuffed for following crops if the OSR doesnt establish a high enough plant count.
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    Chemical Price Tracker

    https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09605067/insolvency Harvest Agrochemicals has been declared insolvent, so it looks like BASF will have to go whistle.
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    Thistlex and sheep

    My thoughts as well. If you're going to spray it off with glyphosate, why not just use MCPA now?
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    Grass seeding conundrum.

    Forefront involves too much faffing with stewardship IMO and will kill any clover present AND probably harm any clover seedlings from the resending. If weeds are a problem a cheap and cheerful MCPA or 24D +fluroxypyr mix will be more cost effective. Looking at the terrain though,its quad bike...
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    Thistlex and sheep

    I've done lots of knapsack spraying with sheep in the field and never had one die on me. There's always a first time, I suppose but I have also had other agronomists tell stories about farmers using tractor mounted sprayers and lifting the booms higher so they pass over the top of sheep...
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    Chemical Price Tracker

    There were some poor quality 250 gm formulations in the early days which is why Adama stuck with 200gm.
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    Chemical Price Tracker

    Nufarm Thrust @ 2.5 lt/ha plus 1 lt/ha fluroxypyr should do a pretty good job. If you want a cheaper job do fluroxypyr @ 1.5 plus a couple of litres of MCPA. Can't use MCPA through a knapsack.
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    Chemical Price Tracker

    I think that Zhong was making the point that as a parallel, it should be sourced from within the EU.
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    Chemical Price Tracker

    Up to a point that's about how most end users view approvals. But legally speaking, Legara is a parallel not a generic.
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    Chemical Price Tracker

    If the price of all CTL goes up to Bravo level then mancozeb will come into play. Two things to note- don't be tempted to cut rates of mancozeb - it's already less efficacious than CTL. The DF is just as effective as the flowable so if you are keen on cost cutting that's the way to go. Septoria...
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    Chemical Price Tracker

    Mancozeb is roughly 15%-20% less effective than CTL. Probably more useful at T0 or T1 or if pressure is lower due to dry weather or if you are in the Eastern counties. Folpet is the least effective of the three multisite products.
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    Are you planning to use Atlantis WG in 2018?

    Nemo is a PARALLEL IMPORT NOT A GENERIC. If you want to check look at the CRD website. Plenty of people in the trade cant tell a generic from a parallel so I expect even fewer farmers understand the fundamental differences let alone the nuances. Reverse engineering of formulations is not unique...
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    MEP vote on glyphosate

    Are you sure that Reglone ie diquat will be around for much longer? http://www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/2017/07/19/potato-desiccation-burning-question-diquat/
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