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  1. Farm Business RSS

    Fine tuning strategies to achieve successful crop desiccation

    Written by John Swire from Farm Business Following their first full season of diquat free desiccation, and potentially armed with greater knowledge gleaned from “real” non-trial conditions without a diquat safety net, many potato growers should now have an even better understanding of what it...
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    • Forum: News, PR, Shows and Events
  2. Agriland RSS

    Desiccating potato crops: What are the options in 2021?

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland With diquat no longer available (Northern Ireland or Republic of Ireland), Irish potato growers will have no option but to look at other crop desiccation options over the coming weeks. This issue was the focus of a farm demonstration, hosted by the...
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    • aphids application blight desiccation diquat disease flail harvesting herbicide mounted nitrogen organic potato potatoes rainfall seed spraying tillage tuber
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    • Forum: News, PR, Shows and Events
  3. V

    Winter barley v spring barley

    I’ve 30 acres been in permanent grass for years needing freshened up. Given feed price and straw prices I’m thinking I should put some barley in and produce something of my own. My thoughts on winter v spring is I will have crop off far earlier than spring stuff to get a reseed put in plus my...
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    • aphids application baling barley bedding beet boom bydv cattle cereals cultivations cultivator drilling drought fertility fodder forage fungicide grass grass weed herbicide insecticide lely malting nitrogen osr pgr pre-em rainfall reseed roundup seed sheep soil test spraying stubble triticale urea valtra weed control wheat winter wheat yielding yields
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Cropping
  4. Col555

    Hoverfly Larvae

    Does anyone else get an annual plague of hoverfly larve around cubicles from the slats and slurry store, and has anyone a good idea how to stop or kill them. The little buggers seem to wriggle themselves big distances into the robot rooms and onto the cubicle beds. Lime on the beds doesn’t...
  5. Bigjon44

    T3

    Anyone warrant doing a T3 this year? Growing skyfall and is a bit of yellow rust around so may do a cheapo one involving Tebuconazole
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    • adexar agronomy aphids application ascra barley beans biostimulant brown rust direct drilling disease disease resistance drift drilling drought elatus fertiliser foliar forage fungicide fungicides fusarium gleam grass grass weed groundswell herbicide insurance kws linseed manganese nitrogen peas pgr podstick poppy regenerative agriculture resilient revystar roots rust seed septoria sprayer spraying storm stress t0 t1 t2 teb tebuconazole univoq varieties variety wheat winter wheat yellow rust yielding yields
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    • Forum: Cropping
  6. CPM RSS

    Fit for the Future – Traits of success

    Written by cpm With growers turning to cultural methods to control the impact of aphids on barley crops, KWS’ latest BYDV-tolerant variety looks set to play an important role. CPM finds out more. Genetics are going to help when chemistry may not be able to. By Charlotte Cunningham Since the...
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    Warnings issued as a third of UK OSR crops could be at risk of TuYV

    Written by Charlotte Cunningham OSR growers are being urged to be aware of the risk from TuYV as results from a recent survey confirmed that a third of susceptible UK crops are infected, with severe implications on yields, according to plant breeders, Limagrain. Charlotte Cunningham reports...
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