Thinking about starting drilling wheat next week. This early drilled stuff is going in mainly after early potatoes and some overwintered stubble that has been ploughed and pressed. We have subsoiled and disc & pressed after the potatoes. All seedbeds are really good and the nice bit of rain has...
Should we worry both as consumers and producers?
Glyphosate on oats is the obvious one.Recently highlighted by tim Spector on one of his zoe podcasts.
Do we know if glyphosate is toxic in any way.
Is it messing with our microbiome?
Also as a strawberry grower I am well aware of the very short...
Starting to get a little worried now. Spring seed might be short... Weather doesnt look great on the forcast - given how sh!t harvest was, could we be in for just as bad an autumn?
Has anyone ever autumn established SFI AHL2 after a crop off winter wheat, grown fast seeding crops such as mustard and then gone into a spring barley late March early April?
Probably a good reason why it isn’t being done!
Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine
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A stack is no longer viewed as simply which active ingredients are in a programme, it includes cultural control methods too. CPM shares thoughts from grassweed experts.
By Rob Jones
Choosing herbicides for the autumn programme is an...
5.45 am this morning rec email from defra saying as youve registered your interest you can now start your application. ok thinks me will try .
First thing to do will be go get some more ink and a couple of reams of printer paper as will have to download the 40 pages of the new guidance of how...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
Trial data suggests a short gap between spray off and drilling can leave a green bridge for aphids to survive and spread barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) to emerging crops.
The trials, conducted by Bayer, show lower infection rates from a nine-day gap...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
CropTec has said that seminars at this year’s show will equip arable farmers with the knowledge they need to meet the challenges faced by the industry “head on” and to maximise opportunities.
This year’s event will take place on November 29 and...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The threat of insecticide resistance is one that all tillage farmers should be taking very seriously, according to scientific experts in this field.
Rothamsted Research’s Dr. Steve Foster told Agriland: “The banning of neonicotinoid seed treatments...
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During a particularly intense year for grassweed pressure, what learnings can be shared by three growers who’ve been investigating a novel method of control at harvest? CPM finds out.
By Janine Adamson
Although well-proven across the...
How is everyones milling wheat quality this year.
we cut some last week of july/first few days of august, all that is full spec
just sent some laid cut last week and waiting for results.
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The United Kingdom (UK) will harvest less wheat due to more barley and oilseed rape (OSR) having been sown.
This is according to the latest planting and variety survey from the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB).
The survey...
Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming that 202220/23 winter barley yield results are now available from four sites.
These comprise three fungicide-treated and one untreated trials at locations in Devon, Lincolnshire...
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From grassweed suppression to improved NUE to early entry for oilseed rape to flexible end use, hybrid barley has cemented its value to growers over the past two decades. CPM discovers how the crop offers both resilience and yield stability.
By Lucy de la Pasture
By its very...
Anyone growing Grouse this year ? how's it looking ? given our long term lack of insecticide use this BYDV (and OBM I think ?). resistant trait makes a lot of sense to mitigate against damage in future years ?
Is RAGT's Grouse the only variety with this trait or are there others ...
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