eyespot

nearly may and yet to use a fungicide, crops spotless clean cold, dry - could this be the first year we don’t use this group of chemicals at all ? rain could change things yet but it will need to be significant now to rebalance smd’s anyone else not applied a fungicide to wheat or barley...

I usually buy an IBC of Manganese every year and lash a bit on with the sprayer. I've done tissue tests in the past because I felt they were relatively dear and I wasn't gaining a lot. But I still use the manganese for the barley even though I'm not sure its any measurable difference. But given...

The timing of nutritional inputs to the maize crop is usually early in the season, either applied to the seedbed pre-drilling or early post-emergence up to the 4- 6 leaf stage. Nitrogen (N), phosphate (P) & potash (K) and foliar applications of micronutrients are important at this early timing...

In 2019, Morris Davies who runs a herd of 280 all year round calving cows averaging 9,700 litres took the decision to try growing maize again. “We had grown maize up until 20 years ago when we decided to expand the herd and needed all the ground for grazing. To be honest it had always been a...

Please help identify wheat disease. I only have this one picture. Was in the rush to finish harvesting. This was winter wheat after OSR. Quite a lot of rain during the summer. Grain in these affected ears were shriveled and lightweight. I don't think much of it ended up in the tank. Overall it...

Written by John Swire Prospect from LG Seeds is the first-choice maize variety on the 2020/21 BSPB/NIAB Descriptive List for farmers wanting to maximise milk production from maize and the Return on Investment in the crop “Added to the list in 2019, Prospect continues to set the standard in all...

Written by cpm Download PDF June is the month when maize growers will be considering their options for the application of fungicides and foliar feeds. CPM finds out a breeder’s view on best practice for the crop. Eyespot can lead to very high yield losses of up to 40%. By Lucy de la Pasture and...

Got our maize drilled last week, very early I know but it's done well the last 2 years drill in a similar window. Blue plastic, with a selection of pioneer varieties.

Written by cpm Download PDF The stem-based complex can be most difficult to identify, with a number of issues raised in a recent CPM/Bayer survey. In a bid to bring growers answers, CPM has delved deep into the symptoms, situations and solutions for these yield-robbing diseases. It’s all about...

Written by cpm Download PDF Following two visits across UK trials sites with Bayer’s Crop Doctors last season, CPM finds out how observed disease levels shaped up and what these mean for this year’s programmes. It was a late season in terms of disease which really kicked off with the wet start...

First post, so here goes.. Found an old mid-eighties drilling note book with the following varieties: Moulon, Galahad, Mission, Brimstone, Fenman, Avalon, Brock and Norman. The question being has the job moved forward?

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