fungicide

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Septoria tritici is the most important and damaging foliar disease on winter wheat crops grown in the UK and Ireland. The pathogen acts to reduce green leaf area for photosynthesis. It causes significant yield loss every year. It also affects grain...

Hi all , done a trial grazing wheat , looks very promising , grazed with sheep virtually no disease and court up with the ungrazed in same field , there is nothing new in grazing wheat , but was wondering if anyone has tried topping wheat in early March , and if so with what . I would imagine...

Last time i can recall harvesttime winter barley prices being below our cost of production was in 1971. Then, costs had risen fast but yields turned out to be low because of drought, as they will do this time because of the appallingly wet March. Things can only get better. :ROFLMAO...

Before the blight season starts, assess how well your herbicide spray has worked as this can indicate any errors in sprayer set-up, advises Andrew Goodinson, potato agronomist at crop production specialists Hutchinsons._ “Most importantly, section control must be set up accurately to cover the...

Haven’t heard of any yet. Anyone had any issues at T1?

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Arable farmers favour local trials over national demonstrations when making variety choice decisions, a survey suggests. The online questionnaire, instigated by plant breeder Limagrain UK, indicates 86% of participants believe information from...

So, if you had folpet in the shed, a nice evening tonight and at least a week of rain coming up in the forecast, would you paint it on leaf 2? Idea is to give a bit more flexibility for the T2 timing, or maybe even let me drop down from a Revystar to an Ascra type mix later on, if it comes dry...

The crop plots at Cereals are up and away and just awaiting spring weather to progress further - which should be just around the corner, according to weather station forecasting data. The crop plots, at the new 60ha site at Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire, for the first time have dedicated...

Tickets have gone on sale for this year's Groundswell. We have, even more so than usual, got a fantastic line-up of speakers who'll give you great ideas, advice and stimulation. Nicole Masters and Joel Williams will both be giving talks from first principles for those thinking of moving to a...

Went spraying WB this morn, fungicide and terpal. Filled Sprayer at farm but left out terpal until I made sure the ears weren't out. The block has a barn and another Sprayer filling area, so parked up and put the terpal in. I had to crack the last can open and measured a bit and left the...

Started drilling today and seems about right as it’s not been overly warm

Winter barley growing virgin here...... ..... Do I need to panic and find a man who knows what expensive chemicals they need sell me?

What are folks planning to use for wheat T1 fungicide? Feed wheat, Extase and Dawsum.

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) crops advisor, Leigh McClean, is recommending that farmers should apply second nitrogen on winter cereals by early stem extension. Crops should also be inspected for recently emerged broadleaf...

There’ll be a lot of slight breeze comment’s going on the rec sheet this week 😳