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 ...
Let’s start a harvest 23 thread! So how far do we all think we are from starting? Winter barley rapidly ripening here early start is on the cards. First week of july maybe, rape just starting to lose its greenness also!
Regenerative regimes allowing earlier autumn drilling can give particular advantages to the most robust wheat varieties, reveal the latest trials undertaken as part of Agrii’s Green Horizons sustainability-improving initiative.
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I think my faithful gleam has had its day. What's looking the standout wheats and barleys on your farms - what's covered the ground well and avoiding the diseases?
T2 went onto Graham about a week ago , crop was lovely and green, it's slowly turning yellow after 4 days.
Is anybody else seeing it?
1 l verydor + epsomicrotop.
Extase has also tipped a bit.
I've got some insitor to have T2 still but I'm a bit cautious.
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A landrace wheat, never grown before in the UK, may provide the route to slug-resistant wheat. CPM visits a specialist farming company taking part in the quest and reports first-year results of the farmer-led trials.
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A wet early spring has favoured septoria and thrown fungicide strategies in the air. CPM investigates how four decision-makers from across the country are planning to manage the threat at T2.
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Choosing a fungicide for T2...
Its time for farmers to now accept their future and prepare, Just watched another video on youtube about the impact the goverments sub removal is having on small farms, given the fact bps goes straight to the net profit and requires no turnover to get im just curious as to how people will...
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...
Due to the lack of spraying weather starting to get behind with it . Still have some Atlantis type products to put on winter wheat then all the wheat will need T0 very soon. Agronomist saying leave the herbicides very soon and move on to the T0 s . Weather is driving me crazy two nice days then...
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On highly fertile soils, a Yorkshire farmer is firmly committed to producing high yields ahead of chasing stewardship funds. CPM finds out how he’s achieving a balance between pushing productivity and environmental considerations.
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It’s horses for courses when it comes to establishment systems. CPM visits a Lincolnshire farmer who’s been on the journey that’s encompassed the extremes of tillage before settling for a strip tillage system.
By Rob Jones
When it comes...
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A relatively warm and dry February saw field work resume in earnest. With yellow rust already at uncomfortable levels in some regions and the T0 timing on the horizon, CPM gathers thoughts on disease control at a roundtable event hosted by...
Based on RL data and parental diversity information, use the variety blend tool to select three-way or four-way mixes for on-farm testing.
Varietal mixtures increase genetic diversity within a field and may help slow the spread of some diseases and reduce the risk of resistance breakdown. Based...
Well I guess it’s time to start another annual thread about how peoples crops are looking at the start of the year.
All pics taken today.
Generally I’m pretty happy at present other than one but of rape that looks a bit thin in places thanks mainly to pheasants🙄
Wheats
Skyfall
Two year...
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Research into a biological seed treatment is suggesting it could both increase yield and potentially help farmers reduce nitrogen requirements. CPM finds out more.
By Mike Abram
Finding ways to cut synthetic nitrogen requirements, or...
hoping to lift another 20 acre of fodder beet this next week, would like to try and get it back into wheat as I have some seed that needs using up still in the shed.
What seed rates are folks drilling wheat at currently after beet?
Last year we put wheat in December and end of January but went...
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