insecticide

  1. D

    Michael Gove and the Conservatives did this.

    Destroyed OSR as a reliable break crop in the U.K. while welcoming in imports grown using chemicals they banned here on the flimsiest of evidence for populist reasons. If that isn’t duplicitous then I don’t know what is. At the next election when I go into the polling station I’ll remember this.
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    Optical sensors for pollen beetle monitoring

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Hi-tech optical sensors in fields could provide an effective means of monitoring pollen beetle numbers arriving in oilseed rape, suggests a new study. Results from an optically sensed field were compared with those baited with standard water traps and...
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    IIRB congress: International perspectives

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Sugar beet researchers from across Europe and USA convened in Brussels recently to discuss the latest research on key topics for the crop. CPM joined delegates at the IIRB congress to find out more. By Mike Abram Virus yellows...
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    Sugar beet: When opportunity knocks

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF With grassweed pressures rumbling on, one way to achieve sufficient control is by taking advantage of sugar beet in the rotation, even if there’s a limited armoury of effective herbicides. CPM finds out more. By Janine Adamson and Rob...
  5. D

    when can I plough out herbal ley?

    wanting to claim on existing herbal leys hoping 1/may start date but some of them are to plough out sept 23 some sept 24, can I claim the the herbal payment in the same scheme year that I am ploughing them out? they'll still be down for 4/5 months of the scheme year where as if I was...
  6. Badshot

    SFI 24 no till payment

    Just wondering if there's any further information out yet as to what constitutes no till in the eyes of SFI? Is it a dts/mzuri/claydon direct into stubble? Or is it going to be lower disturbance tine or disc? Supposedly a claydon grain and fert meets the grant spec with the leading tine applying...
  7. D

    Claim herbal and cover crop in same year?

    I have a herbal lay but I'm wanting to put a cover crop in over winter for spring barley next year, What's my best bets for claiming, can I claim them both in this year?
  8. Mad Farmer

    NFU claiming credit for 25% SFI cap

    Received an email today from NFU welcoming SFI cap and was a result of their lobbying. Can you believe it. !!
  9. Phil P

    SFI - What % have or where you going to taking out of production?

    Going off the back of the recent news from Defra and reading the current thread about it it would be interesting to see exactly how much land people where actually considering taking out of production. Thers a lot complaining about not being able to enter more than 25% into the 6 options that...
  10. Yale

    New limits to SFI.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-ensures-food-production-remains-primary-purpose-of-farming
  11. L

    Thoughts please

    Apart from not grazing calving has gone well. very little mastitis none at all in the heifers. However we have around 8% with a blind quarters. I was unable to test seal the quarters in question before Christmas. Suggesting the problem had occurred earlier In their lives. thoughts on what...
  12. Wigeon

    Winter cover crops on heavy land... what a disaster

    I farm heavy silty clay with flints. No ditches, no land drains. Good strong wheat land, if unforgiving. I've been trying to grow cover crops on and off for the last 9 yrs. With one exception, they have all been disastrous. Summer cover crops in place of a spring crop, on the other hand, can...
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    OSR weed control: Smooth operator

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF A difficult season for herbicide application is likely to have resulted in an unwanted bounty of weeds in oilseed rape crops. With the final window having arrived for mastering some control, CPM digs deeper into the role of water...
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    Grain maize: Take a chance on grain maize

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Maize is fast growing in popularity with increasing numbers of arable farmers believing it capable of delivering significant production, economic and even environmental benefits. CPM evaluates its potential. By Rob Jones With the...
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    BBRO BeetTech: Yield lag closing

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Growers learned about progress being made to find solutions to virus yellows in sugar beet at the recent BBRO BeetTech 24 event. CPM joined delegates to hear the latest updates. By Mike Abram The yield penalty from sugar beet varieties...
  16. bobk

    Looking grim .......

    10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .
  17. R

    SFI and Potentially not achieving aims

    If you've entered into SFI but potentially cant meet aims due to weather difficulties / ground conditions , what options do you have ? I've entered SFI with a start date of Feb this year and one of the options was no insecticide (IPM4) which is planned for fields coming spring barley. The...
  18. B

    no till

    if no till becomes a sfi option will we be able to claim twice a year ? for instance if doing over winter cover crop then a spring crop just a thought
  19. Kevtherev

    Reduction in arable acreages

    Just a thought Straw shortages for the livestock industry Less cereals for feed Less acreages for the spraying contractors Less agronomy and chemicals Les’s fertiliser sales And so on Hearing big acreages of SFI
  20. D

    Reduction in Combinable Crops Output as a Result of SFI

    One for combinable crop growers.
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