insecticides

  1. Ruminant Health & Welfare

    Farmers urged to beware, take action and be vigilant for new strain of Bluetongue virus

    Farmers urged to beware, take action and be vigilant for new strain of Bluetongue virus Following reports of a new strain of bluetongue virus (BTV-3) emerging and spreading rapidly in the Netherlands, there is increasing concern about the situation and its proximity to the UK. Ruminant Health...
  2. Tarw Coch

    To roll or not to roll

    Drilled a couple of fields of winter barley on Saturday and wondering wether to get them rolled tomorrow before rain Wednesday or leave till the spring. Ground conditions were reasonable but certainly not perfect for barley with the very odd damp patch. Having a glorious day today and the top...
    • Tarw Coch
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    • agronomist aphids application atlantis barley blackgrass dairy direct drill docks drilling forecast grass harrow harvest herbicide insecticide insecticides maize manganese osr pests plough ploughing pre-em reseed residuals roots seed seeding slug slugs sprayer spraying stubble weather wheat
    • Replies: 52
    • Forum: Cropping
  3. skye @ bofin

    Webinar Discussions

    This thread will consist of questions asked during our webinars! Please do get involved and answer any questions you believe you have the answer to. We also encourage you to ask any questions of your own and get involved that way :)
    • skye @ bofin
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    • application beetles buffer bydv carabid cereals foliar insecticide insecticides nematode osr pesticide pesticides pests potato seed seed treatment slug slugs soya spraying training weed seeds weeds wheat worms
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: The Slug Circle
  4. TFF

    AHDB’s four Sector Councils publish levy increase proposals

    Proposals for increasing the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB’s) levy rates from the start of the 2024/25 financial year have been published by the Sector Councils representing Beef and Lamb, Cereals and Oilseeds, Dairy and Pork. Levy payers are being given the opportunity...
    • TFF
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    • ahdb animal feed antibiotics bateman beef calf calves cattle cereals cows dairy financial fungicides gate grass horticulture insecticides levy market methane milk nroso nutrition pig platform potato rapid red tractor sfi sheep stress vaccination weather wheat
    • Replies: 59
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  5. T

    Going insecticide free

    Is £45 per hectare from SFI enough to take the risk of not spraying for BYDV ? Appreciate any thoughts on this.
    • TJ61
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    • agronomist agronomy aphids barley beans bydv cereals csfb defra dressing drilling fodder grass grassland grazing insecticide insecticides legumes maize management oats oilseed oilseed rape roots rye savings second wheat seed sfi slugs spraying stubble treated seed varieties weather wheat winter wheat wormers
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Cropping
  6. E

    Should we be worried about pesticides on food?

    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...
    • einstein
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    • agronomist anthelmintics antibiotics aphids beans beef beet blight boots bydv carbon cereals children cultivation dairy death diquat docks dressing drilling drone environmental family fertiliser fertility fire fungicide fungicides glyphosate grass handling harvest harvesting health herbal herbicide hse immune insecticide insecticides learning market milk minerals moddus monsanto mrl nitrogen nutrition oats oilseed oilseed rape operator orchard organic osr parts performance pesticide pesticides pig pollution potatoes poultry ppe premium rainfall rapeseed red tractor roundup rust seed seed treatment sfi sheep soya sprayer spraying storage supplement technology thistlex trailed sprayer triazole variety weather wheat wild oats wormers
    • Replies: 144
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  7. T

    Do we need a drill

    After this springs exercise with spring barley that was spun on (undressed hss seed ) . We were getting late last week of March so spun on the seed and a very light cultivate in with a wilrich cultivator and rolled in and it had a pre em . If we had waited any longer it would of been mid April...
    • tw15
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    • agronomist banking barley beet brother btt buffer cereals claydon combi coulter coulters cows cultivate cultivator deere dff direct drilling disc disease docks dressing drilling drills fire fodder folpet fungicide gate gps grass harrow harvesting hedge horsch injury insecticides kverneland maize management moddus mounted oats osr plough ploughing potato potatoes pre-em rapid repairs seed seeding septoria slug slugs stubble t0 t1 t2 treated seed vaderstad vaderstad rapid varieties variety vicon weather weed control wheat yielding yields
    • Replies: 122
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  8. Stephensonlouis

    AHL2 - Winter Bird Food

    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!
    • Stephensonlouis
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    • ab8 agrii agronomist agronomists agronomy ahdb ahl1 ahl2 ahl3 analysis application avatar barley beans beef beet biodiversity blackgrass boots break crop break crops buffer buying group bydv carbon carrots cattle cereals children clamp claydon cleavers co2 combi combo corteva cover crop cover crops cultivate cultivation cultivator dairy death defra desiccation development diesel direct drill direct drilling disc disease docks drilling drills drought environment agency environmental establishment ewes family farmdeals fat hen fertiliser fertilizer finance financial fire flail fodder fodder beet forage forecast fuel fungicide gate gleam glyphosate grain store grass grass leys grass weed grassland grassweeds grazing groundsel harvest harvesting health hedge herbal herbicide hoof insecticide insecticides insurance integrated pest management ipm ipm1 ipm2 ipm3 ipm4 knight kuhn lamma landowners learning legumes levy loader loader bucket maize management market mayweed milk miscanthus mower natural capital nfu mutual nitrogen num1 num2 num3 nutrients nutrition oats ofc oilseed oilseed rape organic organic matter osr parts peas peaty performance pesticide pesticides pests pig platform plough ploughing pollinator pollution poppy potato potatoes pulses rapid red tractor renewal reseed residual roots roundup rpa rural payments agency rye ryegrass sam1 sam2 sam3 sandy satellite savings second wheat seed seedbeds seeding seedling sequencing sfi sheep silage slug slugs slurry software soil health soil test sprayer spraying spring beans storage stores stress stubble su sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive t3 teat thistle thistles triticale urea varieties variety water logging weather weaving weed control wheat wild oats winter wheat worms yielding yields
    • Replies: 1,477
    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  9. yellow belly

    SFI - Self Help and Tips

    Starting a thread with solutions to application please keep it to practical solution there are other threads for rants and complaints
    • yellow belly
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    • agronomist agronomists agronomy ahl2 ahl3 ahl4 analysis application barley beans beef beef cattle blackgrass boots break crops brother buffer carbon carbon capture cattle cereals cleavers combi cover crop cover crops cultivating dairy death deere defra digital direct drill disc drainage dressing drilling drought environmental establishment family fertiliser fertility fertilizer financial flail fodder forage fuel fungicides gate glyphosate gps grass grass leys grass weed grassland grassweed grazing harvest harvesting health hedge herbal herbicide hoof horsch horticulture hrw1 hrw2 hrw3 igl3 insecticide insecticides ipm ipm1 ipm2 ipm3 ipm4 lambing lambs lig1 lig2 maintenance maize management mapping market milk nettles nitrogen num1 num2 num3 nutrients oats online operator orchard organic organic matter osr paddock peas peat pesticide pesticides plough ploughing pollinator poultry pre-em renewal reseed roots rpa rye ryegrass sam1 sam2 sam3 satellite security seed seeding sfi sheep slug slug pellets slugs soil assessment soil health soil sampling soil test soil testing sprayer storage supplement sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive technology testing thistles triticale turnout varieties variety weather weed control wheat wild oats woodland yields
    • Replies: 747
    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  10. C

    Palm-alt. New alternative to palm oil

    I see BBC news is reporting on the new alternative to palm oil It uses amongst other ingredients. Oilseed rape. Yippee. Just when oilseed rape is virtually impossible to grow in the U.K. because we can’t spray the meaty little bugs anymore they find a fantastic use for the oil Hey Ho...
  11. 4

    sfi you can now apply

    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...
    • 4course
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    • agronomist agronomists ahl2 ahl3 aphids application barley beans beef beet biodiversity blackgrass break crop brome buffer bydv carbon carbon capture cattle cereals combi cover crop cover crops cultivation death defra dff diesel digital diquat direct drill direct drilling disc docks drainage drift drilling drought elms environmental establishment fertiliser fertilizer finance financial fire fodder forecast fuel fungicides gate gates glyphosate gps grain store grass grass leys grassland grassweed grassweeds grazing harrow harvest harvesting hedge herbal herbicide hoof hrw1 hrw2 hrw3 igl1 igl2 igl3 insecticide insecticides ipm ipm1 ipm2 ipm3 ipm4 lambs learning legumes liberator lig1 maize management mapping market methane milk mor1 nematode nematodes nettles nitrogen num1 num2 num3 nutrients nutrition oats oilseed oilseed rape organic osr parts peas pesticide pesticides pests pig platform plough ploughing pollinator pollution poultry premium reseed residual roots roundup rpa rye ryegrass sam1 sam2 sam3 satellite seed seeding sfi sheep silage slugs software soil sampling soil test spraying spring beans storage stress stubble sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive technology thistles tillage trading training triticale varieties variety vra weather weed control wheat wild oats winter wheat woodland yields
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    • Forum: Tenant Farming, Subsidies, BPS & Legal Issues
  12. G

    Bps/sfi

    All this talk of no one taking up sfi how many can actually say they banked 100% of there bps and will be able to manage on zero sub going forward
    • Gedd
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    • abbey af agronomist ahl2 application barley beans beef beet biodiversity blackgrass break crop break crops buffer bydv calf caravan carbon cattle cereals co2 cover crop cover crops cows cultivations dairy death defra diesel direct drill direct drilling docks drainage dressing drift drilling electricity elms environmental establishment family fertiliser fertility finance financial fire flail flock forage fuel gate grass grassland grazing groundswell harvest haulage health hedge herbal hoof insecticide insecticides insurance ipm lambs legumes levy liming maintenance maize malting management market mcpa milk minerals msd num2 nutrients organic organic matter osr parts peat peatland pesticide pesticides pig platform plough ploughing pollinator potatoes poultry premium red tractor registration reseed resilient roots rpa ryegrass seed sequestration sfi sheep silage slurry software soil testing sprayer spring beans storage stress sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive swine technology thistle thistles tillage trading training tup umbilical varieties weather wheat winter wheat woodland yields
    • Replies: 672
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  13. bobk

    SFI the verdict .....

    Seen the latest proposals and I think it's better to be in than out , also learnt today mid tier will be incorporated in to SFI So what are you doing , think I'll have a pop .
    • bobk
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    • agronomy ahl2 antibiotic application autonomous barley beef beet biodiversity blackgrass boots break crops calf calving caravan carbon cattle cereals cover crops cows cultivation dairy defra diesel direct drill direct drilling docks drilling drought elms environmental establishment family farmyard fertiliser fertilizer finance financial first cut flail flock forage fungicide gas gps grass grass leys grassland grazing handling harvest haulage hedge herbal herbicide hoof igl2 insecticide insecticides insurance jcb knight lambs learning legumes lig1 lig2 maintenance maize malting management mapping market milk natural capital nitrogen num2 nutrients oats organic organic matter osr parts pesticide pig plough rpa rye ryegrass sam2 satellite seed seeding sequestration sfi sheep silage slurry soil test soil testing soil tests storage storm stress stubble sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive teat technology thistle tillage trading training vra weather wheat wild oats woodland yielding yields
    • Replies: 452
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  14. D

    It’s a weird and alien attitude that now pervades our industry.

    Anybody else feel the above? We aren’t to be problem solvers or wealth creators any more. No, sit back and let nature take back control. Let it rewild essentially. Wait for some mystical beneficial force of nature to right all the worlds wrongs. Wait for “beneficial” insects etc to reduce pests...
    • DrWazzock
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    • ahdb beef beet biodiversity boom carbon carbon capture cattle cereals compaction cows csfb death defra diesel drainage drought earthworms electricity environmental family farmyard fertiliser financial flooding fuel gas grass grassland grazing harvest harvesting hedge hoof horticulture insecticide insecticides jcb lambs liveweight maintenance management market milk milking mower osr parts pests pig plough ploughing pollution potatoes roots seed sheep silage stress tillage transport weather wheat woodland wormer
    • Replies: 163
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  15. Agriland RSS

    Insecticide resistance a major concern facing tillage sector

    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...
  16. TFF

    Leguminose: Transforming a niche 2023-08-31

    Download PDF Intercropping, bi-cropping, companion cropping – call it what you like, but interest is increasing. An EU project aims to transform this from a niche to mainstream. CPM reports. By Mike Abram It’s perhaps unlikely a workshop about a bi-cropping project would have attracted nearly...
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    • analysis avatar barley beans blackgrass break crops cereals cover crop cover crops direct drilling disease drilling environmental fertiliser glyphosate harvest harvesting health horsch insecticides ipm legumes market nitrogen oats oilseed oilseed rape organic osr peas pesticide pesticides premium rust seed sfi soil health soya sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive varieties weed control wheat winter wheat yields
    • Category: Research
  17. DieselRob

    Diatomaceous earth- natural silicon

    Is it bad for beneficial insects? I’m trying it for the first time this year on brassicas against flea beetle, I’m happy with the theory behind it but now the agronomist is suggesting it’s actually harmful to beneficials in the same way as it is used as a grain store insecticide. Is he right or...
  18. CPM RSS

    Oilseed rape: A place for pyrethroids?

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF The questions around applying pyrethroid-based insecticides aren’t new, with many feeling their use is severely limited and, in some cases, detrimental. CPM discovers whether they still have a place on farm. By Melanie Jenkins and Rob...
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    • adjuvants agrii agronomist agronomists cabbage compaction csfb drilling fungicide insecticides integrated pest management ipm management nutrition oilseed oilseed rape osr pests seed seedbeds spraying varieties vigour
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    • Forum: News, PR, Shows and Events
  19. casemx 270

    Less insects

    This week we had to sieve some osr by hand due to a cock up anyway I was really amazed by the amount of different types of insects in the sample and I m not talking about flea beetle but things I ve never seen before.Anyway got me thinking and I know I not a scientist but surely less flowering...
    • casemx 270
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    • agronomist environmental insecticide insecticides ipm2 osr rye sfi
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Cropping
  20. B

    OSR this year ?

    So is Osr still part of your plan, with some decent rain around conditions good. Is osr worthwhile, bit weary of slugs and csb...
    • buttercup
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    • agronomist agronomy ahdb application arylex avatar barley beans beet belkar blackgrass boom boron break crop break crops bydv cabbage carbon cattle cereals claydon cleavers clomazone combi coulter coulters cover crop cover crops cranesbill csfb cultivate cultivating cultivation cultivations cultivator defra diesel direct drill direct drilling disc dressing drift drilling drills drought dsv electricity erucic erucic acid establishment family fat hen fertiliser fertility financial fire flock fodder foliar forecast fuel fungicide fungicides gas gate genetic glyphosate grain store grass grass leys grassweeds grazing handling harrow harvest herbal herbicide hoof horsch insecticide insecticides irrigation kuhn lambs learning lely malting management manganese market mart metazachlor mzuri nitrogen num3 oats organic osr parts peas pests pgr plough ploughing polysulphate ppe pre-em pulses rainfall rapid repair residual roots roundup ryegrass sam2 sam3 second wheat seed seeding sfi sheep silage sip slug slug pellets slugs soil sampling soya sprayer spraying spring beans sprinter storage storm stress stubble sulphur teb triticale vaderstad vaderstad rapid varieties variety weather weaving weed control wheat winter wheat yielding yields
    • Replies: 649
    • Forum: Cropping
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