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Can maize shrug off its reputation of being a much-scrutinised crop that damages the environment and poses a flooding risk? CPM joined growers at Severn Trent’s Stoke Bardolph AD site to learn how to maximise yields in a sustainable way...
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Following optimum wet conditions, slug numbers are high and pose a particular threat to newly sown cereal crops, warn experts.
Populations have increased significantly after a wet summer and for many, continued moist conditions throughout September...
As anyone noticed they are worse this year ,went to look at a fied last night you could hardly put your foot down for them and its been pelleted 3 weeks ago , my mate who does a lot of pelleting says its bad near him ,Cardigan Penbroke
Thinking about our bean stubbles in particular which have a fairly weedy understory this year. Some of the weeds if left will set seed imminently (groundsel being our particular nemesis nowadays), but don't want to be too reliant on more than one pre-planting roundup.
Also - thinking about...
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As wet conditions push slug pressure into the red, many will unknowingly be reaching for a biological control to protect their broadacre crops. CPM explores the evolution of ferric phosphate into the reliable crop protection product it is...
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Slug damage to cereal crops in the UK caused primarily by the grey field slug (Deroceras reticulatum) is of increasing concern to farmers following removal of methiocarb from the market and stewardship guidelines introduced for metaldehyde. This study assesses whether the discontinuous...
skye @ bofin submitted a new resource:
Sustainable management of slugs in commercial fields - An academic paper published by Harper Adams University (Forbes et al., 2017).
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Arable farmers are being sought for a new Defra-funded project which aims to develop alternative solutions for slug control.
Since metaldehyde pellets were banned from April 2022, ferric phosphate pellets are the only chemical option left for slug control.
Now a £2.6m research project, funded...
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Arable farmers needed for £2.6m slug control project - FW - FW Article - 04/07/2023
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£2.6m Defra-funded project launched to revolutionise slug control for farmers
A new £2.6m Defra-funded project that seeks to provide farmers with precision slug-control solutions launched yesterday (28 June).
Strategies Leading to Improved Management and Enhanced Resilience Against Slugs...
Farmers could soon have a new precision slug control solution, following the launch of a £2.6M Defra-funded project.
Strategies Leading to Improved Management and Enhanced Resilience Against Slugs (SLIMERS) is a three-year research project involving more than 100 UK farms and six industry...
What is it about?
SLIMERS is a new £2.6M farmer-led research programme set to change the way slugs are monitored and treated, in a bid to drive sustainable solutions for slug management. Slugs are arable farming’s biggest pest issue, estimated to cost the UK industry about £43.5M per year. Since...
Latest slug circle video added to Farm TV:
https://thefarmingforum.realms.tv/bofin/streams/18feeb41-d8b3-4f28-9c95-b1417bfc5fe0
SLIMERS is a new £2.6M farmer-led research programme set to change the way slugs are monitored and treated, in a bid to drive sustainable solutions for slug...
SLIMERS - An overview of SLIMERS: A revolution in slug control.
SLIMERS is a new £2.6M farmer-led research programme set to change the way slugs are monitored and treated, in a bid to drive sustainable solutions for slug management. Slugs are arable farming’s biggest pest issue, estimated to...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
Farmers could soon have a new precision slug control solution, following the launch of a £2.6M Defra-funded project.
Strategies Leading to Improved Management and Enhanced Resilience Against Slugs (SLIMERS) is a three-year research project involving...
My N use is usually 100% liquid and as a result includes urea as part of it's nitrogen (as most liquid N products do ?)
I assume the new 2024 rule that prevent urea use after 1st April also apply to liquid fertilisers and not just straight 46% solid product ?
Will liquid product now come with...
Well according to David Richardson anyway. Never mind their support of RT, once the NFU start pulling their finger out and working in farmers interests rather than big business then I might reconsider my lack of membership.
Hopefully enough people are leaving to make NFU take note so they have...
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