metaldehyde

It's been wet and mild, other than barley nothing got rolled here ............................. yet no a single pellet used? not a sign of even the slightest bit of grazing Just me ? or is this just what farming without OSR is like ?

Can anyone buy any other brand of metaldehyde slug pellets other than gusto, are these the only ones available?

As part of Farm Compare, it has a basic lookup for crop protection products to allow you to lookup products and find equivalents. We get this data from the HSE. What I didn't realise is how fast this data changes. over the past 17 months we have been monitoring the list, there have been 346...

Noticing lots more ground Beetls since I’ve stopped using seed dressings. Any one else noticed this They can eat up to 10 slugs a day. Y have we be lead down this path of seed dressings / slug pellets at all.

Anybody got a preferred brand? Very few slugs here at present, so can’t do a trial, but they can’t be far away.

Probably should post this under the DD categories but felt it may not be viewed by non DD folk. Been soil sampling on a couple of large direct drilled farms recently and consequently dug a lot of holes. One of the farms was about 1200 acres, been direct drilling for about 15 years. Stubbles...

Neighbour is coming to sow grass with an Opico harrow tomorrow onto ploughing. Its was levelled with paddle rollers. Its reasonably firm but I am going to heavy flat roll it after. I am just wondering would I be safer to heavy roll before hand? Will sowing onto cambridge rolling and then flat...

Ban on the use of metaldehyde announced Written by Defra Press Office There has been widespread coverage over the weekend in the Telegraph, Times, Daily Mail, Daily Star on Sunday, Farmers Weekly, Agriland and Farming UK of our announced ban on the use of metaldehyde, a pesticide commonly...

Hi all, We've just launched an EU-funded project called 'SPRINT', which is going to develop a risk assessment toolbox to help farmers to use pesticides in a more integrated way to minimise risk to human and environmental health. The project has 11 case studies across Europe and also in...

Written by William Kellett The outdoor use of metaldehyde, a pesticide used to control slugs on farms and in gardens, is set to be banned in the UK from the end of March 2022 in order to better protect wildlife and the environment. The move was announced by Parliamentary Under Secretary of...

Ive spread slug bait into foot high grass and clover, says stock with hold 5 weeks. Why? Is it sheep eating bait or bait letching into plant? Ant...

Started a new thread on this specific topic, rather than just adding a post to Clive's ELMS 'wish list' thread. So, UK Red Tractor assured farms are ensuring high food and environmental standards, vs imported foodstuffs which have not met the UK's high standards. Can we ask for this to be...

I heard a snippet of news this morning on Radio 4 concerning something in todays Financial Times about the proposed trade agreement with the USA & a relaxation of standards to get the trade talks moving and in particular "agriculture ".Perhaps other forum members can put some meat on the bone on...

‘Nothing should be imported in to the UK that is not produced to our environmental and welfare standards’. This has become a central tenet of the NFU’s representation of the industry. But what does it mean ? There are 1001 rules and regulations that affect UK primary food producers. With which...

What are people’s thoughts/experience of mixing slug pellets with seed when it’s been planted. Do they attract slugs to the seed seam, do they stay active longer as they are not open to the elementals as much?

We’ve found a drain that takes water from a ditch and don’t where it goes! We’ve recently acquired some drainage maps for this land and although it’s plastic pipe its not shown. There is a headwall 350m the other side of a main road that seems to be inline. What’s best to put down to check it...

I have today travelled from Spilsby to Cromer and I cannot believe how many fields of drilled cereal crops have had a pre-em applied in shocking conditions, the crops were obviously only just mauled in (and they look crap) who recd a crop which was likely to fail given the weather conditions to...

There was a lot of chat on here in October/November about broadcasting wheat. I though an update would be interesting if anyone is happy to share their experience? I have no fixed opinion either way in iffy conditions and I’m not looking for an excuse to start trying some in December! But...

Just wondered how wide people are managing to spread the current generation of slug pellets with Stocks type spinning disc applicators? Sluxx and others are a tiny pellet compared to old metaldehyde products and I’m not finding they spread any more than 12 metres. This is without any wind and...