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The pathogen causing yellow rust has been changing its virulence profiles faster than you can say ‘variety resistance’ of late. CPM was at the UKCVPS stakeholder event last month to find out the status quo between winter wheat varieties...
Got up this morning to find we d had some rain in the early hours and because it wasn't particularly sunny drying weather over the weekend didn't get out with the sprayer today so frustrating, really getting fed up now.
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A leaf sampling service is supporting Herefordshire farmer, Mark Wood, to live by his mantra of only treating a crop with what it needs. CPM unpicks the challenges this is helping to tackle.
By Janine Adamson
Sitting in the farm office...
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I'm looking for a winter wheat field in the Northants, Cambridgeshire, Bucks, Beds, Warwicks area to conduct a fungicide trial. I'm specifically interested in fields with one of the following varieties: Elation, Skyscraper, Barrel, Bassett, Gravity, or Firefly. (or any other variety with a...
First time grower here, does this look OK? First time I've ever walked in a field of wheat so haven't a clue! Could be the best or worst crop ever grown and I wouldn't know 😂
Direct drilled with a mzuri into maize stubble
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...
155mm here in March, so far.
Agronomy now facing an unfortunate combination of surface waterlogging and subsoil moisture deficiency, with current root death likely to restrict scarce moisture uptake later on.
Combining that with last autumn's much higher cost base and next harvest's lower...
Am I right in assuming that because nobody is stressing about this wet weather, that all planned Spring cereal drilling got done in Feb and early March?
There still seems to be quite a few sprayed off fields around, which I can only assume is destined for maize.
How are people getting on now we are paying for a dry Jan/Feb?
Spring barley drilled 2 weeks ago, not through yet. Drilled this first as on heavy ground which we managed to muck in Feb but no ploughing and it went in well.
Some spring beans drilled 10 days ago and had another go this afternoon...
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Navigating disease control with an ever-declining chemical armoury is a challenge for many, so could leaning on historic natural options be beneficial in bolstering crop protection? CPM looks at the innovation behind two naturally-derived...
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With gross margins being squeezed, CPM talks to a grower looking to reduce inputs and finds out how a specialist biostimulants is helping to bolster disease control on the farm.
By Mike Abram
A cost-squeeze could be coming. There won’t...
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The early bird catches the worm – so the saying goes, and this is no truer than when applied to getting ahead of disease in cereal crops. CPM explores how targeted early season agronomy can make all the difference.
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As a long-standing member of the chemical armoury, there’s still great value in using phenoxy herbicides. CPM gets advice from the experts on what exactly they are and how growers could be using phenoxies this season.
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When grassweeds survive post-emergence herbicides, it’s often assumed that the spray hasn’t worked and resistance may be at play. But recent research shows that application matters just as much. CPM reports.
By Lucy de la Pasture
Two...
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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...
I was always told that February nitrogen flattens crops.
RB209 recommends nothing until the start of stem extension, and not before early April, unless it has low tiller numbers.
Yet everybody else seems to start chucking it on now and their crops look strong and green where as mine look crap...
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Corteva has recently issued detailed best practice application advice for Inatreq-containing fungicides for the coming season after worrying problems were reported by spray operators in 2022, its first season of use. But will farmers...
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