Beet growers have a neonic seed treatment for 2021

[Rookie]

So who's changed their order to non cruiser dressing ?, as have got to decide by mid day today.

Not sure if we will get seed any quicker as on email from BS regarding changing dressing, they say that they will aim to get non cruiser seed out by the end of march / start of April, which is no different to holding out for dressing.? Was this a typo error and we will get it sooner.
What have other growers decided to do.?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Sticking with waiting to see

 

[Flat 10]

So who's changed their order to non cruiser dressing ?, as have got to decide by mid day today.

Not sure if we will get seed any quicker as on email from BS regarding changing dressing, they say that they will aim to get non cruiser seed out by the end of march / start of April, which is no different to holding out for dressing.? Was this a typo error and we will get it sooner.
What have other growers decided to do.?

Must have been a typo?

 

[Rookie]

Must have been a typo?

Sentence in email below graph.

 

[Flat 10]

Sentence in email below graph.
View attachment 942056

Yes I knew the one you meant and I took it to be a typo.

 

[robbie]

Sticking with the chance of cruiser. If frontier have got to make double the deliveries to usual rather than just going around an area once I can see it causing backlogs so I'll wait and see what I end up with.

Late drilling and no cruiser will be a right p!sser thought

 

[DrWazzock]

Well I’ve bottled out and gone for reversion to non neonic. Switching to a light land field so I can drill earlier. And I can polish my halo and say I’m using no insecticides whatsoever this year. It’ll probably bite me on the arse though. It usually does. It will be mintilled as well to avoid a blow as far as I can.

 

[DrWazzock]

My gut feeling is no seed will get Cruiser anyway, but that’s all it is. A gut feeling.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

You still have the insecticide option.

 

[Ruston3w]

You still have the insecticide option.

But will we have full use of both insecticides?

 

[Flat 10]

But will we have full use of both insecticides?

BBRO said a number of EAMUs have been applied for.......

 

[Sonoftheheir]

?

 

[Breckland Boy]

View attachment 942223?

That emu is probably more effective at killing aphids

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Surely all Rothamsted had to do today was put yesterday’s temperature in their computer and press return?

 

[teslacoils]

Surely all Rothamsted had to do today was put yesterday’s temperature in their computer and press return?

Maybe needed a day with a PR consultant incase they needed to mollify the Guardian readers.

 

[teslacoils]

Surely all Rothamsted had to do today was put yesterday’s temperature in their computer and press return?

Also they were busy applying to grow "genetically edited" wheat today, says Fw

Rothamsted scientists to apply for GE wheat field trial - Farmers Weekly

Scientists are planning to apply to grow the UK's first field-trial of gene-edited wheat – bred to reduce a cancer-causing compound commonly found in

www.fwi.co.uk

 

[Daniel]

Just had a text from British Sugar to confirm we won't be getting the neonics this year.

 

[robbie]

Rothamstead pushed return and the computer said NO!

 

[Breckland Boy]

Just had a text from British Sugar to confirm we won't be getting the neonics this year.

Hardly surprising given the recent temperatures and more significantly the environmental backlash.

 

[teslacoils]

All the risk back on you growers then.