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Download PDF Farmers are ditching insecticides in favour of more integrated approached to control the damage caused by cabbage stem flea beetle, that’s one of the key findings in the second national study of CSFB management carried out by Bayer this spring. CPM digs deeper. While 42% of growers continued to apply insecticides, this was much lower than the 67% doing so in 2019. By Lucy de la Pasture As well as providing valuable feedback to growers ahead of this autumn’s plantings, the intelligence from the national study will form part of current ADAS-led AHDB research and NIAB-led csfbSmart projects (reported in CPM’s Theory to Field, April 2021) which aim to reduce the impact of CSFB across the country. The study confirms that oilseed rape crops this season are in a far more promising position than last, which as the price of rapeseed soars to unprecedented levels is widely hoped may help precipitate a renewed interest in the crop. “With the heartening extent by which the national crop position has improved this season, we expect to see a marked improvement in harvest performance. This and crop values of over £500/t with oil bonuses are a just reward for those who…
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Download PDF Farmers are ditching insecticides in favour of more integrated approached to control the damage caused by cabbage stem flea beetle, that’s one of the key findings in the second national study of CSFB management carried out by Bayer this spring. CPM digs deeper. While 42% of growers continued to apply insecticides, this was much lower than the 67% doing so in 2019. By Lucy de la Pasture As well as providing valuable feedback to growers ahead of this autumn’s plantings, the intelligence from the national study will form part of current ADAS-led AHDB research and NIAB-led csfbSmart projects (reported in CPM’s Theory to Field, April 2021) which aim to reduce the impact of CSFB across the country. The study confirms that oilseed rape crops this season are in a far more promising position than last, which as the price of rapeseed soars to unprecedented levels is widely hoped may help precipitate a renewed interest in the crop. “With the heartening extent by which the national crop position has improved this season, we expect to see a marked improvement in harvest performance. This and crop values of over £500/t with oil bonuses are a just reward for those who…
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