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Download PDF Fears are growing that the rush to get the drill out this autumn will festoon the UK’s fields in grassweeds. CPM rounds up the latest advice. All the evidence points to sowing before mid-October being a recipe for disaster. By Rob Jones Growers are set to sacrifice grassweed control for early establishment of wheat crops this autumn, a nationwide survey has revealed. Even in fields infested with blackgrass, a significant proportion will be drilling in September. The data has come from the latest in a 20-year series of Roundup national grassweed management studies run independently for Bayer this spring and early summer. Fears are now growing that, raw from the experience of the past season, too many farmers are abandoning one of the most important cultural grassweed control fundamentals to make sure they get their wheat drilled this autumn. “Delayed drilling stands out as one of the most widely valued cultural grassweed control techniques on farm,” notes Bayer specialist, Tom Scanlon. “Our latest study shows it being actively employed by more than 60% of growers overall and over 90% of those with the most extensive grassweed problems. “Despite this, however, almost half the growers in our study are…
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