Tagged: blackgrass
Talking Agronomy – Jo Bell – October 2020
October 1, 2020
Mid-September and there’s just some linseed and beans to finish harvesting. As we feared, the August storms took their toll of some cereals. Oats were the worst hit, with up to 50% of the grain on the floor; a shame… Read more
Tagged # armadillo, barley, blackgrass, budweiser, BYDV, dickens, explorer, extase, glyphosate, grt, kerrin, kws, lanter, lantern, Linseed, OSR, seed, silversurfer, skyfall, varieties, wheat, winter wheat, wolverine, zyatt
Right Rotational Regime Pays Dividends in Grassweed Management
July 29, 2020
Getting your rotational regime right on bad black-grass ground can be worth almost £650/ha/year in extra gross margin, together with a 25,000 seeds/m2/year reduction in weed seed return, reveal the latest results from the UK’s most comprehensive field-scale grassweed management… Read more
Tagged # arable, black - grass, blackgrass, cover crop, cultural control, grassweed, management, rotation, Stow Longa
Deeper Thinking For The Best Wet Winter Recovery
May 4, 2020
How well we recover from last winter is far more about what we grow and how we grow it after the crops we have in ground this season than it is about how we manage land that has been too… Read more
Tagged # autumn, black - grass, blackgrass, crop, establishment, Felce, harvest, Rhiza, soil, soil health, sol recovery, spring, Stow Longa, stow longs, winter
Understanding the real benefits of cover crops
March 11, 2016
Catch and cover crops can give good control of black-grass and useful improvements in soil structure, growers have been told. But everyone needs to choose and manage them with particular care. And no one should expect too much in the… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, black - grass problems, blackgrass, catch crops, cover crops, R&D, Stow Longa
Vicki Brooks Blog – Winter crops and spring ground suitably set-up
December 15, 2015
With just the warmth and dryness we wanted in October and plenty enough rain with continued mild conditions throughout November, most of our crops and spring-sowing ground are well set-up for the season. Going into December we’re staying patient with… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, blackgrass, drilling date, Soil structure, soil temperature, spring-sowing, wheat, wheat drilling, wheat yields
Iain Richards Blog: Later-drilled crops profit from open autumn
November 30, 2015
After the particularly cold September, the milder-than-average October and November have been just what we needed. It’s been a bit of a struggle for spray days in the past couple of weeks. But the extra soil moisture and continued warmth… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, blackgrass, drilling, improve crop establishment, Oilseed rape, OSR, Phoma, seedbed, wheat
Vicki Brooks Blog – An encouraging all-round start
November 9, 2015
Helped by a decent amount of seedbed moisture and some welcome early October warmth, our oilseed rape has got off to a better start than last year. The bulk has profited from good sowing conditions in August and the first… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, agronomist, agronomists, blackgrass, harvest, Oilseed rape, OSR, potatoes, prei-em, sugar beet
Pioneering trials show the way in ‘stacking’ cultural Blackgrass controls
July 23, 2015
Latest results from 15 years of detailed, replicated trials across 25 ha of challenging heavy land at Agrii’s specialist black-grass technology centre at Stow Longa near Huntingdon show even the most difficult infestations can be cost-effectively overcome. But only with… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, black - grass problems, blackgrass, crop rotation, cultivations, drilling, ploughing, Stow Longa, technical advice, trial plots
Gearing-up for the most crucial time of the year
July 7, 2015
Into July and we’re firmly on the countdown to harvest now. But it’s not just the combining that’s occupying our minds. We’re also gearing-up for the period between harvesting and planting that is fast becoming the most critical time of… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomist, blackgrass, blackgrass controll, harvest, OSR, Septoria and rust risks
A Welcome Chill?
November 28, 2014
Aha. There was a distinct chill in the air with two good frosts last week and one night colder than any we had last winter. Wishful thinking as we get to the end of November, I know, but could this… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomist, aphids, blackgrass, cereal herbicides, frost, OSR, ploughing