Tagged: disease problems
Talking Agronomy – Jo Bell – April 2021
April 19, 2021
A drier spell has enabled us to move ahead with our top dressing. However early spraying off was disrupted by the wet and wind. Every time the ground seems to be drying out enough to think about spring drilling another… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomist, barley, black - grass, blackgrass, bulb fly, byvd, crop performance, disease problems, jo bell, kws, kws zyatt, OSR, PGR, Spring Barley, spring cropping, spring crops, spring wheat, talking agronomy, what, wheat, Yellow Rust
Talking Agronomy – Jo Bell – Winter 2020
November 16, 2020
November/December 2020 This season is certainly justifying our decision to stick with OSR, albeit on wider rotations than in the past. We have only lost two very small fields so far despite almost no pyrethroid spraying. What’s more, coming into… Read more
Tagged # agronomy advice, black - grass, cover crops, crop performance, crop proctection, crops, disease problems, glyphosate, Oilseed rape, OSR, prothiconazole, Soil structure, wheat
Looking forward by looking back
July 20, 2015
Coming to the end of another season with most of our crops looking fit and full of promise, it’s a good time to reflect on what recent cropping years have taught us for the future. Especially so in helping us… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, disease problems, harvest
Much-needed rain gives a ‘fresh’ perspective
May 12, 2015
As we approached the end of April I was getting seriously worried. We’d had less than half our average rainfall for the second month in a row and our spring crops, in particular, were crying out for a drink. The… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, disease problems, Oilseed rape, OSR, T1, T2, wheat, yield potential
Looking good for now and planning ahead for next season
May 12, 2015
Most of our wheats had their T1s and our OSRs their sclerotinia sprays nicely ahead of the May Day downpour last weekend and the stormy spell that followed it. Thank heavens we took advantage of the first class spraying conditions… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, agronomist, disease problems, OSR, sclerotinia, seed varieties, septoria, T(-1), T1, T2, wheat
Light Leaf Spot Hits OSR Performance
August 1, 2014
Light leaf spot is the main reason for the disappointing performance of many oilseed rape crops across the country this season, reports Agrii OSR specialist Philip Marr. Indeed, he has found infections causing yield losses of 30-50% in many cases… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, disease problems, Light Leaf Spot, Oilseed rape, OSR, OSR yields, verticillium
Septoria challenges September wheat drilling
August 1, 2014
Increasing Septoria challenges are fast making September drilling as much of a problem for wheat growers in the west of the country as black-grass already is in the east, according to the latest results from Agrii’s Western Technology Centre. To… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, disease problems, drilling, septoria
Patience is a virtue with bad black-grass
August 1, 2014
Delaying wheat drilling on bad black-grass ground for little more than a month can improve margins and reduce future weed problems dramatically, according to latest results from the country’s leading black-grass management trials site. And if conditions don’t favour late… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, black - grass, black - grass problems, blackgrass, crop performance, disease problems, drilling, ifarms
Top tips for farm-saved seed this autumn
July 10, 2014
Disappointing grain prices and tight cash flows are likely to make farm-saved seed a particular consideration for many cereal growers this autumn; especially so with the best mobile processors offering fixed plant production standards coupled with the greatest flexibility. If… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, disease problems, farm saved seed, harvest, mobile seed dressing, seed, seed dressing
New Disease Surveillance Programme to Help Wheat Growers Across the Country
July 10, 2014
A new disease surveillance programme to help wheat growers across the country achieve the most cost-effective control of rusts and Septoria through the best-informed variety choice and fungicide use has been launched by research-led agronomy leader, Agrii this summer. The… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, crop performance, disease problems, fungicide choice, fungicide timings, wheat, yield potential