Tagged: PGR’s
Sam Patchett Blog: Careful early season management
February 22, 2016
Despite the wetness, most crops are coming through the winter well. But they will need particularly careful early season management. As it’s been wet, windy or both since we were ready to go on with our post-em sprays in the… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, Light Leaf Spot, PGR's, Pollen beetle, Septoria and rust risks, shallow rooting, wheat varieties
Iain Richards Blog: Not enough wetness to dampen the spirits ….. yet
February 8, 2016
The wettest January in recent memory on top of a back-end with so few sunshine hours that the ground never had a chance to dry out when it wasn’t raining certainly means we have more than enough water about. Any… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, Oilseed rape, OSR, PGR's, T0, T1's, wheat
Making the most of the developing crops
March 13, 2014
As we move into the second week of March we’ve still to see much in the way of winter, reports Yorkshire-based agronomist, Sam Patchett. A few night frosts certainly. But, with daytime temperatures comfortably above 5oC, our earlier-sown crops, in… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, fungicide choice, fungicide timings, Oilseed rape, OSR, PGR's, wheat, winter cereals
Learning Valuable Winter Wheat Lessons in the South
June 22, 2012
One of the single most demanding agronomy seasons I can remember looks set to leave a decidedly mixed bag of winter wheat yields across our patch, together with a number of valuable lessons for many. Foremost amongst these is the… Read more
Tagged # drilling date, early yellow rust, fungicide timings, oilseed rape performance, PGR's, rust susceptible varieties, septoria, Spring Barley, varietal speed of development, wheat yields