Tagged: slug control
South: Much happier despite an unstable October
October 31, 2014
A decent amount of October rain has proved just what the doctor ordered in helping our pre-ems pick-up and counter the black-grass that was beginning to appear in many September wheat drillings. So far we have only had to over-spray… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, cereal herbicides, drilling, maize, slug control, wheat
Full of Northern Promise
May 12, 2014
April proved a welcome relief from March in allowing us to catch-up with herbicide spraying, in particular, without have to resort to the sort of widespread tank-mixing unorthodoxy that seemed likely a month back, writes Yorkshire-based agronomist, Sam Patchett. With… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, crop performance, disease problems, fungicide timings, iFarm events, slug control, T(-1), T2, Yellow Rust
Holding the wheat drilling nerve (South of Country)
September 21, 2012
With the last of the spring crops finally away and all our winter OSR in the ground – albeit most not until this month – the challenge of the moment is to hold our nerve on wheat drilling. Especially so,… Read more
Tagged # black - grass germination, BYDV infections, cereal drilling, disease problems, late drilling, OSR, phoma pressures, phoma stem canker resistance, pre - em activity, pre - em treatment, seed hallowing, seedbed weed control, seedbeds, slug control, slug populations, spring crops, stewardship responsibilities, wheat drilling, Wheats