Tagged: T(-1)
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
Putting Seed Treatment First in Cereal Agronomy
June 9, 2014
Growers across the country should see seed treatment as the first step in their winter cereals agronomy rather than the last part of their seed purchasing, advises research-led agronomy leader, Agrii. “Our best growers appreciate that some of their biggest… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, disease problems, fungicide timings, seed treatment, T(-1)
Latest research highlights importance of Autumn decisions in what foliar disease control
June 9, 2014
Wheat variety and seed treatment choices at T(-1) can markedly improve the efficacy and flexibility of spring fungicide spraying, reveal the latest in the long-standing series of integrated disease management trials at Agrii’s Throws Farm Technology Centre. So much so… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, agronomist, crop performance, disease problems, R&D, T(-1), technical advice, Throws Farm
South: Unsettled conditions add to disease concerns
May 14, 2014
More than 100mm of rain in the past two weeks may have dispelled to our earlier concerns over fertiliser uptake but it has seriously limited spray days, reports Hampshire-based agronomist, Iain Richards. It has stretched our T0 to T1 intervals… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, crop performance, disease problems, Oilseed rape, OSR, Spring Barley, T- 2, T(-1), winter cereals, yield potential
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
Hectic but generally happy – Arable Update from Sam Patchett
September 20, 2013
We’ve seldom had a more hectic start to September. The dry weather has allowed us to get well through the wheat harvest. But as a write (in the first week of the month) there’s still some winter oilseed rape to… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomist, barley, drilling, harvest, OSR, T(-1)
New treatment timing to boost winter cereal performance
July 10, 2013
Substantial improvements in year-in, year-out winter cereal performance are the over-riding aim of a new crop protection treatment timing introduced by research-led agronomy leader, Agrii for the coming season. Building on best grower and agronomist practice from the company’s extensive… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, autumn sowing, crop performance, disease problems, T(-1), trials, winter cereal growing, winter cereals, yield
Plan and manage early wheat drilling with care
June 20, 2013
Any early wheat drilling this autumn must be planned and managed with particular care to avoid adding unnecessary extra business risk, warns Agrii trials project manager, James Southgate. Reviewing the R&D team’s extensive drill timing work over the past four… Read more
Tagged # autumn weather risk, black - grass, BYDV threat, drilling decisions, dry seedbeds, early wheat drilling, grass weed problems, increased disease, lodging pressures, lodging susceptible crops, seed rates, seedbed condition, Septoria and rust risks, spring treatment, T(-1), variety choice, yield potential