Tagged: T2
Cropwatch South
June 3, 2020
Our wheats have been racing through their growth stages, going from GS32 to GS39 in only 14 days. As we start on our T2s, the boots are already swelling on some crops and it won’t be long before ears begin… Read more
Tagged # crops, disease, drought, dry, folpet, OWBM, rain, resistance, SDHI, T2, T3 Spray, wheat
Vicki Brooks Blog: Another decent spring cropping start
May 3, 2016
Going into mid-April, we’ve really profited from a cooler than average March with a reasonable amount of rainfall but sufficient dry weather to get plenty of timely fieldwork completed – spring drilling as well as fertiliser application on winter crops… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, barley, blog, cover crops, fertiliser, OSR, septoria, T1's, T2, wheat
All set for a good run-in to harvest
June 12, 2015
Despite some seriously cold nights through much of May we’ve seen remarkably even oilseed rape pod set from a good and not overly-prolonged flowering. Pod density is far from excessive and most of our crops are well-structured and standing strongly… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, agronomist, agronomists, flowering, Oilseed rape, OSR, pod shatter resistance, spraying, T2, wheat
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
South: It’s an ill wind….
April 14, 2015
The one thing we’ve had more than enough of this past month has been wind. While it’s been incredibly frustrating for spraying and spreading, combined with less than half our average March rainfall this has really helped spring seedbed preparation…. Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, Light Leaf Spot, OSR, Pollen beetle, septoria, T0, T1, T2
Playing catch-up after a steady start
April 14, 2015
It’s been very much steady as we go through March into the start of April, with cold nights holding soil temperatures, crop growth and our main yield robbers back nicely. But the Easter warmth has seen everything start to pick-up… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, Oilseed rape, OSR, sclerotinia, septoria pressure, T1, T2, wheat
Crucial canopy care
February 23, 2015
Some decent cold weather has really done our oilseed rape crops a favour, shrinking their canopies noticeably as we move into mid-February. Even so Green Area Indexes across all varieties in our Brotherton iFarm plots are a good 2.0 or… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomist, fungicide choice, fungicide timings, growth regulation, nitrogen utilisation, Oilseed rape, OSR, Pollen beetle, Septoria and rust risks, T1, T2
South: A decent spell of winter but not enough yet
February 16, 2015
Well, December and January have actually given us some winter this time round – albeit of a decidedly on-off nature and not enough to do a really decent job of knocking back either oilseed rape canopies or wheat disease levels…. Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, fungicide choice, fungicide timings, grassweed, OSR, septoria, T1, T2, weather, wheat, winter
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