Adapt potato herbicide strategies to suit dry conditions
Managing weed control programmes will take on added importance this year as continued dry weather…
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Improve yields and crop quality without increasing spend
Growers are being urged to act now to reduce crop stress, as independent trials demonstrate…
Co-operating in a Pandemic Lockdown
After the challenges of advising growers through the soggy slog of autumn 2019 it comes…
Now is the time to establish summer cover for soil health
The next few weeks are the ideal time to establish a summer cover crop mix…
First to market again – off-patent prothiconazole and tebuconazole mixes available to UK growers
Life Scientific has launched the first off-patent prothioconazole and tebuconazole mixtures to the UK market,…
Dry spring brings broadleaf weed control challenges
Broadleaf weed control is proving decidedly more challenging this spring, so extra care will be…
Micronutrients are more important than ever for resilient spring crops
A robust micronutrient management programme is vital for spring crops, but this year it’s even…
Scientists make gene breakthrough in fight against weeds
A team of scientists from Rothamsted Research have successfully adapted genetic techniques developed for crop…
Yellow rust – monitor and act to prevent yield losses
With reports of yellow rust coming in thick and fast from the field, Limagrain’s pathologist,…
Make the most of pre-em weed control in beet
Pre-emergence herbicides will need to feature more prominently in sugar beet weed control programmes in…