How many dd guys have gone cultivating?
Out next door neighbours practices a full range of cultivating and has 95% crop cover after a hard winter we dd a majority of ours and a currently re drilling 50% .cultivating a fair bit as the top is solid from rain.
Any one else feal like abandoning...
Arable farmers need to rethink herbicide strategies following 2024’s wet start
With some fields still under water following widespread flooding in January, farmers will need a robust herbicide plan in place as they battle to catch up this spring.
A wet autumn delayed drilling of many winter...
We applied avadex and generic liberator at full rate during the first ten days of October, due to rain most days since the crop isn't worth keeping, we want to put some grass in some bits and possibly some of the sfi options, obviously neither probably going to get drilled till beginning of...
Got a block of OSR that unfortunately has charlock in it which came in the seed:(.
I’ve got some Fox to put on to take it out which I was planning on putting on tomorrow as due to be. -4 tonight, then -3 tomorrow night.
Just wondering though how cold it needs to get down to for frosts to kill it...
Thinking of just spraying off the stubbles then broadcasting the grass seed, chain harrowing it in and Cambridge roll - or should I be going all out ploughing, power harrowing etc etc?
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Is it possible to successfully companion crop oilseed rape to help control cabbage stem flea beetle and claim SFI payments, while keeping weeds firmly under control? CPM investigates.
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Corteva 2023 OSR Survey results and findings
Growers have indicated a preference for longer rotations and a stronger focus on either early drilling, or a flexible approach which prioritises sowing seeds into moist soils wherever possible.
Corteva Agriscience’s survey received 250 replies and...
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A survey of UK farmers, contractors and agronomists has shown resilience among oilseed rape growers, as risk management strategies continue to evolve.
During the survey, which was conducted by Corteva Agriscience, growers indicated a preference for...
Harvest is underway, as is some oilseed rape drilling. With a lot of rain around, conditions should be good to get oilseed rape established.
Despite continued challenges growing oilseed rape, it remains a strong break crop option, giving the opportunity to control blackgrass with another mode...
Thinking about our bean stubbles in particular which have a fairly weedy understory this year. Some of the weeds if left will set seed imminently (groundsel being our particular nemesis nowadays), but don't want to be too reliant on more than one pre-planting roundup.
Also - thinking about...
Let’s start a harvest 23 thread! So how far do we all think we are from starting? Winter barley rapidly ripening here early start is on the cards. First week of july maybe, rape just starting to lose its greenness also!
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If anybody wants to host a trial in spring cereals, we looking for the fallowing weeds: cranesbill, fumitory, dead nettles or any weeds will be really helpful. Thank you.
I am a Research Agronomist and I am looking for farmers/ farm managers that would be interested in hosting herbicide/fungicide trials.
At the moment we have an enquiry for hosting a herbicide trial in any winter cereals targeting cranesbill, fumitory and nettles.
I am also looking for winter...
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Corteva has recently issued detailed best practice application advice for Inatreq-containing fungicides for the coming season after worrying problems were reported by spray operators in 2022, its first season of use. But will farmers...
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