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Potato growers are all too familiar with the threat of late blight and its various genotype guises. In the second of BASF’s Real Results Roundtables, CPM hosts an open discussion to explore where the disease could be heading and how a new...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
A ProCam agronomist has said the key to reliable blight control is to adapt programmes according to weather conditions and using forecasting tools to determine when the threat of blight is at its highest.
The agronomy and crop protection business...
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With an ever complicated story for potato late blight, optimising tools such as varietal resistance and industry monitoring services could help growers to manage the threat. CPM finds out more.
By Mike Abram
Varietal resistance to...
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A recent study has discovered a species of the phoma pathogen has become less sensitive to azole chemistry. CPM explores the findings of the research and what implication this could have on disease control.
By Melanie Jenkins
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The latest in a line of new UK fungicide launches, Miravis Plus, which features the long-awaited Adepidyn technology, is finally here. CPM learns why it’s hailed as a step-change in disease control.
By Janine Adamson
The last time CPM...
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Following the conclusion of the World Trade Organization’s consultation process, the withdrawal timelines for mancozeb have been confirmed.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has extended the expiry date for the active substance by one month to 31...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Approximately 35% of the 2024 maincrop potato area has now been planted out, according to Wilson’s Country agronomist, Stuart Meredith.
“This figure takes account of growers across the island of Ireland,” he told Agriland.
Co. Armagh-based Wilson’s...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) has issued a crop management update, covering cereals and potatoes.
Crops specialist, Leigh McClean, said: “Frustratingly, spring weather has limited opportunities to get spray and...
Has anybody got any experiance with applying Blue N on winter wheat to help boost N uptake on milling wheats.
Looking at putting it on Extase.
Is it worth the money?
Thanks
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Oilseed rape growers are being encouraged to inspect for signs of light leaf spot as high levels of the disease are being reported in UK crops.
Light leaf spot thrives in cool, moist conditions meaning recent wet weather has contributed to its...
I'd be grateful for the collective view.
I've got some reasonably clean dawsum that hasn't seen a sprayer yet:
Obviously some lower leaf septoria as normal, but otherwise clean.
Agronomist reckons 1.1 of Ascra, plus mag man and ccc etc. I'd be interested to know what others are doing in...
The label says 80 - 250 L/HA which is a huge range.
I've tended to go at 200 L/HA to give everything a "good wetting" but wondered what others are doing and why.
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It is important to keep a constant supply of high-quality grass in front of a dairy herd, according to advice by College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) dairying development advisor, Dr. Jane Sayers.
“The key is to focus on maximising...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
10 years of the Food Fortress programme has delivered an unmatched level of security for the farming and food chain throughout Ireland, where the production of compound animal feed is concerned.
This was one of the key messages delivered by Food...
Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland
Wet weather conditions in north-west Europe, especially Ireland and parts of the UK, negatively affected the yield potential of crops and hampered sowing, according to the latest Crop Monitoring in Europe report from JRC MARS (Monitoring Agricultural...
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Thinking of going back to 24m from 36m. My boom height control system on my 36m is woeful and needs a big upgrade which is huge money so I’m thinking of going back to 24m which would also allow me to go back to granular fert instead of liquid (I’ve posted a thread on that in the cropping...
I’m thinking of making the move back to spreading fertiliser instead of using liquid. Anybody done it and regretted it?
We can’t put on liquid P & K so have to use a contractor and as we are 36m spread pattern is hit and miss.
We’ve had scorch last year and this year with this year in...
Sprayed T1 on my wheat and it has scorched like hell mainly older leaf’s .Overlaps look terrible
vimoy + Kestrel + 1ltr ccc + 0.15 moddus mix
any ideas?
So dis heartening and depressing when you see it 🤦🏻♂️
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