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With many crops already at green-yellow bud, there is a risk from pollen beetle damage to the buds, giving rise to blind-stalks with no flowers or pods forming on them.…

Fungicide sprays targeting light leaf spot will be imminent when conditions dry up and allow field operations again – many crops are now extending away and at green bud stages.…

Crops sown after grass will be at risk from leatherjackets. With the loss of chlorpyrifos, crops sown after grass have limited options should leatherjackets start to cause damage to emerging…

Drilling made a leap forward in the good weather over the weekend although heavy rain after this stopped play for a bit again.  Fungicide inputs should be tailored to the…

Many crops look cleaner now that lower infected leaves have been shed but don’t be lulled into thinking that disease has vanished altogether.  The main driver of septoria in crops…

Keeping lower leaves green and retaining tillers is the main function of T1 sprays in winter barley as this drives final yield potential.  There is some disease present in crops,…

Grass weeds are a priority if they escaped autumn treatment, although bromes and black-grass are less easy to control in the spring.  There are no herbicide options in oats and…