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As pollen beetles move off the winter crop at the end of flowering, they will be making a beeline for spring oilseed rape crops, where green-yellow bud is the key…

Crop growth stages from commercial crops grown in your area can be seen in the table below. Diseases Oats are growing rapidly and T2 fungicides are due.  Mildew levels are…

Diseases T2 fungicide programmes in spring wheat do not need to be quite as robust as for the winter crops although broadly the same principles apply. Yellow rust and Septoria…

Spring barley has been growing rapidly and is mostly beyond the stage where it can be sprayed for weeds. The dry weather doesn’t favour weeds like chickweed and annual meadow-grass…

The table below shows the growth and disease observations in SRUC’s monitored crops.  This data is generated in commercial crops in your area so is indicative of the disease pressure…

It may seem early to think about protecting the coming harvest from pests in-store, but now is a good time to start cleaning stores in preparation for the harvest to…