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Outlook For Long Bone Deformity
It is likely that cases of Long Bone Deformity in calves next spring will be more common.
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Last month 3 people in the UK were unfortunately killed by cows!
Read More >Grassland Update – October 2020
Weeds in autumn re-seeds The best start for an autumn re-seed is to have sprayed off the old sward with glyphosate to establish a sward free of perennial weeds. If…
Read More >Vegetable and Forage Brassicas Update – October 2020
Pests We are still finding cabbage root flies in our monitored fields of swedes. However, with the weather now turning cooler, the threat from slugs outweighs that of cabbage root…
Read More >Winter Beans Update – October 2020
Pre-emergence weed control Weed pressure in winter beans tends to be low due to the later sowing date when fewer weeds germinate. However, beans are sown at a very low…
Read More >Potatoes – October 2020
Potato groundkeepers and crop health in 2021 Volunteer potatoes are a significant threat to crop health principally because they can act as a reservoir of disease inoculum (e.g. blight, Rhizoctonia,…
Read More >Winter Wheat – October 2020
Pests Wheat bulb fly egg laying will be dropping off now. Growers should identify potential fields at risk and consider an assessment of egg numbers in fields planned for wheat.…
Read More >Winter Oilseed Rape – October 2020
Diseases Early fungicide sprays for phoma are not cost-effective in Scotland except in areas where the disease is prevalent, and although the disease is sometimes recorded in Scottish crops, especially…
Read More >All Cereals – October 2020
Pests The numbers of aphids flying into crops will be dropping with the change to cooler weather. There is still a risk of cereal aphids picking up barley yellow dwarf…
Read More >All Winter Crops – October 2020
Slug damage is common in winter oilseed rape crops and wheat will be next on the menu.
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