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The Bracken Control Group has noted that in many areas of the UK bracken is starting to senesce earlier than usual this year. It’s something to watch out for, as…

Pests The second generation of adult carrot fly are now being seen in our monitored crops. Crops that were sown with seed treated with tefluthrin will be not be protected…

Pests We have seen an increase in cabbage root fly egg laying and egg hatch over the last week at our monitored crops. Cyantraniliprole can still be applied as a…

Pests The weather has been favouring slugs this season and it is worth doing some test digs to see if there is any sign of slug or wireworm damage to…

The monitored commercial crop data for the adopted crops this week is shown in the table below. This data is generated in commercial crops in your area so is indicative…

If using a pre-harvest spray with glyphosate in cereals, remember to adhere to the recommended timing – not to treat before crop grain moisture has fallen below 30%. Treating earlier…

Data from monitored crops are shown in the table below. This data is generated in commercial crops in your area so is indicative of the disease pressure and growth stages…

Pre-harvest desiccation options Combine peas Due to the indeterminate nature of combining peas, most combining pea crops in Scotland benefit from desiccation, unless it is an exceptionally dry harvest. Glyphosate…

Potato blight Blight risk Check the AHDB Potatoes Fight against Blight website regularly for the most up-to-date information on the appearance of confirmed blight outbreaks. Up to 29 July there…