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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…

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…

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…

Variety choices for Autumn 2020 North region yields are given as a % of fungicide-treated controls (11.3 t/ha). Untreated yield is a % of the UK treated controls (11.2 t/ha).…

Variety choices for Autumn 2020 North region yields are given as the % of fungicide-treated controls (9.9 t/ha). Untreated yield is a % of UK treated controls (10.0 t/ha). Comment…

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

Pre-harvest and desiccation options for cereals Due to the difficult growing season, there are crops with secondary tillers and uncontrolled weeds that will benefit from pre-harvest glyphosate. Where there are…

Ensuring stores are clean and free of pests is essential to prevent any problems after all the hard work of growing and harvesting the crop Bear in mind that no…