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The importance of protecting the flag leaf in winter wheat
The increasing challenge of achieving effective disease control in winter wheat has been generating much discussion, with concerns about declines in product efficacy and product withdrawals layered on top of…
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Alternative Treatments For Mastitis
With antibiotic use on dairy farms under closer scrutiny, consideration for alternative mastitis therapies is on the rise. Diagnostic testing and knowing what the predominant mastitis bugs are on the…
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Maintaining Scotland’s high health status for potatoes
New pest and disease threats and pesticide losses through legislation and resistance development are cross cutting issues across all our crops at the moment and potatoes are no exception. Our…
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Crop health update: Where now with ramularia?
An economic analysis of ramularia shows it strips £10 million off the £10 billion UK barley market each year but the tools to tackle the problem are diminishing. Historically, varieties…
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Crop health update: Tailoring agronomy to variety and market
Spring cereal seed orders and drilling plans are coming together apace. The pest and disease risk varies is generally reduced in a spring crop compared to the winter equivalents, but…
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Adapting to change through business resilience
Although the exact departure date for Brexit is currently being debated – Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union remains on course to take place this year – signalling a major…
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Aberdeenshire Soil & Nutrient Network: 2nd meeting – event summary
This was the second meeting of the Aberdeenshire Soil & Nutrient Network Farm at Auchlossan and there was a lot to discuss. Host farmer Robert opened the event by giving…
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Crop health update: Barley disease management
Barley is building up a whole host of fungicide resistance issue with rhynchosporium, net blotch and loose smut all showing shifts in recent seasons. The better news is that when…
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Argyll Soil & Nutrient Network: 2nd meeting – event summary
Setting Priorities for Management of Your Soils This was the second meeting of the Argyll Soil & Nutrient Network and the topics for discussion were soil nutrients, drainage, rush control…
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Crop health update: Post-metaldehyde slug management
Defra recently announced a ban on metaldehyde use for outdoor use from spring 2020, as a consequence of long standing concerns over it getting into drinking water.
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