Crop Health

As the weather is starting to get colder, vermin such as rats and mice will be looking for somewhere to spend the winter indoors, and nowhere is better than a…

Some light leaf spot sprays have gone on but the persistently wet conditions and the return of heavy rain means that the ability to travel on fields has become an…

Any wheat crop still to go in the ground on an East Coast farm, particularly a farm with a history of wheat bulb fly, could benefit from the use of…

Slugs and their damage are particularly noticeable this season, with the wetter weather playing into their hands. Consequently, all autumn-sown crops are at risk of slug damage. In oilseed rape,…

In fields that are dry enough to travel, it is best to apply a pre-emergence herbicide to winter cereals before weeds germinate. Where conditions are too wet and it is…

The change to cooler and wetter weather will knock back the flight of aphids into crops, although any warmer sunny days will see them flying about again. The difficult harvest…