Topic: Crops and Soils
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New fungicides and better varieties to help in the fight against septoria
The wet end to the 2019 wheat season has helped to drive septoria levels in wheat crops and it is already evident that there has…
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Winter Oilseed Rape – Weed management
In ideal conditions where the soil is warm and moist, seed well covered by soil and a low risk of crop failure, then pre-emergence weed…
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Winter Oilseed Rape – Pest Management
The key pests to consider in winter oilseed rape this autumn are flea beetle, cabbage stem flea beetle, peach-potato aphid (and turnip yellows virus –…
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Winter Oilseed Rape – Clubroot
Clubroot is a major issue in rape in our arable rotations with over 50% of fields used for rape carrying the disease – and in…
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Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus – Forward Planning
Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) has been seen in many winter and spring cereals this season. Aphids had built up numbers in crops and volunteers,…
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Slugs
Slug trapping can be used now to assess the risk from slugs in a particular field. To get the best from slug trapping the bait placed under the trap needs to grab the slugs’ interest and to keep them there.
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What can the Farm Advisory Service do for you?
Regardless of farm size or business stage, the Scottish Farm Advisory Service can help you to increase the profitability and sustainability of your farming business…
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Farm Advisory Service newsletter August 2019
Read the full newsletter here You can sign up to the mailing list to get this direct to your inbox here.
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Angus Soil & Nutrient Network: First meeting – Event summary
The first meeting of the new Angus Soil & Nutrient Network was held on Redwell Farm, with the kind permission of our new host farmer,…
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Winter Barley Varieties 2019
Using more resilient varieties is one of the most effective ways of reducing disease risk There is increasing interest in looking at untreated yields of…
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