There is a well known saying, 'no pain, no gain' and that will be ringing true in the minds of Milk Link’s 1,600 producers, who are on the brink of reaping just reward for 12 years of loyalty and investment.Yellow cereal fly infections on the rise
THERE have been a number of cases across the country of dead-hearts in cereal crops caused by yellow cereal fly (Opomyza), says ADAS.
Infestation levels appear to be much higher this year than in previous years, although in most cases, the larvae have been from forward well-tillered crops and there is unlikely to be any impact on yield.
Infestation belief
ADAS believes the infestations may have occurred because there was less use of autumn pyrethroids for BYDV control.
This could be a result of the use of seed treatments such as Deter (clothianidin) for virus control or where bad weather prevented the application of foliar insecticides.
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