Agronomy

If heavy rainfall and challenging ground conditions prevent T0 fungicide applications, industry experts advise growers to increase T1 application rates 

Simon Nelson advises farmers on a wide range of arable and forage crops across Cumbria, north Lancashire and into south west Scotland.

Yellow rust has become a bigger yield-robber than septoria for one Midlands farm, despite him farming some distance from the disease’s traditional eastern counties hotspot.

Chemistry is fast disappearing from farming’s toolbox, but researchers and farmers in Scotland are working together to trial alternative solutions to protect the high health status of the seed potato industry.

With catchy weather causing field work issues, Farmers Guardian finds out how growers can decide where to prioritise fungicide applications. 

The first fertiliser applications were applied to the 2023 ADAS Nutrition Challenge sites last week, starting the race to be crowned the winner of the best spring fertiliser management strategy.

Research has highlighted the immediate priority for growers is to target grass-weeds already in the crop now, rather than waiting for more to emerge later in the spring.

Cover crops can play as important a role in Scotland as they do further south but there are some management differences.