pest control

With significant lettuce crop losses recorded across 2025 due to the nasonovia lettuce aphid, we find out what the keys risks are for crops and what control options are available

Concerns mount as fears new rodenticide regulations will compound pest resistance

New £750,000 research project aims to evaluate field performance of novel CSFB control, improve guidance and fine-tune understanding

The ongoing threat of cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) is a key barrier to oilseed rape success and we find out about a new characteristic purposely bred to help tackle this challenge

Trials carried out by agronomy firm Hutchinsons are exploring how varieties and other emerging biological products can be better used to combat potato cyst nematode

Agronomists and farmers say positive signs are on the horizon despite slow markets

New research project hopes to prevent crop losses

Threat now reaches from eastern counties up into the Scottish borders, warns expert

Growers urged to sign-up to beat Britain's biggest pest

With autumn drilling approaching, growers are warned of the heightened BYDV risk due to the green bridge