Talking roots

Project launched to monitor soil and root health

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Project launched to monitor soil and root health

Defra-backed scheme will help farmers better understand the impact of their farming system

clock 07 March 2024 • 2 min read
Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Over the next few weeks sugar beet weed control will be my major concern

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Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Over the next few weeks sugar beet weed control will be my major concern

clock 25 April 2021 • 3 min read
Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Product losses and emergency approvals make the growing of profitable crops very precarious

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Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Product losses and emergency approvals make the growing of profitable crops very precarious

My list of wishes in my last column didn’t include the biggest flood in the Waveney Valley since 1968, but it happened nonetheless and on Christmas Eve a nearby measuring station recorded its highest ever water level up by nearly 0.5 metres.

clock 12 February 2021 • 3 min read
Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: The high virus levels from last season means there will be much more inoculum in the environment

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Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: The high virus levels from last season means there will be much more inoculum in the environment

clock 28 December 2020 • 4 min read
Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: We must open our eyes to crop diseases in other parts of the world as they seem to be quickly coming our way

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Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: We must open our eyes to crop diseases in other parts of the world as they seem to be quickly coming our way

clock 31 October 2020 • 3 min read
Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Modern Pallida resistant varieties are doing a great job for controlling PCN populations

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Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Modern Pallida resistant varieties are doing a great job for controlling PCN populations

I was in Scotland last week, trying to catch the fish of 10,000 casts or so Ian the gillie told me after I blanked.

clock 27 September 2020 • 3 min read
Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Humidity and leaf wetness will no doubt start to show blight emerging

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Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: Humidity and leaf wetness will no doubt start to show blight emerging

clock 06 September 2020 • 3 min read
Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: We will need to make some significant changes to sugar beet weed control

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Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: We will need to make some significant changes to sugar beet weed control

clock 06 July 2020 • 3 min read
Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: The frost has hit several crops very hard

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Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: The frost has hit several crops very hard

clock 28 May 2020 • 1 min read
Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: In potatoes a robust pre-em can save a lot of problems post-emergence

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Talking roots with Darryl Shailes: In potatoes a robust pre-em can save a lot of problems post-emergence

clock 12 April 2020 • 3 min read