A clean flag leaf rather than a perfectly clean crop should be the aim of disease management in winter wheat. That was the message to growers at cereals from NIAB plant pathologist Dr Aoife O'Driscoll....
A clean flag leaf rather than a perfectly clean crop should be the aim of disease management in winter wheat. That was the message to growers at cereals from NIAB plant pathologist Dr Aoife O'Driscoll....
For Cheshire farmer Mike Jones, tackling grass-weeds has not come from one silver bullet solution. Instead, it has been the result of building a more flexible mixed farming system where livestock, forage crops, cultivation strategy and innovative new chemistry all work together
First Harvest Report reveals oilseed rape yields have improved on average but cereal yields have generally been below the 10-year average
With harvest continuing up and down the country, Ash Ellwood reflects on conversations with growers as to how crops are fairing in the heatwave