Best practice for potato in-furrow treatment
New recommendations to help growers optimise Amistar in-furrow applications may soon be on the way,…
Monthly Archives: August, 2019
BASIS expands team with new COO
Standard setting, auditing and training organisation, BASIS, has appointed a chief operating officer (COO) to…
Agronomists will meet to future-proof pest management
AHDB has called agronomists to meet and join the development of an integrated strategy to…
Mixed oilseed rape yields reported as growers plan to beat the beetle
Oilseed rape growers have painted a mixed picture of 2019 harvest yields as drilling for…
Start Sclerotinia control in carrots with Signum
BASF and ADAS have created one of the most practical, effective and elegant ICM systems…
A crop of Aspire OSR has managed to pull back from the brink to reap a very healthy gross output
Drilling his crop of winter oilseed rape on what turned out to be the hottest…
New app offers aphid spraying alerts against Barley yellow dwarf virus
A new app designed to help boost the timeliness of insecticide spraying against aphid vectors…
Chinese and Scottish researchers establish collaborative links at Potatoes in Practice 2019
Chinese and Scottish researchers have agreed to work together and explore joint solutions to potato…
Five action steps for the 2019/20 OSR herbicides: Think Water! Campaign – careful planning to help prevent herbicide moving to water courses.
The Voluntary Initiative, an industry led programme which promotes responsible use of pesticides, has highlighted…
AHDB invests in practical support for growers facing chemistry loss
AHDB’s Strategic Potato Farm network is carrying out a variety of trials to ensure growers…