27 April 2017 Pod protection to stop larvae losses With most oilseed rape well through flowering, growers should now be on the lookout for…
24 April 2017 Sclerotinia risk not just confined to forward crops OSR plots tested in Herefordshire, Wales and the south west have revealed that between 80-100%…
20 April 2017 Sclerotinia alert in oilseed rape Varied establishment of oilseed rape (OSR) crops last Autumn, is likely to have resulted in…
18 April 2017 Mentor only variety on 2017/18 RL for East/West and North resistant to common strains of clubroot Clubroot is an increasing problem in oilseed rape crops throughout the UK, and has been…
4 April 2017 Bayer pollen beetle bulletin no. 5 With forward crops well in to flowering the focus shifts to backward crops. Forward crops…
29 March 2017 Rape racing towards flowering Keep an eye on OSR crops and weather forecasts. That’s the advice of Bayer’s Tim…
28 March 2017 OSR crops are winning the seasonal race against pollen beetle The start of British Summer Time brought a pleasantly warm Sunday following a chilly week…
28 March 2017 Growing soya for the first time Mark Bowsher-Gibbs, farm and estate manager at G.H Dean in Kent will be growing soya…
24 March 2017 PGRO rapid molecular soil test for brassica crop clubroot pathogen “PGRO is offering a rapid molecular test for the detection and quantification of the brassica…
21 March 2017 Bayer pollen beetle bulletin no. 3 It is now looking highly likely that forward OSR crops will avoid pollen beetle damage…