Use OSR genetics to reduce risk and protect yield
Making OSR variety choices based on the conditions in which they are to be grown…
Browsing: Oilseeds
Clearfield – a reliable and practical way of growing winter oilseed rape
Oilseed rape growers and agronomists quiz experts about several aspects of growing oilseed rape. One…
Pod protection to stop larvae losses
With most oilseed rape well through flowering, growers should now be on the lookout for…
Sclerotinia risk not just confined to forward crops
OSR plots tested in Herefordshire, Wales and the south west have revealed that between 80-100%…
Sclerotinia alert in oilseed rape
Varied establishment of oilseed rape (OSR) crops last Autumn, is likely to have resulted in…
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…
Bayer pollen beetle bulletin no. 5
With forward crops well in to flowering the focus shifts to backward crops. Forward crops…
Rape racing towards flowering
Keep an eye on OSR crops and weather forecasts. That’s the advice of Bayer’s Tim…
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…
Growing soya for the first time
Mark Bowsher-Gibbs, farm and estate manager at G.H Dean in Kent will be growing soya…