A two-stage approach to weed control is essential to maximising maize yields according to ProCam agronomist Justin Smith, who explains that a pre-emergence application of pendimethalin followed by a two or three-way combination of post-emergence active ingredients can make the difference between acceptable and exemplary crop performance. “As recently as less than a decade ago, growing maize in the UK was almost perceived as a much less technical,” Justin describes. “Many crops received little in the way of agronomic care beyond a decent amount of farm muck and a basic application of a post-emergence herbicide, after which the crop would…