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A lack of nutrients can cause internal and external crop damage leading to financial loses so it is vital for growers to know which nutrients can prevent this from happening. Oscar Thacker, area manager at Yara, advised that potassium, nitrogen, phosphate and calcium are all key micronutrients for healthy potato crop growth and formation: “Both nitrogen and potassium are key …
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We have 6 BASIS training modules currently running on www.aafarmer.co.uk covering a range of topics, including Biocontrol, IPM, Barley disease, residual herbicides Triazole fungicides and adjuvants.
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These are completely free of charge, Simply follow this link, register online and complete the modules before the 31st May deadline to secure your points!
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Slug risk will be high where crops have been planted into cloddy seed beds and potato producers are being urged to use a good quality pellet to protect the crop as soon as tubers reach golf ball size. With the wet conditions this spring, there have been limited opportunities for seeds planting. John Keer of Richard Austin Agriculture said some …
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New easyconnect caps will be available to growers on BASF's oilseed rape crop protection products for the first time in the UK from autumn 2023. The caps enable the use of the easyconnect Closed Transfer System (CTS) making farm operations more convenient and even safer for users and the environment. The easyconnect system consists of two components: the easyconnect cap, …
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Lemken has launched its new Karat 10 three-beam cultivator in mounted and semi-mounted versions. Lemken has worked to make improvements on previous models, with changes to tine arrangements making the machine extremely low-draught and able to avoid side draft. Other improvements to the machine include the widening of the wing shares for shallow cultivation, DeltaCut shares can now be used …
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Crop production specialists, Hutchinsons, have advised that growers should assess how well the herbicide spray has worked before the blight season starts, as this can indicate any errors in sprayer set up. Potato agronomist at Hutchinsons, Andrew Goodinson, said: “Most importantly, section control must be set up accurately to cover the correct area and avoid missing any area of the …
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The winner of the Brian Chambers trophy for the highest-rated FACTS candidate has been announced as Strutt & Parker senior surveyor Tom Coate. The trophy was fittingly presented by Dr Ian Richards, who also collected a lifetime achievement award for his services to FACTS. Mr Coate comes from a non-farming background whose passion for agriculture began when helping a neighbouring …
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Delayed sugar beet planting could increase the risk of virus yellows infection at early crop growth stages, where emergence coincides with warmer weather and greater aphid pest activity. Simon Jackson, Syngenta technical manager, warned that young plants with soft leaf tissue are particularly susceptible to the transmission of the complex of viruses responsible for virus yellows, principally from the feeding …
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