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Wheat growers warned over septoria disease explosion Curve Overlay
18/05/2016

Wheat growers warned over septoria disease explosion

Wheat growers are being urged to be on high alert for septoria as near-perfect weather is causing the damaging disease to spread ahead of key T2 flag-leaf sprays.

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Crops alert over warm weather and wet soils Curve Overlay
18/05/2016

Crops alert over warm weather and wet soils

 Agronomists warn that a combination of recent high temperatures and underlying wet soils means careful farmland management is needed to protect crops.

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Savvy spend needed for combinable crops Curve Overlay
18/05/2016

Savvy spend needed for combinable crops

At an evening meeting we held for agronomists near Oldmeldrum on Tuesday, the winter wheats were approaching, or ready, for the T1 spray as is most of the wheat in the North East.

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Reduced herbicide choice could increase resistance Curve Overlay
18/05/2016

Reduced herbicide choice could increase resistance

In the final article looking at crop protection The Vegetable Farmer asks four agronomists for their views on the biggest challenges in weed control this season.

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Back-up plan to help safeguard milling wheat protein levels Curve Overlay
12/05/2016

Back-up plan to help safeguard milling wheat protein levels

Milling wheat growers looking to top up grain protein levels with solid nitrogen in the next few weeks would do well to have a back-up plan in place in case the weather turns dry.

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Late-drilled spring cereals need stress-relieving foliar boost Curve Overlay
12/05/2016

Late-drilled spring cereals need stress-relieving foliar boost

Foliar feeding late-drilled spring cereal crops will be key this season to help plants establish in deceptively cold and wet soils.

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Spud Special: Time to hatch herbicide spray plans Curve Overlay
09/05/2016

Spud Special: Time to hatch herbicide spray plans

Since last month we’ve seen it all up in the north of Scotland with snow falling, strong northerly winds, low temperatures and not much in the way of spring like weather until very recently.

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Sugar beet and maize will be vying for their share of sprayer time over the next couple of weeks to keep competitive weeds at bay, says Agrovista agronomist Craig Green. Curve Overlay
06/05/2016

Sugar beet and maize will be vying for their share of sprayer time over the next couple of weeks to keep competitive weeds at bay, says Agrovista agronomist Craig Green.

Most sugar beet crops under Craig’s care will have received a pre-emergence herbicide, given this season’s adequate soil moisture levels.

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New BASF cereal fungicide combines SDHI and strobs Curve Overlay
06/05/2016

New BASF cereal fungicide combines SDHI and strobs

BASF has launched a new fungicide co-formulation that it says offers exceptional Septoria and rust control in wheat crops at the T2 timing stage. It will be marketed through Agrovista

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