This year saw the loss of Carbetamide from the UK pesticide armoury. That means propyzamide is now the only residual alternative. Since...

Look! It’s moving. It’s alive. It’s alive… or is it? With herbicides there are several active ingredients to choose from, each offers a...

Light leaf spot (LLS) is a disease of oilseed rape and some vegetable brassicas, caused by the fungus, Pyrenopeziza brassicae. The...

It should never be forgotten that soil is just ground-up rock making its way to the sea. Mixed with the rock is detritus and consequently...

Maize is inevitably one of the later crops to harvest. Linseed typically held this accolade but in more recent years it has been cleared...

Mites are common pests in grain storages and mostly occur in damp or moist grain. They are not easily seen because they are the size of...

The River Severn at 220 miles long is the longest river in Great Britain and the one with the most voluminous flow of water. It begins...

Choosing the correct variety of Oil Seed Rape (OSR) makes a huge difference in what you are going to have to spend and ultimately what...

There are no official definitions of the duration of spring, summer, autumn and winter however, September 22nd is when autumn is said to...

I thought a few farmers would drill their Oil Seed Rape crops sometime from the 8th of August. I was travelling too and from a meeting...

Harvest of winter oil seed rape is now complete. Yields have reflected what we thought. The flooded headlands had nothing and the best...

During late summer I collect blackgrass seed. Some I use for my own purposes the rest goes for resistance testing. Discussion...

Oil Seed Rape (OSR) drilling is likely to be less than three weeks away for some growers. (I understand some planted their crops around...

Soil compaction is a huge problem for UK agriculture. There are many published reports on the why’s and wherefores some of which can be...

There is little Sugar beet grown in Gloucestershire but there are fields of fodder beet. These two crops suffer from similar foliar...

Growing in excess of 5.3t/ha of dried peas should put you in the “top 5” of any group you care to name. For most an AVERAGE of 4.5t/ha...

I have seen trials work in Gloucestershire and the surrounding counties but I think I have now finished looking at the main variety and...

One thing about Spring Wheat is that it has a great appearance in the field. The crop is not as prone to Septoria as winter sown crops...

No one wants to have wheat seed left in the shed when autumn comes to a wet end. What to do with it? A more learned man than myself...

June is always a busy month. Spring crops are growing well and racing through growth stages, winter crops are coming to the end of their...