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The Agronomist's year in Pictures
This years Cropping Season in pictures. Click and scroll to see more
Field Bindweed in Maize 2026.
Early application of herbicide reduces the competitive effect of Bindweed in Maize.
Field Bindweed in Maize.
This photo, from July 2025, shows what is possible when it comes to Bindweed control in maize. That is providing you spray it now.
Chocolate Spot in winter field beans.
Steadily colonising an ever-increasing area of green leaf in the base of the crop this insidious diseases should not be forgotten.
Winter wheat: 11.0 t/ha
The period between flag leaf emergence and flowering is critical in the determination of grains per ear, crops need to be as healthy as possible and free of environmental stress.
Winter wheat. Flag leaf emergence.
Another good plant population of winter wheat at flag leaf emergence.
Leaves OR Pods?
Maximum yields, often targeting over 5 t/ha, depend on maintaining a high green leaf area index for early biomass, which later supports the development of 6,000 to 8,000 pods /m2.
Poultry litter. Applied Spring 2026.
Half the field had a dressing half the field did not. See the difference?
Winter Wheat - Crusoe.
A block of Crusoe winter wheat prior to the onset of flag leaf emergence.
Fertiliser Uptake.
Adequate water is crucial for nutrient movement (mass flow) to the roots. A lack of moisture significantly reduces nitrogen uptake and subsequent crop growth.
Slurry and Silage Aftermath.
Ryegrass coated with a layer of slurry or dirty water prior to a crop of maize does not respond well to an application of Glyphosate.
Spring Applied Contact Herbicides.
Good to see that the contact grass weed herbicides are still working in the field even though results are totally unpredictable.
Oil Seed Rape at the onset of flowering.
The landscape is now taking on a wonderful yellow hue, perhaps earlier than traditionally so.
Headland Tramlines.
Still a few wet patches in fields!
Opportunistic herbivores.
Highly nutritious, tender, and accessible, rabbits are drawn to the soft leaves, stems, and flowers of legumes like beans. I just wish they wouldn’t!
Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle.
Why is my crop of Oil Seed Rape not growing as well as my neighbors?
Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle.
For the best crop of larvae establish your Oil Seed Rape in the month of August.
Winter Barley.
"I left this bit just to show you how well your grass weed herbicide has worked this year."
Winter Oil Seed Rape.
Stem elongation has begun but we will have to see what the weather does as to how fast it progresses.
Source and Sink.
Winter barley. Early Nitrogen required to maintain a high tiller number.
Experimental.
Trials work in and out of the field.
Charlock in Oil Seed Rape.
Very good coverage of the target with herbicide.
Weed Control. Oil Seed Rape.
It may be December but there are always a few odd jobs that can be ticked off the list.
Game Cover.
A well established game cover strip in the corner of one wheat field.
Field Headland. Oil Seed Rape.
A conventional variety, drilled in September, growing right up to the edge of the field.
Herbicide effects on Blackgrass.
The effects of residual herbicide applied earlier in the season now show as dramatic symptoms on Blackgrass plants in Oil Seed Rape crops.
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