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Wet weather has prevented many farmers from making it to the field with the sprayer with a pre-emergence herbicide on their winter cereals,…
Farmers with winter oilseed rape crops should be keeping an eye out for disease on plants at present. Light leaf spot (LLS) and…
This week Teagasc released a table of suggested seed rates for winter barley varieties in 2020, based on planting in October, while also…
Pre-emergence is the best way to control grass weeds in winter cereals. However, it’s not always practical to achieve as growers focus on…
Farmers who have not yet applied a herbicide to oilseed rape crops should consider doing so sooner rather than later. The early removal…
As cereal growers across the country finish up spraying for the season and turn toward harvest preparations, now is a good time to…
Awns are out on spring barley crops across the country and while disease pressure has been low it is important to put on…
There are plenty of spring beans about this year and as flowering approaches it is important to keep on top of disease. Prevention…
T2s on wheat will be going out in the next few days. Any crops receiving T2s after today, May 19, cannot include chlorothalonil.…
Next Tuesday, May 19, is the last day that Irish tillage farmers may use chlorothalonil. The product’s use is banned from May 20,…
As we enter the middle of May fungicides on winter barley will be wrapping up, while the majority of spring barley crops will…
As spring crops receive weed sprays in the coming days and weeks it is important to provide those crops with nutrition. Feeding plants…
Wild oats and other grass weeds like canary and rye grass need to be kept under control in cereal ground. To ensure that…
In the coming days many people will be heading out with a T1 on winter wheat, some crops may already have received an…
The application of an aphicide to spring crops is an easy decision for some, but more and more tillage farmers are turning away…
As spring barley crops are appearing across the country, farmers have been and will be applying nitrogen (N) to these crops in the…
Winter wheat crops are at different stages across the country. Cellule has headed out in some regions, while the majority of winter wheat…
There is rhynchosporium present in some spring barley crops across the country and early control is key, as it is essential to protect…
