Support for UK salad growers affected by e.coli scare
UK growers must act quickly to apply for support under the new EU scheme to compensate them following the market disruption caused by the German e.coli outbreak and the ongoing Russian trade ban. The scheme, worth 210 million across the EU, is open to growers of tomatoes, lettuce, endives, cucumbers, sweet peppers and courgettes and […]
Get ready for an early harvest
With the strong likelihood of an early harvest and a lead time of five weeks to achieve good grain store hygiene, farmers will need to start thinking about what they are going to use to control grain pests. Dr. Stormonth, Technical Manager of Interfarm Ltd., explains that the warm spring may have encouraged grain store […]
Birds Eye begin earliest pea harvest in 30 years
Birds Eye began its pea harvest in North Lincolnshire this week, following the spring drought. The companys earliest harvest in 30 years began on Wednesday 8th June and is expected to continue until early August. James Young,Head of Agriculture for Birds Eye, comments: The dry weather caused our peas to mature extremely quickly and led […]
Strobilurin + triazole fungicide will maximise beet yield
With every beet from the 2011 crop counting at full price theres every incentive to maximise yield. An extensive series of trials has shown that using a new generation strobilurin + triazole fungicide will get the best yield response. In the trials undertaken by Broom’s Barn, British Sugar and Bayer CropScience from 2007 to 2010 […]
Still threat of disease in lettuce
ADAS experts are warning lettuce growers that the risk of disease is still high, despite the very cold winter and the dry spring. The experts are warning that downy mildew and Botrytis pose a threat in lettuce, when unsettled weather returns. They also say that the cold winter weather will not have reduced the risk […]
Clouds of Wheat Blossom midge adults reported on Pestwatch
Dow AgroSciences Pestwatch service for Wheat Blossom midge is reporting adult midge activity over the last 10 days in the Southern counties, East Anglia and Yorkshire. Sarah Hurry of Dow AgroSciences says that farmers and agronomists are already seeing clouds of midges, although activity appears to be variable. Counties where adult midges have been reported […]
Light Leaf Spot Pressure spreads South
Ideal conditions for the diseases formation, enhanced by shorter rotation intervals, has meant light leaf spot pressure has this season been higher than for some time, with effects evident in oilseed rape crops some way south of its usual northern UK environment, report agronomists. The situation should lead growers in susceptible areas to place resistance […]
Need for resistance management plus early and late blight control
Potato growers are being urged to take anti-resistance measures more seriously, especially in the light of the more aggressive blight populations and the appearance of both late and early blight. The blight pathogen is notorious for its ability to develop resistance to single-site fungicides and the new aggressive A2 blight strains, with their rapid reproductive […]
Temporary closure of Europes biggest bioethanol plant highlights security of export opportunities for UK soft wheats
With the recent news that Ensus have mothballed their bioethanol deliveries for the near future and with questions about the security of bio-ethanol markets, growers making decisions about harvest 2012 should be seriously considering the strong export opportunities for Group 3 and Group 4 soft wheats. The demand for UK milling wheats has never been […]
