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Climate change is affecting weed control, and while the 2022-23 season was deemed a challenging year, some growers still managed to get good control.

This season’s washout autumn has seen crops battered by flooding and swamped by slugs, in what was the wettest October in England since 2000. In fact,

Tillage Management: planting continues, but plenty of fieldwork to be done 2023-11-15

Tillage Management: rain stops winter cereal plantings 2023-10-18

Research has confirmed that mid-October is the optimal time to sow winter wheat crops under Irish conditions.

Some fields are unsuitable for winter cropping next season because of the surge in blackgrass seed from the higher number of blackgrass heads in winter

Tillage Management: temperature drop helps make earlier planting a bit safer 2022-09-28

Growers planning to fit a granular applicator to their drill or Cambridge rolls need to make sure they are set up with a high-volume fan and wide-bore

Wild oats have developed resistance to a number of different herbicide actives in some fields. Figure 3: Control levels in resistant (R1 to R4) populations of Italian ryegrass to ACCase Stratos Ultra, Falcon and Axial Pro and ALS Broadway Star and Pacifica® Plus, all applied at recommended label rates. Previous Next Problem grass weeds such as wild oats, sterile brome, Italian ryegrass and blackgrass are increasing in tillage fields. They are very competitive, can cause...

Hopefully we will see drills back out on fields again shortly. No spring yet: The past week put a halt to field work with between 1in and 2in of rain across the main tillage areas. Soil temperatures have begun to creep back up and are now generally between 8°C and 9°C across most of the country. This will help the crops that were sown in recent weeks and help to drive growth in winter cereals. Beans: Demand for bean seed is reported to be slow in parts of the country. There is still time to...