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Yellow rust battle in wheat crops set to get tougher >More in © David Jones/MAG Wheat growers face a tougher battle against yellow rust this spring due to many races of the disease being suspected within crops and a key rust fungicide being banned. Crop experts say that there are clearly more races of the disease than have been already identified, and yellow rust was seen in some winter wheat crop well before Christmas. In addition, sales of one of most effective fungicides against yellow rust – the azole epoxiconazole – are now b...

4 steps to minimising the risk of growing spring crops >More in © Tim Scrivener Last season was a classic example of the risks associated with spring cropping, as the exceptionally wet autumn and winter resulted in late drilling on many farms, and once sown, some crops then struggled to establish in one of the driest springs on record. Such weather extremes are increasingly common and highlight the challenges of growing spring crops, whether as a commercial decision, for blackgrass control, or other rotational reasons. Andersons consu...