North: Autumn favourable for crop development
This season most crops in the area could not have had it better. The weather allowed good establishment establish without any major pressure and some crops look more like they should in spring....
View ArticleWest: Spraying up-to-date and Atlantis application looming
What a difference a year makes. Apart from about 200 acres of wheat to go in after fodder beet, everyone is drilled up. The initial 20mm of rain four weeks ago dried up quickly, but consecutive...
View ArticleNorth: When will spring arrive?
As I write this I am looking out on yet another covering of snow with weather forecast not looking too optimistic this weather combined with uncertainty in markets is not helping optimism on farms....
View ArticleNorth: Things really happening at last
What a difference some sunshine makes ground is really dried up now and any spring drilling is taking place at rapid pace in to on the whole very good seed-beds as soil temperatures start to warm up...
View ArticleT2 Timings Critical
The cold weather has continued to play its part in the way the season is unfolding.Wheat and Barley crops have continued to push through their growth stages but without putting on large amounts of...
View ArticleNorth: Most crops weathered winter well
Fire, drought and pestilence seem to be the events that we have been spared, in this part of the world, so far this season. However, considering the extremes of weather that our crops have been...
View ArticleWest: Drought in the south-west
All the talk on farm at the moment is of drought, yellow rust and the impact on yield of both to this year’s crop.Let me first address the drought issue. Whilst there are undoubtedly pockets of ground...
View ArticleWest: Rainfall revives wheat
Rainfall over the last two weeks has amounted to anything from 15-45mm and can be separated by a few miles as the crow flies. Very high winds over the weekend and today will not be helping the soil...
View ArticleNorth: Two-spray programme in store for OSR crops
Warm balmy March days seem a distant memory as we now embrace bitterly cold days, rain, frost and snow. Long-discarded waterproofs are resurrected and what were pleasant strolls in the countryside...
View ArticleWest: Septoria continues to be a major threat
The wet weather continues. Whilst not quite as bad as 2012, the regularity and quantity of rain is enough to allow septoria to continue its relentless march. Although the weather is not quite as bad as...
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