South: Septoria here with a vengeance
Delayed T1 fungicides due to the wet April have brought about the epidemic of Septoria Tritici that we feared it would. The scenario in the southwest is quite simple. T0 + T1 on time has delivered...
View ArticleSouth: Hoping for an “open” autumn
With moisture now returned to top layers of soils, oilseed rape is continuing to establish. Most crops now have at least one or two true leaves, some more and some just emerging. Hopefully the autumn...
View ArticleEast: Herbicide decisions to be made
As I have predicted since July, the perfect storm has happened as far as slugs are concerned. A wet summer followed by a wet autumn, poor seed-beds and slow emerging crops are making for a challenging...
View ArticleSouth: An unfortunate view over Morecambe Bay
Apparently scientists are saying that “the UK has experienced its weirdest weather on record in the last few months”. I am not sure weird would be my adjective of choice to describe the dire weather of...
View ArticleEast: Slugs still enemy number one
I’m reluctant to grumble too much when fellow Crop Watch contributors from elsewhere report on such dire circumstances. However, I think this strap line from last week’s Crop Watch just about sums up...
View ArticleNorth: Hovering dangerously close to disaster
Saturday 27th October saw the last cereals harvested – spring-sown oats in Lancashire – which actually made a respectable pile all things considered. So it must be better than a month ago, just; at...
View ArticleWest: Grab every opportuntity to drill
A little more drilling was achieved this week, thanks to only 8mm of rain and a “grab every opportunity” attitude from growers. Some are drilling the middle of fields and leaving headlands which are...
View ArticleNorth: No let up in the “Battle of 2012″
Any thoughts that we might get a final weather window to see 2012 out in style appear to be like many soils – washing into watercourses the length and breadth of the country. As I write the rain is...
View ArticleEast: Facing the harsh reality
A month has passed with very few opportunities to get on the land to do any sort of field work except yet more slug control! Visiting farms I seem to be the bearer of bad news, with the relentless...
View ArticleSouth: Less haste when writing off crops
Don’t get too hasty to write off drilled crops yet. Many are far better when you walk across them, than they look from the gateway or headland. The photo below is a classic example. Yes it looks like...
View ArticleSouth: Septoria here with a vengeance
Delayed T1 fungicides due to the wet April have brought about the epidemic of Septoria Tritici that we feared it would. The scenario in the southwest is quite simple. T0 + T1 on time has delivered...
View ArticleSouth: Hoping for an “open” autumn
With moisture now returned to top layers of soils, oilseed rape is continuing to establish. Most crops now have at least one or two true leaves, some more and some just emerging. Hopefully the autumn...
View ArticleEast: Herbicide decisions to be made
As I have predicted since July, the perfect storm has happened as far as slugs are concerned. A wet summer followed by a wet autumn, poor seed-beds and slow emerging crops are making for a challenging...
View ArticleSouth: An unfortunate view over Morecambe Bay
Apparently scientists are saying that “the UK has experienced its weirdest weather on record in the last few months”. I am not sure weird would be my adjective of choice to describe the dire weather of...
View ArticleEast: Slugs still enemy number one
I’m reluctant to grumble too much when fellow Crop Watch contributors from elsewhere report on such dire circumstances. However, I think this strap line from last week’s Crop Watch just about sums up...
View ArticleNorth: Hovering dangerously close to disaster
Saturday 27th October saw the last cereals harvested – spring-sown oats in Lancashire – which actually made a respectable pile all things considered. So it must be better than a month ago, just; at...
View ArticleWest: Grab every opportuntity to drill
A little more drilling was achieved this week, thanks to only 8mm of rain and a “grab every opportunity” attitude from growers. Some are drilling the middle of fields and leaving headlands which are...
View ArticleNorth: No let up in the “Battle of 2012″
Any thoughts that we might get a final weather window to see 2012 out in style appear to be like many soils – washing into watercourses the length and breadth of the country. As I write the rain is...
View ArticleEast: Facing the harsh reality
A month has passed with very few opportunities to get on the land to do any sort of field work except yet more slug control! Visiting farms I seem to be the bearer of bad news, with the relentless...
View ArticleSouth: Less haste when writing off crops
Don’t get too hasty to write off drilled crops yet. Many are far better when you walk across them, than they look from the gateway or headland. The photo below is a classic example. Yes it looks like...
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