• Top Stories
  • Dairy
  • Beef
  • Arable
  • Sheep
  • Machinery
  • Forestry
  • Top Stories
  • Dairy
  • Beef
  • Arable
  • Sheep
  • Machinery
  • Forestry

Blight

Outbreak of sweet chestnut blight confirmed in Devon

Forestry

3 months ago

Outbreak of sweet chestnut blight confirmed in Devon

Sweet Chestnut blight is a destructive disease caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, attacking the bark of sweet chestnut trees

CAFRE to host blight workshops to help growers with control strategies

N.Ireland

2 years ago

CAFRE to host blight workshops to help growers with control strategies

CAFRE will host two workshops on blight this month to help growers better plan their blight control programmes.

Potato industry entering new era of blight management

Arable

2 years ago

Potato industry entering new era of blight management

The Irish potato industry looks set to enter a new era of blight management as it approaches the 2024 growing...

Recommendations unchanged for agronomists after blight research

Environment

7 years ago

Recommendations unchanged for agronomists after blight research

At the AHDB Agronomists' Conference 2018 earlier this month, attendees were presented with the results of research into late blight.

Emergency approval granted for Cuprokylt

Arable

8 years ago

Emergency approval granted for Cuprokylt

Emergency authorisation for Cuprokylt has provided the only fungicide available to organic potato growers for the control of late blight.

N.Ireland

10 years ago

First blight warning of the year for Northern Ireland

The North has been issued with its first potato blight warning for 2016 by AFBI and CAFRE, Greenmount Campus.

First blight warning of the year for Northern Ireland

Arable

11 years ago

6 non-chemical ways to tackle potato blight

The humid weather over the last week is the ideal conditions for potato blight to establish.

6 non-chemical ways to tackle potato blight

an Agriland Media company

Stay on top of your news on the go.

Download the Agriland app today.

© 2026 Agriland Media Ltd.

  • Contact Us
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise with us
  • Merchandise