Dairy
With the weather conditions finally taking a turn for the better, grass growth is up, but unfortunately so is weed growth.
Arable
AHDB is confirming that the majority of winter barley crops are looking well across most regions of the UK.
N.Ireland
Members of a CAFRE Business Sustainability Group (BSG) had the recent opportunity of walking winter wheat and barley crops in Co. Down.
A computer-operated spot-spraying system, designed to target individual weeds in grass swards, is now available in Ireland and the UK
Weed control can often prove a difficult task at this time of the year as when grass growths really begin to get going, weeds can spring up
As growth rates have improved drastically, it has brought with it docks in grassland swards, which can be a difficult weed to control.
The census figures confirm that the area of winter oilseed rape (OSR) harvested in 2024 was...
DAFM has granted two temporary herbicide licences for dock control purposes in newly established red clover swards.
Controlling weeds when they are at the most manageable stage is crucial, particularly now as grass...
It is now widely recognised that weeds adapt within a tillage system at various levels, and in various ways.
Agri-Business
In these months leading up to Agritechnica, Kverneland is one of many companies keen to get the news of its developments out...
Hybrid barleys are well recognised for their high biomass potential. This is an evolving, good news...
Growers of field-scale vegetables are increasingly facing the problem of keeping ridge crops...
Farmers in the UK are being asked to assist in a new study looking at the spread of rat’s-tail fescue, a grass weed that is already posing problems in..
Docks are known to be one of the most troublesome grassland weeds, but did you know that leaving...
Beef
In recent weeks, slurry and fertiliser spreaders have been a common site in the fields, and on the...
Two major British agricultural research organisations have issued a joint call for a review of weed control in UK cropping systems.
UK herb growers will be able to protect their crops with a new weed control product approved in record time, as part of a plant protection...
UK herb growers will be able to protect their crops with a new weed control product approved in...
An Aussie man has developed a machine capable of killing weeds that can be detrimental to wheat yields, among other crops.
