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Crop Watch in the UK: Key fungicide loss adds misery in wrecked season

Date：May. 15, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

The extremely challenging season continues and the recent rains have resulted in the expected flush of weeds, aided by dry soils cracking which is enabling seed...

EU plans growth in organic farming to enhance biodiversity

Date：May. 7, 2020 Category：Regulations

The EU could set a target of one-quarter of agricultural land in Europe to be farmed organically by 2030, with an additional goal of reducing the use of chemica...

World’s first slug-killing robot in field trials next summer

Date：May. 1, 2020 Category：Products

The world’s first robotic slug control system is being developed in the UK, with technology offering autonomous slug monitoring and precision spraying of the p...

What's happened to all the rapeseed? Bright yellow flowers disappear from British fields after many crops failed while others suffered flea beetle plague

Date：Apr. 30, 2020 Category：Markets

The bright yellow rapeseed flowers that adorn the British countryside have largely disappeared after crops this season failed. The flaxen dandelion - used to ma...

Robust T1 sprays vital to ramularia control in spring barley this season

Date：Apr. 20, 2020 Category：Products

BASF’s Agricultural Solutions

Spring barley crops will need robust T1 fungicide sprays this season to control early diseases and help counter the loss of key active chlorothalonil, which has...

French ag minister: Glyphosate vital tool for conservation

Date：Mar. 27, 2020 Category：Regulations

France’s agriculture minister has declared glyphosate is an essential tool of the agroecological transition, raising hopes of a change in policy stance in the ...

UK: Why new maize seed treatments require extra safety measures

Date：Feb. 27, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Maize growers switching to alternative bird-repelling seed treatments this spring following the Mesurol ban are being advised to observe extra health precaution...

Tags:Seed treatment Maize

India reports crop damage as locust plague spreads to Asia

Date：Feb. 19, 2020 Category：Markets

Crop losses of up to 33% have been reported after locust swarms invaded more than 168 000ha of farmland in India, with the provinces of Rajasthan and Gujarat wo...

Cereal seed treatment Rancona i-MIX gets green light for spring sowing in the UK

Date：Feb. 14, 2020 Category：Regulations

UPL United Kingdom

Restrictions on a fungicide seed treatment have now been lifted in the UK, allowing the product to be used on spring sown wheat and barley, with immediate effec...

Hybrid wheat on Syngenta’s radar for UK growers

Date：Jan. 21, 2020 Category：Products

Syngenta is developing hybrid wheat that could be available in five years and provide a sustainable future for growing the crop in the UK.

Tags:wheat

South African farmers to remain alert to presence of fall armyworm

Date：Jan. 17, 2020 Category：Markets

Farmers have been urged to remain alert to the presence of fall armyworm (FAW) during the 2019/2020 crop production season, and to regularly scout their crops f...

Tags:Pests&Diseases Insecticides

Iron-boosting GM wheat trials ‘successful’

Date：Dec. 4, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Wheat bio-fortified to produce white flour with increased iron has progressed successfully through the first season of field trials.

Tags:GM crop wheat

Corteva’s wheat fungicide Inatreq set for 2020 launch offers yield lift

Date：Jun. 26, 2019 Category：Products

Corteva Agriscience

Agrochemical giant Corteva says its new cereal fungicide, Inatreq, which is set to be launched next spring, gives 10% better septoria control in wheat than its ...

Cereals 2019: Sales of Belchim’s key potato insecticide suspended

Date：Jun. 18, 2019 Category：Products

Belchim Crop Protection NV

Sales of a key aphicide for use on potato crops have ceased, following reports of residues exceeding maximum limits in Dutch seed crops.

Bayer to launch oilseed rape seed dressing for 2020

Date：Dec. 3, 2018 Category：Products

Bayer is planning to launch an oilseed rape seed dressing for autumn 2020 to boost crop establishment and early growth just as other seed coatings are being ban...

Tags:Seed treatment Oilseed Rape

First signs of glyphosate weed resistance detected in the UK

Date：Oct. 8, 2018 Category：Markets

The first cases of weed resistance to glyphosate are being detected in the UK, prompting researchers to call for strict stewardship of the world’s best-selling...

Tags:Resistance

Ban on neonicotinoid wheat imports unlikely, suggests Gove

Date：Oct. 3, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Defra secretary Michael Gove has conceded that Brexit is unlikely to ease the pressure on British growers facing wheat imports produced using chemicals outlawed...

French parliament votes against glyphosate ban, again

Date：Sep. 20, 2018 Category：Markets

The French national assembly has voted against banning glyphosate use in the country for the second time in 12 months.

Tags:Glyphosate

Gene injection set to bring big benefits to pea crops

Date：Mar. 5, 2018 Category：Science&Research

Scientists are injecting genes into pea plants to speed up introducing better disease resistance and improving the nutrition of this pulse crop within the next ...

UK: Top-yielding wheat variety set to see leap in market share

Date：Jan. 15, 2018 Category：Markets

Top-yielding winter wheat feed variety Gravity could take as much as 15% of the certified seed market at this autumn’s drilling, making it one of the top two v...