Spray weed seedlings in new-sown leys for best control
Control of perennial weeds such as docks, thistles and buttercups is easier and much more cost-effective in new-sown leys than spraying mature, fully established weeds a year later, according to Dr Nicola Perry, weed biology specialist for Corteva A
Controlling tall weeds and potato volunteers in sugar beet
Sugar beet has now been planted and is starting to grow away.
The challenges of spraying grassland
Grassland represents a different spraying challenge to spraying arable crops, with travelling speed likely to be reduced.
Weed pressure could increase in south east following dry spell
A prolonged period of dry weather coupled with a significant switch to spring cropping is causing weed control programmes to change for farmers in south east England.
Buttercup and dandelion control
Buttercups emerge in April so this is the ideal month to target them. Often, the trigger for spraying a field of buttercups is once the farmer has noticed that the field has turned yellow as the buttercups flower. Best control of buttercups is achiev