- All
cereal crops will soon need inspecting for blackgrass and other
broadleaved weeds. However, these will not be sprayed until the
weather warms up, maximising the effectiveness of the chemicals.
If using Atlantis please make sure you wash out with ALL CLEAR
EXTRA after use.
- Nitrogen
: first top dressing on Oilseed rape , especially min tilled and
direct drilled , Winter Barley crops ,second wheats and those
late drilled after roots .
- Monitor
cereal crops for signs of manganese deficiency. This will be most
likely on areas of the field which are 'meadowy' type soils. If
seen, rectify immediately with 3-5kgs ha of Manganese Sulphate,
or 4 - 5 litres of Omex liquid.
- Where
spring crops are to be sown, please ensure that an application
of glyphosate is applied to start clean. This is the cheapest
means of weed control in all spring crops, with their being little
follow up chemistry for successful control of resistant blackgrass.
- Where
spring barley has been drilled, and resistant blackgrass is likely
to be a problem, please consider using Avadex or Stomp pre-emergence.
Available post-emergence chemicals have poor control on resistant
blackgrass. Contact the office if you need granules applied.
- Please
ensure that you have completed the required ELS management plans
eg Soil and Nutrient within the 12 month period from your application
, if you require any help in completing these plans please contact
the Agrivice office or your agronomist .
- In
order to comply with Cross Compliance guidelines, it is essential
that you keep accurate fertiliser records. In order to justify
some of the rates, it may be necessary to obtain grain nitrogen
readings for last year's crop. These can be obtained from the
merchant you sold them to, or via us for a fee of £6 and
we will need a 500 gram sample .
- Reduced
spray water volumes changes in legislation : Please be aware of
the latest compliance guidelines ref : reduced spray volumes which
will be checked by RPA inspectors ( under SMR 9 ) , which is detailed
in the Code of Practice for using plant protection products pages
81 to 84 . .
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