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Tillage
What’s the plan for disease control in 2025?
Siobhán Walsh
Crop management will vary throughout the season, but having guidelines in place for disease control is important.
26 February 2025 News
Cutting back on nitrogen on forward crops
This year farmers are being advised to cut back on nitrogen to reduce disease levels on crops. A change from recent years, writes Siobhan Walsh.
12 February 2025 News
100% of septoria has resistance to fungicides
Winter wheat disease control is becoming more difficult, but there are tools available to deal with the disease.
Finding the chink in the armour of fungicide resistance – it’s a numbers game
Steven Kildea of Teagasc explains that with almost 10 trillion septoria spores in 1ha of wheat it’s no wonder fungicide resistance builds up.
10 April 2024 Crop protection