This Smart beet crop could make a big difference to yield in beet crops, as it is a fodder beet. So far, these varieties have been sugar beet.
The dry conditions make it a good time of the year to take soil samples and make a nutrient management plan for the year ahead.
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The three-crop rule has to be complied with this season, so farmers need to have their cropping plan done.
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There are plenty of winter crops in the ground and they need to be managed for weeds and aphids.
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The herbicide is currently used for pre- and post-emergence spraying. French farmers have condemned the move.
Ground conditions are still good for planting. Many farmers still have crops to harvest across the country.
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Peter Thomas Keaveney attended a Farmhand and CultiWise working demonstration day in Laois last week where variable rate herbicide applications were derived from drone imagery.
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