Herbicides

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.

The three-crop rule has to be complied with this season, so farmers need to have their cropping plan done.

There are plenty of winter crops in the ground and they need to be managed for weeds and aphids.

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.

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.