Watch: winter crop weed control - know your options
Many winter crops still await their first herbicide application, while others are awaiting a clean-up spray. Given the challenging spring, we ask what options are still available to tillage farmers.
Growers can expect a flush of grass and broadleaved weeds coming through in the next number of weeks as spring eventually kicks into gear.
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Many growers missed the window for autumn weed control last year due to poor weather. Growers are reporting that weed levels in these unsprayed fields are still relatively low due to the slow spring.
However, as spring hopefully kicks into gear soon, growers can expect a flush of grass and broadleaved weeds coming through in the next number of weeks. While many farmers have been able to spray some crops in the last number of weeks, others will be out when conditions next dictate.
So what are the options for winter crop weed control? The Irish Farmers Journal invited Terrachem's Gary Beirne, Bayer's James Burn and TP Whelehan's Chris Maughan to discuss the options still available this spring.
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Part one
Part one focuses on herbicide options available for grassweed control in winter cereals.
Part two
Part two of the conversation focuses on broadleaved weed control in winter cereals.
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Title: Watch: winter crop weed control - know your options
Many winter crops still await their first herbicide application, while others are awaiting a clean-up spray. Given the challenging spring, we ask what options are still available to tillage farmers.
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Many growers missed the window for autumn weed control last year due to poor weather. Growers are reporting that weed levels in these unsprayed fields are still relatively low due to the slow spring.
However, as spring hopefully kicks into gear soon, growers can expect a flush of grass and broadleaved weeds coming through in the next number of weeks. While many farmers have been able to spray some crops in the last number of weeks, others will be out when conditions next dictate.
So what are the options for winter crop weed control? The Irish Farmers Journal invited Terrachem's Gary Beirne, Bayer's James Burn and TP Whelehan's Chris Maughan to discuss the options still available this spring.
Part one
Part one focuses on herbicide options available for grassweed control in winter cereals.
Part two
Part two of the conversation focuses on broadleaved weed control in winter cereals.
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