Yellow rust has always been a key disease to monitor in winter wheat, but recent developments mean it deserves even closer attention this season and beyond. A Shift in Yellow Rust Dynamics Last season saw a significant change in the behaviour of yellow rust, with the breakdown...
Winter is often seen as the quieter part of the farming calendar, but for those of us in agronomy, it is anything but idle. While the pace in the field may slow, the work behind the scenes rarely does. In many ways, the winter months...
Firstly, I hope you all had an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas and New Year. It feels like a long time since I wrote my previous blog post, so thought I would provide an update on what the Indigro team have been up to in January...
I thought I would start this blog post by reviewing this past Autumn and the outlook for most farms. Not much has changed since my previous entry, with the rain continuing to hold us off the land and wet patches still laying wet. The frosts...
As the rain continues to fall across England, positivity has reached an all-time low. So, I decided to start this blog post on a positive note. Early drilled Winter Oilseed Rape crops are looking very impressive. Residual herbicides and Autumn fungicides are going on now,...
I think the title of this post aptly describes the last month or so. As the new season ramps up and WOSR is beginning to take off, I can’t help but think this hot weather is a month too late. The fact that we are in...
After a couple of years without an update from the Indigro team, the mantel of ‘blog writer’ has been passed to me. I suppose a personal introduction is in order, so here goes. My name is Harry Molton, I am 25 years old from South...
This is a very belated blog, having found out I can call myself an agronomist over a month ago, however the relief I felt has not begun to wear off. The last few weeks have been filled with final visits to crops, pre-harvest meetings, internal...
If your family are anything like mine from a very young age you will have been told at times of stress just do your best. All you can do is do your best. Throughout school I probably would have met this with a not-so-subtle eye...
Over the last few weeks, I have been attempting to divide my time between helping the team at the busiest time of year and revising. FOMO (Fear of missing out) whilst I’m revising is very real at the moment, and I love any opportunity to...
