Arable
Cereal crops enter home straight ahead “
IN THE FIELD
A good soak of rain is needed to ensure crops reach their potential, says Richard Overthrow
A
s is often the case at this time of year, the state of crops is closely related to
recent rainfall. Lighter soils to the east of the region are particularly
dry. Bearing in mind soils are dri- er anyway after 2018, yield poten- tial will be hampered unless the defi cit is remedied soon. Most areas have had suffi - cient rain events to allow all the applied nitrogen to be taken up. Ideally any late soil-applied ni- trogen for grain protein in wheat should have been applied by now, and from now on foliar nitrogen sprayed onto ears after fl ower- ing is the best means of achiev- ing this.
In winter wheat crops, fl ag leaf emergence varied with drill- ing date but in most cases hap- pened when expected. At least the dry weather prevented any dis- ease epidemics so fungicide pro- grammes will have worked well.
T3 sprays Ear or T3 sprays will be going on now, the optimum timing for these is full ear emergence to ear- ly fl owering, and this may occur
less than two weeks after the fl ag leaf spray. Varieties such as Crusoe and Siskin can suffer late brown rust so these T3 sprays will have a dual role in these crops. These treatments are important for groups 1-3 but feed wheats also may benefi t – particularly if a wet summer ensues. Later developing wheat crops
may still be at risk from blossom midge, so this should be moni- tored until fl owering starts. If warm dry weather prevails then aphids may move onto cereal ears so look out for these also.
Barley Winter barley crops have been put to bed now and we can only wait to see what their yield po- tential actually was. Most spring barley crops were sown earlier this year and will be due a sec- ond fungicide at fl ag leaf awns emergence.
Later developing wheat crops may still be at risk from blossom midge
There may only be time for one fungicide on crops sown lat- er than this, given the low disease pressure and rapid development typical of later sowings. The second fungicide in win- ter oats (around panicle emer- gence) will also be due soon and should be rust-orientated. Spring oat crops usually require just one fungicide, around GS32.
Oilseed rape
Nitrogen programmes for the poorer (fl ea beetle-ravaged) win- ter oilseed rape crops were also diffi cult to judge and there may be crops which have recovered and so are considered to have had in- suffi cient nitrogen to date.
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