Know How / Wheat

In a competitive cereals market, our wheat page aims to help you grow a more profitable crop in the face of rising costs and volatile grain markets.

This is your starting point for addressing challenges such as fungicide and weed resistance, integrating different cultivation techniques, exploring precision farming and protecting the environment.

Key areas of focus:

  • Getting establishment right
  • Planning fungicide strategy
  • Assessing fertiliser requirements
  • Keeping on top of blackgrass
  • Choosing the right varieties for the right market

Latest Know How

ROTATIONS

Poor grain outlook sees farms rethink rotations and machinery

For many arable farmers, the reality of low grain prices and minimal government support has triggered some of the toughest decisions of their careers. As margins tighten and markets fail…

WEED MANAGEMENT

How to tackle the increasing problem of Italian ryegrass

Good crop rotations and cultivations are two critical factors in controlling troublesome Italian ryegrass in arable crops, in tandem with a good residual herbicide regime. These two cultural control methods,…

NUTRITION AND FERTILISER

Biostimulants show wheat yield promise under low N use

Results from a three-year independent study revealed the use of biological products had a greater impact on winter wheat yield and margin where a lower nitrogen rate was applied. Efforts…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Why variety and drill date are key to yield and disease

Growers looking to reduce fungicide use and reliance on synthetic chemistry are advised to start by focusing on two key decisions: variety choice and drilling date. While there is growing…

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