IN BRIEF
IN BRIEF
• FREE soya bean seed of four new early Polish varieties is on offer in buy-back contracts from United Oilseeds while stocks last. Growers will be able to grow up to 10ha each to test how the varieties, which could be ready to harvest in early September, perform under UK conditions.
• SITE yield potential can be important when choosing spring barley varieties, according to HGCA-funded SAC research. Optic seemed to do relatively better than other varieties at low yielding locations, while Delibes and Livet did comparatively better at higher yielding sites.
• A QUARTER of northern oilseed rape crops could be severely affected by light leaf spot by spring, similar to last year, according to the latest HGCA forecast. Now is time to start checking for symptoms and to consider early sprays, advises ADAS.