Nitrogen price and supply looks set to remain volatile over the coming season.

What do you need to be aware of if you are thinking of autumn drilling spring barley?

BAZOOKA is part of the Syngenta hybrid barley portfolio and an excellent choice for drilling this autumn. Here are five things you may not know about it... BAZOOKA has been on the RL since 2016 and since 2019 it has consistently delivered 104-105% of control means The OO naming convention means that this variety was named by our colleagues elsewhere in Europe BAZOOKA was one of the varieties that was used in early trials exploring the superior suppressive effects of hybrid barley against grass weeds like black-grass The BAZOOKA cow proved so popular that it featured in the SY KINGSBARN advert and was brought back for the “Cow about that” advert for SY NEPHIN In the most recent AHDB RL harvest results for 2023 BAZOOKA remains in the top 10 for yield out of all listed winter barleys   To find out more about BAZOOKA, click here!  To purchase BAZOOKA, speak to your local seed merchant. 

Independent monitoring by the Fight Against Blight initiative has confirmed the UK’s first case of EU_46_A1 blight strain which has been found in Lampeter, Wales.DNA analysis of the sample has been undertaken by the James Hutton Institute to investigate whether it will express any resistance to both CAA and OSBPI fungicides.  The gene regions determining resistance to the CAA and OXTP resistance have been amplified and sequenced. The sample was matched with other EU46 samples from continental Europe. In the sample, DNA mutations were present that have been linked to Oxathiapiprolin resistance. In the case of CAAs, genetic expression is recessive, meaning a homozygous state is needed to confer resistance. In the case of the Lampeter sample, the relevant single DNA mutation was found in the heterozygous state which has been proven to confer a sensitive reaction to the fungicide Mandipropamid (CAA group of fungicides). This is an isolated case at present, found at a remote ADAS trial site…

When it comes to late drilled crops, variety selection matters.

A new hybrid winter feed barley variety offering enhanced defence against the major yield-robbing winter barley diseases has been launched by Syngenta for planting this autumn.