Crop Management

In an article featured in Farmers Weekly, Jock Willmott comments on the control of yellow rust in wheat without epoxiconazole. Why Epoxiconazole Is Gone Epoxiconazole was once the go-to active […]

Featured in the Farmers Weekly, our Health & Safety expert Robert Gazely has this advice for farmers. Farmers should remind themselves of the risks associated with handling seed and fertiliser […]

Ceres Rural – Farming Update Welcome to the Ceres Rural Farming Update 2021, a publication that provides independent insights on agricultural issues, reports on policy, grant and administrative updates and […]

We have four potential days of fieldwork left before the rain resumes, with the now familiar anxiety about getting back on the land to finish off this seasons winter drilling.  […]

Ceres Rural lead technical agronomist and Partner Jock Willmott recently spoke with Dr Aoife O’Driscoll to discuss the 2021 growing season and planning for the season ahead.

Oilseeds: Rape – where it’s good its good and where it’s bad its bad, for many this is within the same field making it difficult to get excited about the […]

Drilling and Early Soil Conditions Soil conditions at the start of the month have encouraged growers to finish drilling the last combinable crops. This brings the 2020/21 eight-month drilling window […]

Spring 2021 – Farming Update Welcome to the inaugural Ceres Rural Farming Update – Spring 2021. This publication delivers expert, independent insights on the latest agricultural issues, policy changes, grants, […]

Crop Condition Overview Winter cereals that emerged by November are coping well with current conditions. Wheat drilled in December, especially after roots, remains mixed in performance and highly dependent on […]