Cereals 2016

Not long to go now to the UK’s leading  arable event, Cereals 2016, where we are exhibiting again. Looking forward to meeting growers and agronomists from the UK and overseas. Always a great event to exhibit at, not just to talk to new and existing customers but more importantly for me – to listen!  We get a great feel for the arable industry…

Why We Love the Slug!

Why do we need slugs? Quite simply slugs perform a couple of vital roles in the natural balance of our garden and for those reasons we need to let them get on with the day job. First of all, slugs help to decompose all that rotting vegetation that is created such as fallen leaves and…

Spring application guide on farm

The image on the right shows an ideal growth stage to apply Grazers against rabbit or pigeon damage. In this instnce its spring barley but the same applies in the autumn whether it is wheat, barley or oil seed rape. Its easy to presume that you are wasting product because there is more soil than leaf, but rest…

The Rise of the Hedgehog in 2016

Did you know it is Hedgehog Awareness Week 2016 from the 1st to the 7th May? Hedgehogs are a well-loved species here in the UK, yet the population has reportedly dropped by 99.97% since the 1950s, motivating campaigners to petition for them to be protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.…