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Test your weeds for herbicide resistance for free

This year is the last year that farmers will be able to send their weed samples off for free testing without a referral.

NEWS 16 August 2026

Test your weeds for herbicide resistance for free

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Identification guide: look out for grass weeds this harvest

Identification guide: look out for grass weeds this harvest

CROPS 26 July 2026

Suspect weed resistance? Harvest 2026 is the last chance for free testing

Suspect weed resistance? Harvest 2026 is the last chance for free testing

NEWS 1 July 2026

Cereals 2026: varieties, plant protection and Diddly Squat soil

Cereals 2026: varieties, plant protection and Diddly Squat soil

Cereals 2026: varieties, plant protection and Diddly Squat soil

NEWS 14 June 2026

Tillage Management: sunshine and good crops

Tillage Management: sunshine and good crops

Tillage Management: sunshine and good crops

HUSBANDRY 27 May 2026

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Herbicide cross-resistance in grass weeds: why testing is essential

Herbicide cross-resistance in grass weeds: why testing is essential

Knowing the type of resistant populations present is essential for adopting a site-specific containment programme, including drastic actions, writes Vijaya Bhaskar of Teagasc.

CROP PROTECTION 9 October 2025

Pre-emergence herbicides crucial for grass weed control

Pre-emergence herbicides crucial for grass weed control

A weeds workshop at the National Tillage Conference was told that UK farmers will no longer plant winter wheat if they cannot apply a pre-emergence herbicide due to the threat of grass weeds.

NEWS 9 October 2025

Blackgrass and its unlikely sources prove costly

Blackgrass and its unlikely sources prove costly

Blackgrass came onto this English farmers farm from numerous sources and his quick action prevented a bad problem from getting worse.

CROPS 9 October 2025

Glyphosate resistance is not inevitable: changes you can make

Glyphosate resistance is not inevitable: changes you can make

There are many factors impacting the build up of resistance to glyphosate so a plan is needed to keep on top of good weed control.

CROPS 9 October 2025

Action needed 'quickly' to stop straw imports

Action needed 'quickly' to stop straw imports

Action is needed quickly on legislation to prevent the importation of weed seeds in straw and other products coming into the country.

NEWS 9 October 2025

Tillage Management: rainfall levels, payments and winter jobs

Tillage Management: rainfall levels, payments and winter jobs

Fields are very wet in most places at the minute so there won’t be too many out with a plough or a sprayer for another while.

HUSBANDRY 9 October 2025

Tillage Podcast: budget, sowing and chats from Yorkshire

Tillage Podcast: budget, sowing and chats from Yorkshire

On this week’s Tillage Podcast, we visit an Italian ryegrass trial site in England, talk about the budget and winter cereal planting.

NEWS 9 October 2025

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