Report from the UK on the drought and blackgrass control

On this week’s Tillage Edge, Dubliner Andy Mahon, who is farm manager of the Bromborough Estate in Northamptonshire, UK, discusses crop conditions, how the business is coping with the difficult weather, grass-weed pressure and recent changes to farm support.

Andy also outlines his blackgrass strategy – from planning and growing crops in fields with low blackgrass population, to targeted herbicide use and post-emergence controls – and is candid about the challenge, saying that despite persistent efforts it remains hard to get the weed fully under control.

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