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20 Apr
2026

T1 Cereal Focus: A key timing for delivering effective disease control in the season ahead…

20 April 2026•Related topics:

With more forward, advanced crops this year, many in prime condition, growers face key disease control decisions heading into the main spring period. Assessing the yield potential of each field will help plan cost input spend appropriately. The use of cost-effective partner products for the T1 timing can reduce input costs. Key Considerations: For normal... Read more

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02 Apr
2026

Ideal cost-effective partner products for potato blight programmes…

02 April 2026•Related topics: ,

This spring, we’re strengthening our potato product range with the introduction of Clayton TopGun, a cost-effective protectant fungicide for season-long control of potato late blight. Clayton TopGun Formulated with 160 g/L cyazofamid (SC), Clayton TopGun is a high-performance protectant fungicide, providing robust foliar and tuber protection to help prevent yield-damaging blight infections throughout the season.... Read more

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03 Mar
2026

Disease Focus: Key Spring Diseases in OSR and How to Manage Them!

03 March 2026•Related topics:

Maintaining a healthy crop canopy in spring is essential for maximising green leaf area and light penetration as crops approach the critical flowering stage. Problem diseases to watch out for in the spring… Light Leaf Spot Focus Light Leaf Spot can continue to spread in the spring, often carrying over from autumn infections, especially in... Read more

22 Oct
2025
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Agronomy Update: Managing Autumn Diseases in Oilseed Rape

22 October 2025•Related topics: ,

Oilseed rape crops are looking strong across the UK this autumn, but with conditions currently favourable for Phoma and Light Leaf Spot, now is the time to review your disease management strategy. Reminder for Key Disease Thresholds Phoma: Treat when 10–20% of plants are infected. Use lower threshold on more susceptible varieties and/or where plants... Read more

07 Jul
2025

Protecting tubers as Late blight pressures are growing!

07 July 2025•Related topics:

Effective control of key potato diseases is essential at this time of year to support crop growth, protect yields, and maintain tuber quality. Avoiding crop stress also reduces disease impact, so good crop management, appropriate fertiliser applications and irrigation best practice all help. With late blight pressure increasing, growers should remain vigilant for symptoms of... Read more

05 Jun
2025

T3. Tailor the product choice to match your crop challenges.

05 June 2025•Related topics:

There are essentially three main disease challenges in cereals at the T3 timing. Understanding which of these are relevant to your crop will be key to cost effective disease management and extending green leaf retention, vital for final yields. T3 can be managed cost-effectively in terms of product choice in many situations following higher T2... Read more

22 May
2025

T2. Reacting to the challenges of every season.

22 May 2025•Related topics:

Following a relatively dry spring period, levels of Septoria and Rust currently remain low or moderate overall in many crops. However, recent rainfall events in some areas have raised risk levels with disease development and pressure is likely to respond very quickly at this time of year. Also, 2024 was a relatively high-pressure year for... Read more

07 May
2025

Consider flowering fungicide sprays soon this month to protect your oilseed rape crops…

07 May 2025•Related topics:

“With oilseed rape crops looking very good at the moment around the UK and prices around the £450/tonne mark, protecting crops during flowering against sclerotinia infections may be important to protect and maximise profit margins.” says Will Ridgwell, Clayton Plant Protection. Crops this year are generally looking better than they have done for a number... Read more

04 Apr
2025

T1 Planning in Cereals – Getting it right! A key timing to deliver effective baseline disease control in the season ahead.

04 April 2025•Related topics:

Though not as problematic as last year, growers still face hard decisions in terms of disease control with a level of crop variability apparent due to wet weather and difficult field conditions coming out of the winter, so not all crops are in prime condition going into the main spring period. Growers are advised to... Read more

09 Mar
2025

T0. Disease Control Starting Point.

09 March 2025•Related topics:

T0 is the right time for some crops to set up season-long control of key diseases in wheat and barley. Growers this season are again facing different crop situations this spring, with variability in crops due to later autumn drilling and wet field conditions coming out of the winter, so not all crops are in... Read more

04 Mar
2025

Disease Focus: Key Spring Diseases in OSR and How to Manage Them!

04 March 2025•Related topics:

Maintaining a healthy crop canopy in spring is essential for maximising green leaf area and light penetration as crops approach the critical flowering stage. Problem diseases to watch out for in the spring… Light Leaf Spot Focus Light Leaf Spot can continue to spread in the spring, often carrying over from autumn infections, especially in... Read more

27 Feb
2025

Velcourt trials highlight the efficacy of generic options at T1 as cost-effective partner products in wider cereal disease control programmes.

27 February 2025•Related topics: ,

Fully replicated fungicide trials conducted for Clayton by Velcourt in 2024 gave encouraging results and support why premium quality generic chemistry has an important role to play in what are undoubtedly challenging times and operating environments for UK farm businesses. “Within Velcourt we are looking at how we integrate older, generic chemistry into programmes to... Read more

20 Feb
2025

Cost-Effective Disease Control in Oilseed Rape This Spring

20 February 2025•Related topics:

Maintaining a healthy crop canopy in spring is essential for maximising green leaf area and light penetration as crops approach the critical flowering stage. Clayton offers a range of leading fungicide products for OSR crops this spring. Achieving good crop growth to maximise yields relies on effective control of damaging diseases in the spring. With... Read more

20 Feb
2025

Perfect range of partner products, for cost-effective cereal disease control this spring.

20 February 2025•Related topics:

Clayton offers a wide range of leading fungicides for cereal crops this spring. Achieving good crop growth to maximise yields relies on effective, early control of damaging fungal diseases. Careful planning in terms of product choice for contact and protective fungicides will help growers achieve the best results at key application timings. Our cost-effective products... Read more

06 Aug
2024

Protecting tubers from Blight warning! – August 2024

06 August 2024•Related topics: ,

After some periods of very conducive weather conditions and recent temperature ranges, reports of Potato blight outbreaks are now increasing across the UK. Growers are advised to respond with robust blight control strategies and pay careful attention to protecting tubers from the high risk of infective blight spores. Keeping up a strong programme with different... Read more