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Podcast: The Tillage Edge
Episode: Pre-emerge herbicides will give you better weed control
Description: Weed control in winter cereals is essential to protect yields and to prevent weed seed return and on this week’s Tillage Edge, Shay Phelan and Ciaran Collins, Tillage Specialists at Teagasc, chat through the reasons to prioritise pre-emerge herbicide applications in winter wheat and winter barley. Shay says there is some flexibility in the pre-emerge application timing, however there is very little flexibility in the rates and he recommends using high rates to achieve season-long persistency.   The Teagasc Crop Report can be downloaded here from the Google and Apple app store...