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Welcome to Crop Watch update for week ending Saturday December 27. With the crop having, to all intents and purposes, stopped growing, it's worth reviewing the key moments so far!
Friday September 26
The field was sown out with CONSORT winter wheat at a seed rate of 10 stone per acre (70 kilos per ha). Seed was treated with BERET GOLD (active ingredient fludioxinil) to protect against seedling blight (Fusarium) and Common Bunt (Tilletia caries).

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Thursday October 09
Crop sprayed with the insecticide Hallmark (active ingredient lambda-cyhalothrin) to protect against Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV)

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Friday December 19

Crop growth has now stopped

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