Terrachem’s Margaret Murphy
This crops watch article is sponsored by Terrachem, a leading supplier of crop protection products to the Irish market.
In this Cropswatch instalment on beet, Terrachem’s Margaret Murphy discusses new spray programmes without desmedipham and issues surrounding our current cold spell.
This year we don’t have desmedipham available, so products that were the backbone of beet weed control like Betanal Maxx Pro are not feasible. Instead, we are relying on replacement products based on the straight active ingredients phenmedipham and ethofumesate, to provide the same weed control.
Achieving weed-free beet will be a little trickier and this is compounded by the current weather fluctuations and crops being under stress from frost.