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Andy Bailey and Mel Wardle, ADAMA fungicide Technical Specialist and Product Manager catch up ahead of the spring 2022 season. Andy shares his latest advice on fungicide strategy for the coming spring season. He will also provide his best use advice for ARIZONA following ADAMA latest trials results.

Location: Zoom
Show notes:
This online episode features our in-house technical specialists, Andy Bailey and Bill Lankford, as well as special guest Ian Holmes, in-house agronomist at Strawsons Ltd in Nottinghamshire. 
Also, Charles Anyan and John Birchall, two growers looking after farms in North Lincolnshire and Shrewsbury, give us an update on how they've come through the winter and are preparing for spring. Plus, coming up later in the show is an extended interview with Charles about the recent run1000 event that he took part in raising awareness around mental health and raising vital money too, for the Farming Community Network.
02.58 - Ian updates us on how his crop fields are looking at the moment
03.07 - Andy brings us up to speed with the importance of multi-sites 
06.57 - Ian shares why he believes resistant management is an important part of his strategy and his views on folpet (ADAMA multi-site). 
09.45 - New into the ADAMA business, Bill provides an update on what he is working on at the moment as Herbicide Technical Specialist 
11.04 - Charles Anyan and John Birchall give us an update on how they've come through the winter and are preparing for spring
21.42 - Ian shares his approach to T0 and whether this is tailored by variety 
28.43 - Charles reflects back on the run 1000 initiative 
36.58 - Back with Ian, he shares his pressures from black grass, ryegrass and broadleaved weeds.
43.03 - Mel Wardle, ADAMA Fungicide Product Manager gives an update on ADAMA new product SORTAEL 

Date: 16/11/20
Location: Zoom
Show notes:
This online episode is based around Multi-Site Inhibitors and in particular, Folpet. The show features two special guests from our R&D centre in Israel, Yoav Avidor and Gilad Silbert.
We aim to go behind the scenes and explain just how our fungicide expertise and experience goes in to making efficacious, quality formulations to help in your disease control and resistance management.
00.00 Introduction
02.52 Yoav tells us about the R&D center and exactly what work is happening there
6.35 Andy (ADAMA UK Fungicide Technical Specialist) explains the link his role in the UK to the Israel production
7.58 Gilad provides an overview of when and how Folpet was developed
9.54 Gilad goes on to explain the main challenges  to be overcome when developing a formulation

12.30 Taking a step back, Andy explains in more detail about what a multi-site is and why it’s important
15.56 We break away to Richard Cobbald, Farm Manager at Bartlow Estate in Cambridgeshire. He gives an update on his farm and explains why he plans to use a multi-site product as part of his resistance management strategy.
18.38 Next, we hear from James O’Riley, a tillage farmer based in County Kilkenny in Ireland
21.35 Gilad talks us through the work that goes into keeping the folpet quality the best it can be
23.57 Yoav explains how ADAMA are producing enough folpet to meet the growing demand
25.10 Gilad, Yoav and Andy provide a last tip for those listeners who are planning to use a multi-site product like Folpet as part of their resistance strategy
If you would like us to come and record a future episode on your farm, or if you’d like to contribute to the podcast in any way, then please do get in touch.

Date: 02/10/19
Location: Charnwood House, Amber Hill, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE20 3RQ
 Show notes:
David Roberts (ADAMA’s Herbicide Technical Specialists) and Will Nicholls (ADAMA’s Regional Agronomy Manger) are with Simon Gadd in Lincolnshire. Simon starts by welcoming ADAMA to his farm and sharing how his oilseed rape is looking. David and Will also share their thoughts on this year’s harvest.
3.10 In a pre-recorded interview Mike Hooper, Wiltshire, shares his harvest experience as well as providing a general update on disease pressure, OSR drilling and the cultural control methods he is using to tackle black-grass
6.10 Next is another pre-recorded interview from Russ McKenzie based near Huntingdon. He also shares his harvest experience, disease pressure and how he reached 85% establishment in OSR
11.07 David provides his comments on the pre-recorded interviews, and in particular advises on cabbage stem flea beetle in OSR and black-grass control measures. Will also shares his insights on the recent disease levels.
13.25: Back with Simon Gadd, conversations move to how his OSR and Winter Wheat harvest went. He shares how his wheat yield was above their usual average.  
14.56 He then goes on to discuss the pressure of controlling cranesbill in his OSR crop. David shares his advice on any recommendations for listeners in terms of control of black-grass, ryegrass and broad weed-leaves.
16.10 Conversations move to barley yellow dwarf (BYDV) virus and Will shares best practice as well as explaining how Mavrik can target these autumn aphids.
19.00 Ali Bosher (ADAMA Marketing Director) shares in a pre-recorded interview how ADAMA have updated and improved the packaging following the feedback from many farmers around the world
21.35 Back with the team who are now in an established OSR crop, Simon explains his approach to the use of pre-emergent herbicides and the control on black-grass. David shares the importance of delayed drilling in wheat crops. Further black-grass cultural control methods are also discussed.
26.47 Will discuss how this year’s moisture has affected slug pressure
31.25 To round up the guys share their final tips as we head into the autumn

Date: 07/05/19 Location: Grange Farm, Abbots Ripton, Nr Huntingdon  Show notes: Andy Bailey and David Roberts are in Abbots Ripton with Crop Production Manager Paul Drinkwater.  Paul starts by welcoming ADAMA and explaining his farming unit and the crops grown. Paul moves on to discuss how the wheat field is looking after the autumn. David shares his concerns with regards to the massive cracks in the tramlines across the UK and explains rain is needed to get the best yield potential; even for clean crops (3.05)
Andy turns the conversation towards fungicides and discusses with Paul his T0 fungicide application. Paul explains his high input system approach (4.43)
In a pre-recorded interview, Steve Cook, an agronomist at Hampshire Arable Systems gives a crop update from the south (5.28)
Paul shares how things are comparing in Cambridgeshire (14.21)
Paul goes on to discuss his control of grass weeds, and explains how his pre-emergence chemistry worked well. He shares how he aims to get his pre-em on 48 hours after drilling. David echoes the importance of this approach (17.19)
Taking a break from Grange Farm, we caught up online with Rob Harris, the Communications Manager at the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) to discuss their great charity.  (19.04)
Back on farm, Paul talks broad-leaved weeds and other problem weeds he is controlling on farm. David shares his advice. (24.08)
Paul shares his experience with weed mapping. David then questions if Paul has done any resistance testing and the importance of cultural control methods (26.58)
Andy questions the yellow rust status in the wheat crop (33.41)
Attention then turns to Sugar beet, Paul's Sugar beet crop is all drilled and growing well. David expresses how attention to detail is important in this crop too (36.30) 
Lastly the CTL revocation is discussed, with both Steve and Paul giving their views and plans for the future. Andy advocates the use of multi-sites and Folpet in particular. (39.41)

Date: 07/01/19 Location: Whitewool Farm, Hampshire Show notes: In our first show of season 2, Andy Bailey and David Roberts are in Hampshire with Will Butler the Farm Director.  They are joined by Tom, a prototype robot developed by the Small Robot Company. Will starts by telling us about Whitewool farm and how the crops there are looking to date. (1.29)
We jump to a pre-recorded interview with Simon Gadd who's farm is based in a small village called Amber Hill in Lincolnshire. He share his cropping insights, disease pressures and black-grass problems! (4.35)
Next we jump to hear from Steve May, Farm Manager at Fromant and Sanders just west of Northamptonshire. He also shares his current cropping situation. (11.15)
Back on farm, the rain has stopped! Will describes hows his winter cereals are looking in Hampshire, the current disease levels and his strategies for fungicide control programmes.(16.12)
Sam Watson and Robin Jackson from The Small Robot company join the conversation. They have brought along Robot Tom. Firstly Sam provides some background on The Small Robot company and their recent successful round of crowdfunding. (18.58)
Robin and Sam then go on to talk through the technology, what they are hoping to achieve and how far into the programme they currently are. They also share with us when they believe this technology will become standard practice on farm around the UK and worldwide! (20.56)
That's the future, back to the present! Will discusses with David the pressure of black-grass and other broad-leaved weeds on his farm. The weather was also discussed and how this impacted application of autumn herbicides.  (29.01)
Next they spoke of the spring follow-up applications that are being considered (31.28)
To conclude this episode, David and Andy wrap up with their final thoughts heading into spring (32.08)