‘A wet and windy May fills the barn with corn and hay’ is a saying that all growers are aware of and hope will come true this year.

However, wet conditions in May bring their own problems with increased foliar diseases and Dr. Steven Kildea joined the Tillage Edge podcast this week to discuss the progress of disease control in crops so far this year

Steven said that despite commercial crops looking relatively clean, many of the untreated crops in Oak Park have moderate to high levels of disease.

There are stark differences between varieties with Graham and Costello worth comparing this year.

Steven refers to timings of fungicide applications also being critical and a poorly applied final fungicide in Spring barley can potentially cost a grower 0.4t/ha of grain.

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