Mathew Barnes

This hungry queen #bumblebee certainly appreciates the hard work gone into establishing and keeping this #OSR crop alive. An early source of #nectar for important #pollinators @BASFcropUK

It's almost that time of the month again! With a new podcast ready for you to hear, from first thing tomorrow morning, we talk to @planetclune from @BASFcropUK about urease inhibitors & protected urea. @BartsAgri @UK_COFCO @FrontierAg @ThomasbellFert #teamdairy #beef

@RDoublier Telia de Puccinia striiformis?

Question a un ami: C'est quoi cette maladie sur blé ?

A 38-page bean growth guide produced by @BASFcropUK in collaboration with @ADASGroup and PGRO. Want one?

Musings from the field: #Frost damage on leaf 4 evident on the odd plant. #Aphid numbers on the up and fairly easily spotted. First signs of #yellowrust in the Zyatt. And upright nature of leaf emergence showing how easy #septoria can spread with direct contact. T1 applied today.

@80s_Kidz Beast in the cellar 😖

Which single shot from a film that you watched growing up will haunt you forever? Heres mine...🙈

@SamHugill2 @SammyersAg To echo Sam's comment here's an example from last year. The stressed brome was carrying lots of mildew and so was the adjacent wheat crop.

@SammyersAg Hi Sam, I’m assuming your referring to the reddish purpling leaves? If so this is Brome and not your Barley crop! The white lesions on those leaves are Mildew and could possibly be harbouring in your commercial crop too. Feel free to message me if you need any more info 👍🏼

Trying twitter before asking the agronomist, anybody any idea what could be causing this with our winter barley? I’m thinking lack of nitrogen

From well tillered over wintered #ryegrass to fresh spring germinators it’s easy to see why it can be such a problematic grass weed. #luximo keeping plots impressively clean vs UT in our #Cheshire trial site. @BASFcropUK

Fascinating to see just how many #conidia (spores) are ejected from just one #pycnidia within this #Septoria lesion. @BASFcropUK

@dikesmarshfarm @BASFcropUK True! If you need a more recent picture for the next cpm article let me know 😉

@MathewKBarnes @BASFcropUK Always good to have something to fall back on 😂😂

Normal service has resumed rain wise down at our Rawcliffe Bridge #Realresults farm. Unsuprisingly KWS Extase the most forward of the varieties but only 30-40% leaf 4 emerged in this crop drilled Mid September. @BASFcropUK

@dikesmarshfarm @BASFcropUK I’m available for weddings and birthdays!

@MathewKBarnes @BASFcropUK You do take some lovely pictures when you are on the farm 📸

@denny_robert Same, but with bells on!

And so it begins again. If you know, you know!

@tjcsimpson I think the junction is where the seed used to be, so seminal roots below and nice chunky nodal/crown ones you can see at the top.

Friday quiz Pre-em left and Pre-em right, no prizes given

@dikesmarshfarm @BASFcropUK @Mountfordsmith @AliRichards_ @amylbere @hugopryce1 @scottmilne53 @baker_tunney @BaldiMatthias @Mattkeane22 It’s a tough line up this year Richard! She’s still going strong though.

@BASFcropUK @Mountfordsmith @AliRichards_ @amylbere @hugopryce1 @scottmilne53 @baker_tunney @BaldiMatthias @Mattkeane22 I can't see @MathewKBarnes dog 👀

Happy #InternationalDogDay from some of the furry colleagues at @BASFcropUK 🐶 How are you and your canine friends celebrating?

With half the average rainfall in April and June + hot windy days, drought stress very evident down at our #Realresultsfarm at Rawcliffe bridge . Benefits above disease control exhibited in quite a few varieties. UT vs #Revystar T1/T2. @BASFcropUK some coping better than others.

Come say hello over the next two days at the @dkbcrop Open Day on the 28th/29th June and learn more about #Luximo our brand new mode of action grass weed active for this autumn @BASFcropUK

@ADB0806 I’ll throw my hat in the ring Andy with harlequin Bug nymphs

Can anyone help with the identification of these tiny chaps? Seen in our garden in SW Germany. For size comparison they are on one seed head of an allium . #biodiversity #insects

@sc_pearceseeds @planetclune @BASFcropUK Just the T3 Prothio ear wash gone on recently Simon, no T0. So in terms of YR really putting that T1/T2 chemistry to the test!

@MathewKBarnes @planetclune @BASFcropUK Any partner products used ?

#Revystar T1 fb T2 looking good keeping out #yellowrust in #zyatt and #skyfall at our #realresultsfarm Tight timings which haven’t been easy this season with wind and rain limiting spray days. Pressure still there so T3 crucial in prolonging yield protection. @BASFcropUK