June rainfall favours crop growth and development
Rainfall in the first week of June was welcome as soil moisture deficits were at 50mm in the southeast, according to Mark Plunkett, Soil & Plant Nutrition Specialist at Teagasc. His recent tillage crop report states that spring barley crops have developed quite well over the last seven to 10 days with many crops now at or approaching the correct stage for the final fungicide application (T2). The correct time for the…