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Identify and manage pests on your farm

Practical information on economic importance, lifecycles, natural enemies, as well as cultural and chemical control of pests is available in a single guide.

Monitor and control aphids

Aphids  can cause significant yield reduction through feeding damage and diseases introduced by virus transmission.
HGCA’s aphid management publications can be used to better understand aphids and their control.

Aphid advisory alerts provide weekly updates on regional aphid activity during key times of the year. They are designed to assist decision-making relating to spraying.

Aphid advisory alerts 

Integrate slug control

Wheat seeds and germinating oilseed rape seedlings are highly vulnerable to feeding by slugs. The following publications aim to help growers assess slug risk and raise awareness of integrated management options, which are based on best timing and placement of slug pellets.

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Target specific cereal pests

Orange wheat blossom midge is an economically important pest. HGCA has produced comprehensive guidelines to assist with its management and control.

Wheat bulb fly numbers fluctuate considerably from year to year. HGCA invests in an annual survey of wheat bulb fly egg numbers to help establish the need for insecticidal seed treatment or sprays.

In the last few years, local epidemics of the saddle gall midge have been reported. HGCA has issued a publication to help growers better understand the risk of yield loss associated with saddle gall midge and control options.

Target specific oilseed rape pests

HGCA has produced revised thresholds to be used to determine the need for cabbage stem flea beetle control.

Pollen beetle resistance-management advice has been developed to preserve the effectiveness of available insecticides.

Online forecasts of pollen beetle migration can help to focus
monitoring effort to when it is most needed and reduce unnecessary insurance sprays.

Identify and manage pests in your store

Integrated pest management is an essential component of safe grain storage. As grain stores present a unique set of pest challenges, particularly due to the low infestation thresholds, HGCA has produced some key reference sources for the identification and management of grain storage pests.

Target specific oilseed rape pests

Living organisms are necessary for the biological processes associated with agricultural production. Farms with a relatively wide range of living organisms can be described as ‘biodiverse’.

Discover how an investment in biodiversity could help increase natural pest predator levels by visiting our Stewardship pages.

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