Operator Agronomy Group

Field walks organised throughout the growing season (8.30 –10.30 am) together with classroom sessions over the winter period covering soil management, crop nutrition, growth and development of plants. Environmental, bio-diversity and cross-compliance issues.

Basic principles of weed, pest and diseases control (Recognition, thresholds and control measures)

Disease control

Pest control

Weed control

Cereal pests and diseases, Oilseed rape pests and diseases, Pea and bean pests and diseases, Soil management, Crop nutrition, Growth and development of the individual plant, Crop growth & development