Defra published IPM Guidance for UK growers

To help farmers, growers and land managers adopt different IPM approaches, Defra published a new guidance page on GOV.UK. This post includes a link to the new guidance page and background on IPM.

In collaboration with ADAS, a new series of videos will be launched in January.

14 videos will bring to life the science behind IPM and showcase best practice for managing diseases in cereals.

The videos will focus on:

• crop production and plant disease epidemics

• disease control methods

• managing fungicide resistance

• environmental considerations

The videos appear weekly along with related IPM content and will be hosted on the ADAS YouTube channel. ADAS produced a PDF which goes into more detail.

The new UK Pesticides National Action Plan will be published next year and will set out the government’s strategy for sustainable use of pesticides.

You can find IPM plan templates online and you should decide which works best for you. This IPM plan template contains written guidance for certain crop types.

You can find decision support systems online and you should decide which works best for you. IPM Decisions may help you assess which decision support systems are relevant to your land.