How to step up the fight against grass weeds

Neglecting individual weeds or small weedy patches can swiftly lead to a costly disaster

Blackgrass is a highly invasive weed with 'enormous capacity' to produce thousands of seeds

Michael Hennessy

The next couple of weeks is a good time to stand back and assess your work for the year, and what happened on other farms or trial sites around the country.

Judging your own crops can be difficult as you need a comparison with other farms in your locality.