Unprecedented, often relentless, autumn rainfall – if this season were a cricket match, we’d have been rained off long ago. Thankfully while the rain has put a dampener on things so far, we’ve launched our All-Rounder quiz and podcast to add some much-needed cheer to the season.
Over the next few months we're making the link between crops and cricket, separating superior wheat protection from the chaff. We’ll be speaking with top industry pundits and players throughout the season, identifying who is in a purple patch and who is hopelessly out of form.
To top it off we have launched an exciting quiz to find out which member of a cricket team – all-rounder, opening batsman or fast bowler – your approach to disease control matches up to. Best of all there will also be a chance to win* a future England one-day international hospitality ticket. Keep an eye on our blog and follow #AscraAllRounder
Much of this season’s wheat crop has been late drilled, making significant changes to the disease order this year. In a typical season Septoria, eyespot and take-all would have been key wickets, but this season they have dropped down the order, with mildew and rusts getting the nod as openers instead.
While the asking rate might be high, this game is still for the taking but a change in strategy is called for to get the disease opposition all out. As the pundits say, to counter the wide range of diseases likely to be present this season warrants considering an all-rounder like Ascra.
As an all-rounder, Ascra is the star of the team, good enough to be selected in the top order for everything on its own merit – confirmed in its recent accolade as best disease control all-rounder in AHDB fungicide trials†. Ascra rises to the occasion and can be relied upon to make an outstanding individual performance at T1 and T2.
Watch the video below to see Gareth Bubb, Ben Giles, Mike Abram and Russell McKenzie gather together to discuss the 2020 season for wheat growers with a cricketing twist.
†ADHB Fungicide Activity Rating for Major Wheat Diseases, April 2019
