Chris Bond

Product Manager (Plant Health) @ FMC Agro Ltd. Views are my own.

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The UK FMC team have been busy out in the field reviewing our Fundatis® herbicide trials powered by Isoflex® active, which were established last autumn. 🚜

Visiting plots at this stage of the season is always valuable, giving us the opportunity to assess performance and see how applications are holding up.

As the photos show, Fundatis® herbicide applied alone at 1.0L/ha pre-emergence (picture 2) is delivering excellent suppression of groundsel and cranesbill vs untreated (picture 1). ✅ 👍

When partnered with other active ingredients (picture 3) the results speak for themselves. 🚜

Results like these highlight the importance of robust autumn herbicide programmes and well-planned integrated weed control strategies to set crops up for success. 👏

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With the exciting news that Fundatis® herbicide, powered by Isoflex® active is now registered 🎊 in Great Britain for autumn use in winter wheat and winter barley, Gareth Jones explains why this product, which brings a new mode of action into cereals, will be an important new tool for growers when planning their broadleaf and grassweed control strategies. 🚜 🚜

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📢 Have you signed up to our Isoflex® active mailing list?

Last week, we sent out an informative update including videos on some of our growers below who have been trialling Isoflex® active on farm.

🚜 Ollie Stobo - Oaklands Farm, Oxfordshire

🚜 Richard Ward - Barton Farm, Cotswolds

🚜 Mike Jones - T D Jones and Co, Cheshire

To sign up for Isoflex® active updates, go to our dedicated website at https://t.co/r6tyXJb7JY and fill in your details 🖊️

You can also catch up with our growers and their individual videos by visiting their page at https://t.co/Yi3HKEEuWu 📺

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Following on from our top tips for tissue testing, it’s really important to keep on top of nutritional issues before visual symptoms appear in the field. 👀 Once visual symptoms are evident, significant impact to your crop is already under way. 🚜

In the image below, you can see that there is yellowing of the crop and the tramlines are looking greener. This is a clear indication that the crop is suffering from manganese deficiency which was confirmed with a quick tissue testing analysis. 🌱

An application of manganese in nitrate form will quickly remedy the issue before any further yield potential is lost. 🚜

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With it starting to feel a bit more like spring, our thoughts turn to evaluating early crop nutritional requirements by tissue testing 🌱

Here are our top 5 tips when it comes to taking samples from your fields for tissue testing analysis🌱

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A beautiful day to be taking our first group of agronomists out to see our Isoflex® active trials in Kent ☀️🌱

If you would like to see Isoflex® active in action in an area near you, please get in touch with your local Commercial Technical Manager as we have a number of trial sites located across the country 🚜🗺️

#newthinking #newperformance #grassweeds #broadleavedweeds

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Adam Espir - a former colleague, a friend and a fountain of knowledge when it came to the SU herbicides 🌱

Adam worked with the SU herbicides from the beginning of development right up until his retirement in 2022 🚜

Read more about how they revolutionised the spring cereal broad-leaved weed market
https://t.co/FBkzRpARSb

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We have really enjoyed working with @JanineAcrops and @cpm_magazine on an article which celebrates 40 years of FMC's SU herbicides 🥳

Take a look at the article by following the link below and turn to page 40 🌱🚜

https://t.co/36vQ5fH59x

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Steve Harrison from Southwest Agronomy first used the SU herbicides when he started his career in agronomy which was in 1985 🌱🌱

"Ally DF was launched in 1985 which was the same year as I became involved in agronomy, like all technology usage practices have evolved, especially employing mixtures with other herbicide groups to combat resistance threats 🚜🚜

First reaction from farmers was incredulity that such a tiny amount could be so active" 🌱🌱

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📢 It's not very often you can say that a crop protection product has been on the UK market for four decades ‼️

Cast your mind back to 1985... This is the year that Metsulfuron was first launched onto the UK cereal market 🌱

Hazel Blanshard, Product Manager for FMC tells us a little bit more 📽️

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Our Commercial Technical Team are out and about visiting our Isoflex® active demonstration sites across the country 🚜

Some great efficacy against groundsel demonstrated by Isoflex® active in Yorkshire, one of the many weeds anticipated on label 🌱

For further information, sign up via - https://t.co/r6tyXJbFzw, our next newsletter is coming out very soon ✔️

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Entries and nominations are now open for the Farmers Weekly Awards 2025 🚜 🪩

FMC are sponsoring Arable Adviser of the Year 🌱
This category is open to any farming adviser – from business consultant to arable adviser 🚜

You can nominate or enter yourself, take a look 👀 here at the different categories ✔️ https://t.co/SwfRyC5X0U

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Our Commercial Technical Team at FMC has grown again 🌱

We are always on hand to answer any FMC product related questions 🌱☎️

Take a look below to see who covers your area 🌱

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With a very busy year ahead of us, we have expanded our Commercial Technical Team 😀

We are really excited to have Antonia Walker on board with us 🚜

Antonia will be looking after Yorkshire and Scotland and brings a wealth of knowledge and technical expertise to the business 🌱

Welcome on board Antonia 🥳

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🌱 Did you know, we have been conducting tissue testing analysis over the last 6 years which has resulted in over 5,600 samples in cereals being analysed 🌱

🌱 There are some significant insights and trends with Boron and Zinc topping the deficiency list 🌱

🌱 Read more here in our latest crop nutrition blog to kick off the new year

https://t.co/OmTk004pmR

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We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and we are looking forward to a very busy and exciting 2025

Happy New Year from all of us at FMC 🥳🎉

#HappyNewYearToYouAll #HappyNewYear2025wishes

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📢 Did you know, Isoflex® active will have one of the broadest weed labels on the market including;

✔️ Cleavers
✔️ Groundsel
✔️ Mayweeds
✔️ Red-dead nettle
✔️ Speedwells

#newthinking #newperformance #grassweeds #broadleavedweeds 🚜🚜

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📢 With the launch of Isoflex® active fast approaching, read more in our latest article with members of the UK team on what it sets to deliver in 2025🚜👉🏻 https://t.co/S6ZdABJviV

You can still sign up for product updates via our Isoflex® active web page here https://t.co/r6tyXJbFzw

Our next update is set to go out on Thursday the 21st November 🖊️ Don't miss out 😃

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📢 Our next Isoflex® active newsletter is ready to go out in the next couple of days 👨🏻‍🌾🚜

If you haven't signed up to our database already, Hannah, our Marketing Communications Manager tells you in the video below where you can register your details 📽️🖊️

#newthinking #newperformance #grassweeds #broadleavedweeds

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How new herbicide, Isoflex® active will benefit growers in autumn 2025 🚜🚜🚜

https://t.co/WII137NGqA

#newthinking #newperformance #grassweeds #broadleavedweeds