overview of maintaining healthy growth of crops
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Pest Damage
• What do pests do?
• How much damage is tolerable?
• Thresholds
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Diseases
• How are plants affected by diseases?
• Seed
• Leaves
• Stem
• Roots
• Ears/pods
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Weeds
• What is a weed?
• Why are weeds a problem?
• Competition
• Problems at harvest
• Poisonous
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Nutrient Deficiency
• What are the main three major nutrients crops need?
• What other nutrients are needed?
• What happens if not all nutrients are available in enough quantity?
• How can you identify it?
Water-logged Soil
• When all air pores in the soil are full of water
• Depends on how long for
• Why is it a problem?
• What are the main causes?
• Compaction
• Soil type
• Drainage
Drought Stress
• What is this?
• Why is this a particular risk this year?
• What crops may be more susceptible?
• How is it usually avoided?
• What is the situation on your farms?
Equipment
• What equipment does your farm use to look after crops and why?
• Notice the variation between different farms
Legislation
• Food and Environment Protection Act
• Health and Safety at Work Act
• Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regs
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regs
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
Environmental Damage
• Nutrients in water courses – eutrophication
• Pesticides in water courses – water quality
• Nutrients in hedgerows
• Ground nesting birds
• Wildlife food sources
• Physical damage to trees and hedges
• Running on margins
• Running on wet soil