From the field

Blog — Paddy

Agronomy notes, crop schedules, spray practice and product guidance — written for the farmer and the dealer counter. A new post every morning.

Continuous flooding is a habit rather than a requirement. Letting the water fall and return saves a third of it without costing yield.

Brown planthopper sits at the water line where most sprays never reach, and several common insecticides make it worse.

Blast and bacterial leaf blight are the two big paddy diseases, they look nothing alike once you know, and they need different products.