Horticulture support

UAP's Horticultural Agronomists don’t just advise on the best crop protection treatments, they can help with a wide range of agronomy, regulatory, environmental and budgeting requirements that today's growers demand.

Strategic Planning
With their knowledge of integrated agronomy, UAP Agronomists can help provide strategic advice, such as variety choice, planting systems and crop management. Strategy is regularly reviewed to ensure crops and enterprises are on course to provide the best potential returns.

In season Monitoring
By closely monitoring specific crop characteristics UAP Agronomists can ensure correct application of inputs, to both grow for profit and meet regulatory requirements. UAP adopt various monitoring techniques - for example:

• Disease modelling, using "MiniMet" meteorological stations, strategically placed on a number of holdings, forewarns of diseases like apple scab and so enables accurate assessment of fungicide needs - product, dose and timing
• Soil analysis assesses nutritional requirements as well as detection of problems such as Verticillium wilt in strawberries
• Leaf tissue analysis, from early leaf development to picking, also enables nutritional needs to be properly met
• Fruit analysis determines calcium levels in top fruit - important for storage suitability

Can we help you?
If we don't already do so, and you think we can help you, why not contact our Customer Services team who can give you details of an Agronomist in your area.