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Quick decision needed. I've two fields of beans grown this year, one fuego and one fanfare. Will be harvesting today and tomorrow. Cannot see any much difference between the two either now or during growing season. I will be moving them directly off farm but want to keep some back for next...

Are any of you practitioners experiencing an increase (or decrease) in diseases such as Eyespot or Fusarium. I assume more infected residues are kept on the soil surface and can act as a source of inolulum! Do you consider no-till or even min till and increased risk? Rotation is obviously...

Is anyone aware of the legal required levels of purity in certified seeds and what are the allowable levels of different weed seeds such as Wild Oats or Blackgrass!

I need to cut a field of wheat in next week or two. Its just at the booting stage, it has had 220kgN/ha. Can the crop be sucessfully baled and wrapped? Do I need to worry about the Nitrogen content and fermintation, ie is additive necessary? What is the ideal in terms of DM and how long a...

Ive been thinking about this a fair bit lately and @dontknowanything 's thread on legumes in the cropping section got me thinking more. We have a fairly diverse rotation on the farm including OSR, Legumes (peas and beans) Linseed and Oats. Generally if all is going to plan with a winter...

Had a demo yesterday. Drilling Spring Barley @170kg/ha into sprayed off thin cover crop of Oats (which was drilled in October at only 40kg/ha) Placing 350kg/ha 6-6-17 (elemental figures). I hope the dying Oats wont hinder the barley, parts of field under water up to 2 weeks ago so did not...

Hi. We are in our area being threatened with the existance of large 400kv electricity lines and pylons through our farm, near our house and yards as well as plenty of other houses and farms in the neighbourhood. We are 'reliably' (cough cough) told by the company in charge that there is no...

Have a field going into Spring Linseed (or maybe spring barley) and have enough Pedders French mix left to cover the field at a half rate. Went for a look around the merchants store and found some 2008 Maize seed, he was willing to pass off free of charge, no idea if it will even germinate but...

Been burning up on the dry ground here, grass growth almost non existant for a month if not more, cows seem content in the heat but with strong calves (jan/feb born) and one in the belly also should I be adding to the diet, have a tub feeder so could mix some barley straw (14bales only left from...

We grew 4 different varieties of rape this year and without doubt the one which had the most difficulties growing away from the pigeons was Troy. Now it looks very well at the moment, my question is because they dont stretch for the sky so to speak, are they more susceptible to later pigeon...

Apart from the obvious machinery stands, any advice on a few interesting stands/people to look out for next week. Whats worth a look for a aspiring DD'er? What are some of you hoping to see/learn?

On the old forum someone, sorry cant remember who did a field comparison on a few of the drills. Think its time for another dance off next Autumn with strip till drills, So Martin, Jeff, Marv and McConnell who's up for a challange?:chicken: We need a suitably located farmer in the UK to offer...

Hi, Question for all you experienced direct drillers. Have you noticed your crops able to hold longer under dry conditions before showing signs of drought. I have read of how undisturbed soil will hold more moisture in spring but in practice do any of you notice much difference. On our gravelly...

Always a good feeling to be at the silage. Tuesday, Yesterday, Today, Now, Feel its deserved, there has not been many satisfying days work in the last year but that was one.

Hi, Over the past few season we have been doing some fairly comprehensive soil testing along with some tissue sampling. The soils are invariably coming up low or very low in Boron and the tissue samples are putting Boron along with Magnesium and Copper as our biggest limiting factors. It is...

Hello, Im looking for a bit of advice, we are growing a small area (20ac) of Linseed on trial for a merchant for the food market. We have never grown it before, nor have I seen it grown around here since the days set aside, when it mostly never saw a combine. The variety we are growing is...

Hello, My name is Jonny and I am based in Ireland. To give a background on what we do here, I am farming approx 950 acres in partnership with my father, its a mixed farm with a range of cropping and a 75 cow suckler herd. We are growing Winter Wheat, Winter and Spring Barley, W OSR, Spring...