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  1. Derrick Hughes

    Two year silage leys Overseeding v Reseeding

    This works well or after silage ,you need to get the grass into a situation that it wont grow back quick and swamp the seedlings , Red Clovef also overseeds well into Italian I do most of mine with a time harrow ,2 or 3 passes
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    The good old days?

    You can only quote oneself , I ive worked like a dog for a lot of my life , sarted work in 1964 ,fitting school in when i could , we all know what it was like , unloading 20 ton lorries of Slag and Fertilizer by hand , small bale hay and straw , ditching with a shovel, but dont forget big was 50...
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    The good old days?

    1960 intil the early 90ts when everything changed
  4. Derrick Hughes

    The good old days?

    I would have the good old days back everyday of the week and twice on Sunday, nothing like the shite we have now Paperwork was a tax return once a year
  5. Derrick Hughes

    Cheapest NUM3 Legume Fallow Seed

    Agaist a wall or in a loader bucket with a shoval Make sure you stop from time to time in the field and give the hopper a mix ,they will separate if you fill the hoppper and dont
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    Moving silage

    Move it quick ,roll it well ,no problem
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    unhappy farmers

    Very often the one we least expect , they hide it well I
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    unhappy farmers

    Livestock farmers are under terrific pressure at the moment, not just from the weather ,the worry is many dont show it ,
  9. Derrick Hughes

    Cheapest NUM3 Legume Fallow Seed

    I can show you my seed invoices for the last 3 years and the herbal stuff as actually gone down in price ,
  10. Derrick Hughes

    Ultra Processed Food

    Most of them would be eating it so i expect they have heard of it Nothing like a brush with death to open your eyes yo what you eat , , i was up there on the way out ,then suddenly i heard this voice say , we are sending you back for a 2cd chance , but bloody well eat better or you will soon...
  11. Derrick Hughes

    Grass price for silage

    Are you selling off the field ?
  12. Derrick Hughes

    Grass price for silage

    There is a topic running on this in livestock
  13. Derrick Hughes

    spraying advice for docks & weeds in hay fields

    If you dont want them in your hay then you have no choice but to spray But best time to get them is a few weeks after you have cut The thing that supprized me the most last year walking around the trail plots was how all tne sprays check the growth of first cut ,it will set it back a good few...
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    spraying advice for docks & weeds in hay fields

    You cant use Forfront on hay Minstel works fine ,use the highest rate but main thing is catch them at the right stage
  15. Derrick Hughes

    Straw in the swath

    So pick a price from last year and double it But what it will be in Autumn Sales will remain a mistory as it always is History will tell you that after a dear year follows a cheap But History as never seen this On Sussex Downs and parts of Kent crops have never looked better But as we...
  16. Derrick Hughes

    Standing Crop Silage

    Herbals have been increasing year on year mainy on beef and sheep , but then Suddenly with this new FSI they have gone mental
  17. Derrick Hughes

    Stubble turnips

    Ploughing the Turnip ground as sheep went today The Kale and especially the Rape have long stalks left ,would never get eaten Quite a lot of the Stubble Turnips have gone to waste ,should have been eaten in February The only plot of roots thats been well cleared is the Massif , still feeding...
  18. Derrick Hughes

    Should I go back to my old job ?

    Would it be an option to go part time on both jobs
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    Standing Crop Silage

    If you put fertiliser on it then no lees than £70 acre ,which wont leave you with a lot when you factor in the K oftake Slurry back may sweeten the pill Guys payying £200 acre here on cutting rents ,maybe 3 cuts but suppling all inputs , all you have to worry about is the noise from the...
  20. Derrick Hughes

    Saying Hi and asking for some advice 😊

    Richard Long would break you in gently😂
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