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This year’s Cereals Event is lined up to present a jam-packed ensemble of working demonstrations. CPM explores what the event has to offer for all of those keen to see the latest innovations in machinery and technology.
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Can sugar beet growers successfully use reduced cultivations to reap the cost saving benefits and improve sustainability credentials? CPM learns about a trial comparing different approaches.
By Mike Abram
In most crops, reducing...
Heavy ground is ploughing up badly. Looks alot of work getting into a seedbed.
I reckon I could get a better seedbed with cultivator/disc then power harrowing twice.
Min-till maize a good idea.
Usually would have Subsoiler but I image will only smear it
SKY Agriculture is proud to announce a major expansion of its METHYS HDS stubble cultivator range. This extension includes the introduction of new rollers and mounted models, thereby reinforcing our commitment to providing advanced and efficient soil working solutions.
New Rollers Available and...
worst I've seen here for years, reckon the rain made autumn sprays short lived and broadway star seems to have done very little this spring
Rye grass and not blackgrass thankfully, but 2024 is certainly not a year where its easy to take a lot of pride in a farm
Is it just me or are others...
SKY Agriculture is proud to announce a major expansion of its METHYS HDS stubble cultivator range. This extension includes the introduction of new rollers and mounted models, thereby reinforcing our commitment to providing advanced and efficient soil working solutions.
New Rollers Available and...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
Amazone has added a further model to its Cenio range of tractor mounted shallow to medium depth cultivators, the four metre Cenio 4000-2.
The company already has a rigid four metre version, the latest model folds for carriage between fields, ensuring it...
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How many dd guys have gone cultivating?
Out next door neighbours practices a full range of cultivating and has 95% crop cover after a hard winter we dd a majority of ours and a currently re drilling 50% .cultivating a fair bit as the top is solid from rain.
Any one else feal like abandoning...
Be gentle... ignorant arable farmer asking for a friend on this one...
Let's say you had £25k, and wanted to get into livestock.
You have access to low imput permanent pasture (heavy land), and occasionally some rotational leys. You have access to a loader,
You have an old shed, potential...
I've never got this right.
My criteria are:
Must be 4m min and pulled by 265hp.
Minimal moving parts & bearings
Must have reasonably priced tungsten wearing metal.
Needs to be able to work hilly heavy land to say 8 inches max, with both lift and mix.
Must also be able to work shallow and quick...
Looking at using a front mounted seed tank to blow seed to the back of a trailer cultivator (carrier). Has anyone done something like this before? The fact it’s trailed may cause some issues with the pivot point?
Plan on using the same front tank with a combination drill and other stuff so would...
Just wondering if there's any further information out yet as to what constitutes no till in the eyes of SFI?
Is it a dts/mzuri/claydon direct into stubble?
Or is it going to be lower disturbance tine or disc?
Supposedly a claydon grain and fert meets the grant spec with the leading tine applying...
When farming( tenant farmer),a lot of the farms soil was very stony as per pictures attached.
Strangely enough I think the Amazone combi drill with Suffolk coulters straight behind the plough press gave us the most even seeding compared to other drills we had, had.
Just wondering what drill you...
I’ve never been a fan for tractors. Just have a tractor big enough, surely 🤷♂️
But, I bought a mower a couple of years after the tractor and it’s fine for second cut but at times with first cut I’m maxing at 8k. Not the end of the world but out of curiosity, when at the dealer I asked what they...
I am growing 25 acres of new crop this year, weed control is challenging so looking for an interview cultivator.
As no-one grows veggies this far north on scale I have little knowledge need a 6 row 45 cm spacing. Not sure whether it's rotary or tine front or rear mounted would like to mount on...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
The joint venture between Lemken and Krone to produce an autonomous tractor will be stepping up a gear this season with the companies appearing to have now thrown their full weight behind the project.
Known as Combined Powers, the new joint division...
Anyone managed to grab bits? I grabbed some real light bits but any clay and it’s a wet shitty mess. Not sure when to throw the towel in and go for sfi
I farm heavy silty clay with flints. No ditches, no land drains. Good strong wheat land, if unforgiving.
I've been trying to grow cover crops on and off for the last 9 yrs. With one exception, they have all been disastrous.
Summer cover crops in place of a spring crop, on the other hand, can...
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