forecast

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The forecast net margin for average-performing combinable crops businesses for harvest 2024 has fallen to £80/ha, which is 60% lower than 2023. This is according to Strutt & Parker’s revised 2024 and 2025 arable profitability forecasts, which...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Climate change will cause an increase in extreme winter storms combining strong winds and heavy rainfall over the UK and Ireland, new research has shown. The new study was led by experts at Newcastle University and the UK Met Office and investigated how...

How long post drilling can you get away with rolling? Have a reasonably heavy fen skirt / high mag field, the beet have gone in reasonably into moisture, but the surface is very cloddy (very hard clods) and open. Just got finished drilling as it started to rain, so could not roll them in. Only...

I'd be grateful for the collective view. I've got some reasonably clean dawsum that hasn't seen a sprayer yet: Obviously some lower leaf septoria as normal, but otherwise clean. Agronomist reckons 1.1 of Ascra, plus mag man and ccc etc. I'd be interested to know what others are doing in...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The most recent update from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed another drop in winter wheat crop ratings. However, according to the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB), the figure is marginal with 49%...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland The benchmark for world food commodity prices edged higher in April, as rising meat prices and modest upticks for vegetable oils and cereals more than offset decreases for sugar and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United...

Hello from the northern U.S.. Spring is just getting started here. Grass is greening up nicely and some early leaves are poking out of the trees. Almost done with calving. My wife and I raise beef cattle in Minnesota and would love to travel to the UK someday. How realistic would it be for us...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Sheep Association (NSA) has said the loss of another First Minister in Scotland is a huge blow to “any kind of continuity” for developments for the Scottish agricultural industry. Following the announcement of the resignation of...

Do folk that used them think they saved lmbs or not. Couldn't get them at mccaskies all sold out. Just for next year.

12mm and counting here.

Anyone else getting a bit concerned about lack of grass growth?

I am struggling to remember and every time I look at a forecast in any hope there is nothing on the horizon. This has to be unprecedented.

I think we all know that if we want to make money I mean a sensible amount farming is no longer the way, farming is becoming a sideline paid for by the other enterprises. One day people may wake up and smell the coffee but untill then farmers(anything but) will have to rely on other things to...

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...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Wet weather conditions in north-west Europe, especially Ireland and parts of the UK, negatively affected the yield potential of crops and hampered sowing, according to the latest Crop Monitoring in Europe report from JRC MARS (Monitoring Agricultural...

Thinking of getting fert on grass because it was talking of rain tomorrow, 27-4-4 + 7.5 SO3… forecast has changed though to drier and a bit colder, going down to 0 overnight… suppose that’ll mean a heavy dew/mild frost to take it in? It’s up to 11 during the day… or if it does come a frost will...

Thinking of getting fert on because it was talking of rain tomorrow, forecast has changed to drier and a bit colder, going down to 0 overnight… suppose that’ll mean a heavy dew/mild frost to take it in? It’s up to 11 during the day… or if it does come a frost will it damage the fert??

How much nitrogen in seed bed for spring barley? In units per acre please so I can understand it!!

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland With temperatures on the rise and better weather for the past few days, field operations and grazing have begun across the country after being delayed due to the difficult spring weather conditions encountered this year. College of Agriculture, Food and...

As per title. How many days gap do you recommend from rolling to applying manganese sulphate. (Presume there's no frost forecast) Spring barley, emerged about 10 days, then had a sniff of Mn, then 7 days gap, then rolled. Now wanting to put more manganese on.