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Ok, putting the Winter/Spring rainfall aside for a minute, is anyone else finding this a strange Spring? The local Reading University soil and air temperatures (link below) have been well above seasonal average, but I’m finding everything to be so slow to get away this year. We are now into the...

Does anyone think we need cloud cover as like a kind of insulation?

A bit hypothetical , but if it goes really dry how would you cope ? I'd be fine as I've written off this year .

Genuine question, and I know that I'll get a thousand different answers. What is a "standard" working day to you, or your staff, on your farm? How many hours? On a run of the mill day - not lambing/calving/harvest/silage etc For reference, I'm thinking 800ac, mixed beef/sheep/arable, modern...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Great British farmland market activity is continuing its upward trajectory from its post-Brexit lows, according to property agency Savills. More lowland farmland was publicly marketed in the first quarter of 2024 than in any year since 2008. In...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF With grassweed pressures rumbling on, one way to achieve sufficient control is by taking advantage of sugar beet in the rotation, even if there’s a limited armoury of effective herbicides. CPM finds out more. By Janine Adamson and Rob...

What’s the longer term view of what is going to happen with prices? I’ve been around a few dealer yards over the last week or so and generally they all seem to be trying to reduce stock levels. They are reluctant to trade things in and the amount of times I’ve heard ‘you’d be better off selling...

Is it too late to plant now ..diablo variety , field very different in the fact one end is quite shallow and stoney , other half wet and heavy?

Looks like a window opening up end of week, weekend to get sprayer out. OSR beginning to flower, have Fungicide,PGR, boron to go on. Have had spray recs for about a month and never got it on. It's had 110kg/N already but normally like to get last application on as flowering starts. Winter...

Heavy rain again last night. Can not see the blocks being dry enough for at least 2 weeks if we get no more rain. If it stays wet, when is it to late to drill? Would you still get paid if not redrilled if it's not possible?

It's made from soy milk. Not a UPF so can't be knocked on that angle. Apparently achieving 'supercharged' growth in sales on the basis of being a meat alternative. So where is the soy grown ? Japan ? What happens to the meal after the bean has been milked ? Why are the cartel, via the dairies...

Hell Metjeff here with the 5-day forecast and the weather headline is for more wind and rain but high pressure will turn it drier and warmer later,🙏 especially in the south details click here www.metjeffuk.com Jeff Metjeffuk

Above is a direct quote of the new mammals tv program on BBC One. David Attenbourgh. I know it’s BBC and probably not his thoughts directly…. But not backed up with any statistics or sources. And don’t people want to eat? im a mixed farmer and I know where more water is needed, its not my...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Agronomist, Richard Owens, has confirmed that continuing wet conditions are hampering cereal growers form getting on with critically important field work. “Some areas were hit that little bit harder with the weather than others. As a rule of thumb...

Anyone started drilling it yet ?

"The UK could have hosepipe bans and water shortages this year despite experiencing the wettest eighteen months on record, experts have warned."...

Written by Rubina Freiberg from Agriland Higher international quotations for vegetable oils, dairy products and meat have more than offset lower quotations for cereals and sugar last month. This is according to the latest Food Price Index by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the...

Cows have to be out , no plan B. Strip grazed and back fenced daily. Ground sodden so cutting up. What would you do? Will it recover? How best to speed recovery if it ever stops raining?

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland NFU Mutual has warned that Storm Kathleen, which is set to arrive tomorrow (Saturday, April 6), could potentially wreak “havoc on properties”. Storm Kathleen is set to hit the South West, North West, Wales, Northern Ireland and western Scotland...

Just phoning a contractor, he said, got to go, Police have just arrived, will call again when they have gone. He called back, umbilical spreading slurry, someone called the police to say, slurry being pumped into the river. Police had to attend to check. What has happened to this country, when...