rainfall

See met office are saying it's going to be another wet summer. Better get ready for a hosepipe ban.

To turn a profit from sucklers means spending as little as possible on them while selling a calf once a year that its self has cost the minimum to produce. Obvious isn’t it? So what are the essentials? Spring calving so enough grub to see the through the winter but they probably need to lose...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Farmers that are eligible for Farming Recovery Fund payments will receive them this summer, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has said. The department has expanded the £50 million recovery fund to cover farms of all...

Hi all, new member here. I’ve been rearing 300 head a year from calves and selling as well grown stores and have a good established customer base, have been going around 15 years this way but the price of rearing keeps going up, and the healthy demand for strong suckled stores has finally...

I'm always finding the key to a good year being good establishment. This year has been hard with the weather and even with my old fashioned style of plough, cultivate, drill, the spring corn isn't great. More intensive one pass onto plough with a combi could have got timeliness better this year...

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/farming-recovery-fund-expanded Further support for farmers hit by flooding and exceptional wet weather over this winter has been made available today (Friday 24 May) as part of the Farming Recovery Fund, with £50 million to cover farms of all sizes across...

Bit of a bizarre one really, I have weather statrion out in the garden, on which a bird/s has decided it likes perching and then while it's there, it has a crap, which then blocks up the rainfall funnel outlet at the bottom! :rolleyes: Bit of a PITA cleaning out all the time, usually when I...

Written by Francess McDonnell from Agriland Devastating flooding in Ireland and the UK between October 2023 and March 2024 was caused by “human-induced climate change” an international team of scientists said in a new study published today (Wednesday, May 22) . They have also warned that in...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine A new addition to the Sencrop weather app is aiming to help optimise plant protection product applications. The new module within the existing app allows users to select from fungicides, insecticides, foliar, root or contact herbicides, and...

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland The first three months of the year has seen the level of Australian lamb slaughter be the “highest on record” according to Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA). The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released its official livestock production and...

So Finally succumbed to the dreaded black grass. Only 1 field fortunately and must have come in seed:mad: plan to work stubble to get it to chit, then spray off Am I right in thinking it just needs tickling on the top and not too deep to get it to chit?

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF The increase in biostimulants available on the market has given farmers and agronomists much more choice while delivering exciting new technology, however, the number of products on offer can be confusing. CPM investigates whether the...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister, Andrew Muir, has announced that registrations for Zone 3 of the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS) will open next month. Registrations will begin on June 24 and close again on August 31, 2024. Zone 3 of the...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Oilseed rape breeders continue to be busy behind the scenes exploring genetic traits to help growers overcome the many challenges associated with the crop. CPM looks at some of the latest varietal launches shared at press briefings and...

Wet weather and temporary adjustments to agri-environment agreements Written by The Team Credit: James Clark Between October 2023 and March 2024, England experienced the second wettest 6-month period on record. The rainfall was nearly 60% above the 10-year average. Heavy rainfall has a...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Grass experts at Barenbrug are urging growers to “go softly” with their first cuts, after the wettest 18 months ever recorded in England. Barenbrug’s agricultural manager, Janet Montgomery, said that while grass is “amazingly resilient”, it is...

Hello- probably a silly question but here goes. We have a big block of upland sheep grazing that’s been pretty neglected the last few years. Always put bagged fert (20-10-10) on every spring but gave up 5 or 6 years ago and it’s really started to show the last couple of years. We are looking at...

What’s all this moaning I’ve been hearing on lambing conditions down south this year? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/26/cold-weather-april-all-in-your-head-met-office/#:~:text=The%20UK%20mean%20temperature%20for,as%20a%20cold%20month%20meteorologically”.

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland April 2024 was warmer globally than any previous April in the data record according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). C3S is implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with...

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...