spring beans

With Wheat: must be small seeded can grow in late Oct tolerate autumn herbicides or alter BLW chemicals any ideas? linseed, vetch, ? with Beans: must be small seeded can grow in late Oct tolerate autumn herbicides (PDM, kerb especially) any ideas? linseed, vetch, ?

This thread is posted by John Seed, a partner in the Woodend Farming Partnership and a member of Pulse PEP. We are currently conducting an innovative trial aimed at enhancing crop performance through the integration of white clover as a companion crop into our crop rotations. At Woodend Farm...

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Their PulsePEP trial will evaluate the novel method of bi-cropping spring peas, spring oats and spring beans in a rotation, looking at the impact on available nitrogen (N) in the following crop. It will also evaluate the environmental benefits of including pulses in a rotation, by measuring...

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 Richard Halleron from Agriland College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops specialist, Leigh McClean highlighted a number of priorities for arable farmers in Northern Ireland. His advice reflects the prospects of high pressure building and the weather improving...

We’ve always grown s barley for wholecrop, but last year‘s efforts were horrendous. Sodding wet spring (after dusty Feb/March), followed on by many weeks of no rain. Barley got sown late, established then gasped for water. None of it managed to get over 12 inches high. This year’s heading the...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF For this month’s topical cereal disease and agronomy feature, CPM reviews insights from AHDB’s re-run Early Bird Survey coupled with added reflections from agronomists and farmers. By Janine Adamson One thing’s for certain – this year...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A sauna event for farmers, run by Farmstrong Scotland, aims to provide a “relaxed atmosphere with a sense of unity”, where farmers can talk about their wellbeing. The organisation is supported by the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of...

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...

The trial at Moore Farm, Stubton will evaluate the long-term effects of pulses in an arable rotation, particularly the effect on available N to following crops. Objectives are to evaluate the effects of winter beans, winter bean/ winter wheat intercrop and spring beans on soil nitrogen supply...

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...

Another soaking yesterday and not looking like any planting in the next two weeks with 170 acres unplanted which might not get done , how much is left to do , I recon most people around here are 1/2 to 3/4 planted at best.

Have to say it says an awful amount about our professions stoic demeanour as many people would be on anti depressants and in therapy in other trades faced with what has been thrown at us in the last 18 months. It is a constant diet of bad news, changing rules and options on top of unrelenting...

How late have people gone, and still got a successful crop, obviously so many variables but interested in experiences had....direct drilled into terminated cover crop too.

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops advisors, spring barley seed may be in short supply this year. This is a direct consequence of the widespread poor harvest conditions that characterised last year. According...

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...

10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .

One for combinable crop growers.