ploughing

Thinking of changing a tractor for an Arion 420. Looking for oppinions / reviews of them. Is it powerfull enought to take a baler with a chopper (silage) on fairly hilly ground, and how would ot cope with a 2000 Gallon tanker? Any reliability issues? TIA

It’s quite noticeable now the extent to which SFI options including over winter cover crops, bird seed mix and pollinator mix require the wholesale obliteration of thousands of acres of ground cover at this time of year followed by redrilling / rotating to another option or spring crop. I can’t...

Written by Daisy Bury from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...

I have been asked by a local gentleman to help with renewing wood panel fencing outside his mother in law’s bungalow Mother in law is not well so she is going into care home so the bungalow is going to be sold to pay for her accommodation So the guy wants to do job as cheap as possible 3x3...

So, things have changed a little, organic is the old school, flat cap wearing, tweed kinda feel. Regenerative is the new kid on the block, rather edgy, slick style but promising a down to earth feel. So in the marketing eyes of the British Retail Consortium who are they going to run with? Who...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland An initiative called Plough On aimed at tackling rural isolation and loneliness in Northern Ireland has been developed after Tyrone-based Rural Support group’s research found that both issues are growing problems, especially in the farming community...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/other/the-era-of-cheap-food-is-over-says-waitrose-chief/ar-BB1m1RgF?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=5d621007c54744bd82a9d519360dd520&ei=28 James Bailey, the executive director of Waitrose, says he is determined the supermarket should lead the way in...

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

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The 2024 spring planting and grass-cutting season is now well underway in the south Antrim area, according to one agricultural contractor. Darren Russell is part of the Russell Brothers team. The business works out of premises close to the village of...

How do people get on with this system please. Do they run well enough in wet conditions and do they stay in deep enough in dry hard conditions. Are there any other pitfalls to be aware of. Many thanks

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...

Dad worked on farms in the 1950's-1970's. He bought his first house in about 1976 when no longer working on farms so at least he managed to get a foothold outside of tied cottages. Always a mixed blessing.

Never owned or driven a john deere in my life. Looking at a second hand one 2018 with jd loader 3000 hrs power quad transmission 115min/l. What are these tractors like ? Are they reliable? Good on a loader? Stable on a slope?

Due to a communication error and then me being away at planting last year a field of mine I rent to a potato guy was planted the opposite way to my normal tramline direction. The potato guy sumo’ed it for me at his cost to rectify it but now 8 months since planting it’s causing me issues as my...

RABDF Down to Earth, the regenerative livestock farming event, will be hosted at a housed cow unit for the second year in a row; cows milked 3x per day, I understand it to be "high input, high output". Not knocking confinement systems, but can this system really be regenerative? I believe that...

Got the email saying Groundswell tickets are on sale. Been to it since the start, but £250 for 2 days entry and camping is a bit on the steep side. Much though I love going probably going to give it a miss this year.

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Crop establishment has been a challenge over the past few months and with the difficult conditions, has come a new appreciation of the plough, as farmers fall back on this well-proven implement to get crops planted. The debate as to whether it actually...

Hi, Been struggeling a little with my crop establishment since i started my farming journey 3 years ago - quite a newbie so be nice :D Only doing cereals for now, so crop rotation is wheat, oats and barley. Tillage is done with a Carrier, and drilling with a Rapid. pH is from 5.9 -> 6.5 on all...

How much per hour for self employed tractor driver just labour driving tractor?

12mm and counting here.