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Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Re-checking Recommended List disease ratings for brown rust is being advised this season, following early infection reports. High levels of the disease are already appearing in some AHDB RL winter wheat trials and commercial crops, says senior crop...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF The latest in a line of new UK fungicide launches, Miravis Plus, which features the long-awaited Adepidyn technology, is finally here. CPM learns why it’s hailed as a step-change in disease control. By Janine Adamson The last time CPM...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF In an era where growers are looking to cultivate sustainable rotations which combine farm practicalities with economic returns, experts believe winter barley may increase in importance. CPM finds out more. By Charlotte Cunningham While...

Striking a balance between maximising crop potential and managing input costs will be the challenge for cereal growers approaching T2 fungicide sprays this month, experts say. Much of the UK wheat crop has experienced turbulence during the growing season caused by difficult drilling conditions...

have to put in quite a few new gateposts (hardwood sleepers) over next few months for 12 and 14ft gates , we usually auger the holes out and concrete in around them , but talking to a fellow farmer he just rams in soil/ stone around his ,recons concrete makes them rot around base (tanalised...

Is anyone using any of the new chemistry like Miravis or vimoy.

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that winter wheat crops are in a very poor state across England, Scotland and Wales. Courtesy of its most recent crop update, the organisation pointed out that, nationally, the...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) has issued a crop management update, covering cereals and potatoes. Crops specialist, Leigh McClean, said: “Frustratingly, spring weather has limited opportunities to get spray and...

Looking to change our pickup,we currently have a manual l200 but the gearing is quite high especially when starting on a hill with 60 spring lambs in a Gamic tri axle livestock trailer.So we are considering an Auto and I was wondering what the pros and cons are.We are looking at a Ranger,Hi Lux...

Looking about for a decent sh trailer. 12 or 14ft. Wheels on outside. Got to have good sheep decks. What's the better trailer? Anything for sale that's not in Scotland...

We are going to install a tank to provide pressurised water to our 100 dairy cows, youngstock and plate cooler. If possible we would like to feed about 5 troughs on a grazing block from the pump (600m of 32mm pipework already in place) what pump would people recommend? 3 phase is available of...

hi.. i know stainless steel is the ultimate when it comes to fertilizer but would it be any addition if i sandblasted a fert spreader hopper, patched up any weak spots and the sent it to be hot dip galvanised or would it be a waste of time?

One of the large pins on my plough won't take grease from one side, is there anything I can put down it to unblock it ? I'm NOT removing the pin, I've tried carb cleaner, brake cleaner and a grease nipple unblocker tool that you hit with a hammer(waste of time) anyone any suggestions that...

Mf390t here. It might have the very slightest dot of rust here and there on the red panels. Nothing worth talking about. Its original red paint and I just want to give it a bit of a brighten. I was going to buy one of those sealey car polishes and use a compound on it and then polish it. Can...

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...

No T0 on anything this year and it does seem to have done any harm (touches wood). Yes the odd patch of yellow rust (something we wouldn’t normally see at all) but de minimus areas and not anything to worry about. A one off season or a waste of time?

My Mf 135 engine died today. It wouldn’t restart but then I bleed it at one of the injectors and it started up pretty quickly. I was trying to figure out what had caused the airlock and then I noticed that the lower bleed nut on the injector pump was loose, loose enough that I could turn it...

An email this morning from Grenadier which accidentally admits that their ‘certified commercial’ versions were never actually such a thing. They have now announced a blind van that actually meets the legal criteria for tax purposes. The second row doors have been blacked out and made...

Just had a bill from our local tyre place, new tyre for our topper, which is what we expected but then a charge of £60 for disposal of the old tyre and the same amount for the old tube ! Now before I go in and make a fool of myself.......does anyone think they have made a mistake? The new tyre...

Have recently purchased a s/h low hour 1470 which has a few small issues (reflected in price paid) namely a holey grain pan. The front removable pan is completely shot and will be replaced and there are a few holes apparent in the main pan attached to the upper cleaning shoe. I did have the...