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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...

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...

Anyone else getting a bit concerned about lack of grass growth?

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...

Hi, Does anyone have any advice for potential cover crops following beet treated with cruiser. Obviously anything flowering is restricted to 36 months, so from whats available, what will do the best job in terms of cover and rooting. It is not a big area, but messed up whilst lifting beet too...

A supplier has some over-yeared seed to move on at an excellent price. Smart Radish 4.5 Phacelia Stala 1 Empress Spring Linseed 8 Nikian Spring Vetch 14 Carmina Crimson Clover...

Frost on the ground in parts this morning and we have 45 acres of maize going in today. I'll let you know in a fortnight wether it was the right call. Hope to get a photo up later.

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Securing optimal levels of carbon reduction within a robotic milking enterprise was the focus of a recent farm walk. The event was hosted by William and Alan McConnell from Drumgaw in Co. Armagh, in association with the College of Agriculture, Food...

Interested to hear how late you would consider drilling wholecrop peas & barley in the Southwest on heavy clay soil? New to growing this after being recommended it for a protein crop. The field has just got dry enough to kill off with this intention or should I just be going in with maize...

Several fields of hybrid rye where the crop has only really survived on top of drains. Maybe 20% of field areas actually growing, so no point patching. No spring fert or autumn herbicide at all. What to do? Ground/soil is sadder than I’ve ever known it, and we’ve had some sad springs. Possible...

Hello all, we currently making around 300 4 foot round bales of hay per year, all sold as horse feed. Once winter set in we started to see some mould on the outside layer of the bale. It’s like a green dusty mould. Once you take off the first layer the bales are really nice but the outside is...

I could have A right moan on about how hard things are here currently but that won’t change anything and there are plenty of farmers of what ever guise having just or much worse time of it. so my question is this. We are constantly told we need to build resilience into our businesses.to you...

Serafino Winter Hybred Rye starting to move!

It’s been a hell of a wet time. We have some seriously slumped soils. What are people planning to do to alleviate the damage? Leave it to natural processes? Deep rooted cover crop? Deeper loosening tine? Plough? A lot will depend on the weather this summer but just wondered what general...

Anyone done it? Grazing as in rotational

looking at the amount suddenly for sale it could soon turn into a dutch auction.

Trying to cheer myself up with thoughts of cows grazing a forage crop in the sunshine. Which varieties are recommended? What is expected DM yield per hectare? Want to graze from first few weeks of July so was thinking to put in late April/early May. Thinking full cultivation to put in as I...

Production of some crops has been decimated due to the loss of insecticides over the last 20 years, sorry 45 years. Has the bee population increased, if not why not?

Hi just wanting peoples advice. We usually fed our dry cows bale silage but nearly out this year. We have plenty average clamp first cut and maize silage and brewers grains. What mix would people recommend?

started today on some good wheat on silt