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    Farmers earn more from YouTube than their crops

    Could someone explain what happened to the McConnel hedge cutter, please?
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    Are the RPA paying?

    Had CS payment today, hope it's the same for others.
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    Stewardship payment dates

    Nothing yet. Have had to wait a few months before.
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    Fieldbee or FDJ?

    Well that would be a turn up for the books... I hope that happens as you offered great service and shifted units of a then unknown brand. Problem is just an offset of about 6-8cm down one side of the tractor that recalibration doesn't correct. The weird thing is no settings or positioning or...
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    Fieldbee or FDJ?

    If you do go, perhaps you could enquire as to who the person is to contact regarding product support in the south east? Thanks!
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    Fieldbee or FDJ?

    A few photos from this Autumn using FJD. Drilling inbetween last year's maize rows on a very step field: I do have a minor unresolved issue that I've not been responded to about, although I haven't chased it particularly hard. Hopefully the UK support network will be improved because...
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    SFI Select Committee

    GS3 is the only thing that is worth the time for livestock farmers, IMO, if you have enough land to spare after June. The majority of our potential scheme in a couple years would be made up of this. GS4 is okay and a no brainer if you are already utilising herbal leys but if not then...
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    2019 all over again?

    Well I assumed so purely because it's a 'temporary' crop on arable land, but perhaps not, I cannot be sure of that.
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    2019 all over again?

    The last few days have made this worse than 2019. At least in 2019 we left some until Spring and spared making a mess. Our heavy clay in North Suffolk a write off after Friday, it was already wet at drilling time, went in poorly and needed a kind week afterwards, except for beans after grass...
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    2019 all over again?

    If I were you, I would seriously look into GS3 on CS. Entire farm down to IRG. Half of it into GS3, 100 acres nets £19k, you can silage it until end of June and reseeds itself. The other 100 acres graze with sheep. Rotate the two halves of the farm each year, or every other year. You might want...
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    FJDynamics any good?

    Personally been getting on very well with our two units so far, supplied by @ERH Services Ltd before he ceased selling them, which is a pity because his expertise and product knowledge was the main reason we chose FJD. Anyway, we keep it simple, no need for auto turn or anything like that. The...
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    Companion cropping in wheat.

    So is anybody actually going to do any companion cropping, with a view to claiming the £55/ha payment? Presumably, if you don't join SFI until November, then you wouldn't need to worry about the logistics of companion cropping until next Autumn?
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    FJD Perimeter Area measurement??

    Yes, have done it a couple of times using the advanced mode, to enter fields into the system. Worked well.
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    Direct/Strip-till drilling photo gallery

    Moved on now and looks alright, most plants about 6ft tall.
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    Groundswell 28/29th June 2023

    Went to a SFI pilot meeting on a farm that was implementing agroforestry and it felt like an extension of someone's garden project. I expect it will look great in a decade though.
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