Recent content by rijowi64

Any guesses as to the identity of the fourth commissioner? Someone recently out of work maybe?

How many beans per m2 do you think you have established?

There’ll be a new version of the handbook out soon with a section ‘What constitutes taking the Mickey’.

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24101112.norfolk-farming-conference-hears-defra-minister-mark-spencer/

It seems IPM4 boosts revenue from AHL2 but is not an option with NUM3. Anyone got a clue why this might be?

I think it’s all down to the wishy-washy term ‘meeting the aim’ which is wide open to the interpretation of the ‘visitor’ on the day. Until we get things underway and start getting feedback from people that have had ‘visits’ we have very little to go on as the helpline staff do little more than...

14 months out. Should have done it sooner.

I too have thought about vetch but my only concern is whether they will survive an autumn herbicide. Seems to be a bit of an unknown but we know beans normally will survive.

Been confirmed here

Has anyone tried growing beans with wheat this time? It needs something that will survive autumn herbicides and beans seems the most obvious but plant population is critical so as not to compete with the wheat too much.

I’ve got a small APV seeder on a Horsch Terrano and it’s both reliable and very accurate

It pulls ok on the road but it wouldn’t match a geared tractor in my opinion but more than makes up for it in the field.

2021 516 PowerPlus here on 1500 hours. All good so far, only rubber engine mounts swapped under warranty due to getting squashy. Replaced with 8 series ones that are apparently harder. Previous 514 was an excellent tractor too. They need a lot of weight up front to overcome short wheelbase tho...

Done, tho it’s challenging to pick the right words at the end when you are bristling with anger about the whole thing.