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The last thing i received off BS is the silly seed spill kit. A plastic bag and zip tie !!! Think it ended up in the bin. Cookies sound a lot more appealing.

Ex beet or got to get it ready for this year crop?

Think we got it just before you with hail mixed in.

Dyna E was meant to be troublesome which gave them a bad name. Think dealers had to do a mod on them.

I'm pretty sure it is based on year 1 figures, so a minimum of 50acres in years 2 & 3. After year 3, it will be a new agreement anyway.

At least its a decent crop. Are you still using neonic seed dressing or has it been banned ?

In the SFI handbook under eligible land types for IPM4 it says 'Arable land, excluding temporary grassland and fallow land' Therefore i would have to sow a cover crop or something to comply ?

Don't British Sugar love wasting money!! Received the annual Sugar beet seed spill kit through the post. A plastic bag and zip tie. FFS!!

https://www.starlingagriculture.com/machinery/ploughs-presses/lemken-juwel-8/

They might be from B and B tractors as Staythorpe Farming have just had 12 new fendts delivered at start of march replacing a similar number. (See b and b tractors fb page) The ones in Cambridge are a consecutive numbers and are notts registration.

Field work plans on geofolia are not a patch on gatekeeper ones. Lacking info and difficult to follow compared to gk. Rest of programme a lot easier to navigate than gatekeeper but developers only do a few updates a year to correct glitches which can be an issue due to it I think being...

But will the no insecticide option be ok on fallow. For example you can put it against a field with winter bird food cover but not Num 3 (legume fallow).

If you've entered into SFI but potentially cant meet aims due to weather difficulties / ground conditions , what options do you have ? I've entered SFI with a start date of Feb this year and one of the options was no insecticide (IPM4) which is planned for fields coming spring barley. The...

When putting an ad on farm classifieds, there seems to be quite a delay (days) waiting for moderator approval which can be quite frustrating as other platforms such as ebay or facebook marketplace is more instant. Have you only got one person doing the approvals ? When it eventually does get...

16.5mm near to Dunham bridge area.