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    Fuel price tracker

    74.9 for 5000lt Red this afternoon
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    EFRA committee wants to hear our views!!!!

    There was a link a few weeks ago on another thread to the EFRA consultation on this. It really needs proper attention from people who can eloquently talk about processor and supermarket bullying. I used the consultation to moan about Red Tractor and non assured imports
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    New limits to SFI.

    It’s interesting that they haven’t included legume fallow (NUM3) in the 25% limit Edit @DrWazzock beat me to it
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    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    £365
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    Hiring machines out do’s and don’ts…

    I have about 20 items I hire out, a mixture of diggers with various attachments, farm implements, compact machinery and a cherry picker. To do it legitimately is a total minefield. H&S, having the correct tickets and paying for damage is a PITA which is why I only hire to people I know...
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    Arable record keeping

    I’m using Geofolia from Landmark. The mapping is great, all the drivers have the app on their phones which works well for recording operations and sending work plans. Desktop program is Windows only which isn’t ideal for me. My only criticism , which wouldn’t affect most, is I can’t view all...
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    SAM2 Multi-species cover crop

    Yes I agree, probably more than you would choose to plant but 4-6 would look quite thin I think. Some of my 32 would certainly have been eaten by birds and maybe caught by the herbicide and I’ve got an average 5-10 plants/m2 now. I’d be tempted to leave through to harvest had the fields not...
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    SAM2 Multi-species cover crop

    Volunteers on a field with higher than I’d like header losses. We had 32 seeds /m2 shed, planted with wheat 10 days later at 150kg/ha and using Horsch Sprinter (2” Dutch openers) straight into stubble and followed with 0.6 liberator, 3lt glyphosate and 5lt of molasses just before wheat emerged.
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    SAM2 Multi-species cover crop

    I think this would be achieved the aims
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    Capital grants - Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024

    I was hoping a compost turner would be available
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    Digital Grain Passports poll

    https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=S-UsoT09RkOV7_8Tyl3UfexvdYXWwUFKoRiHjOm8011UQ1JYSEVZMThXR1pBWE04MlhBVEZUUk1aMy4u a link to the consultation
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    Digital Grain Passports poll

    I’m against them however I might be won over if they formed part of a solution to ditching Red Tractor altogether and instead declaring that my grain is grown according to UK law and food standards
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    Red tractor stakeholder survey on governance

    BFU member fundraiser for another ad campaign then? I’m in
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    Digital Combinable Crop passports

    How do you make your views known if you’re not an NFU member? The NFU don’t speak for me (as I‘ve never been a member) and I don’t feel they protect the producers best interest's anyway. How can growers protect themselves from this likely misrepresentation? Are BFU having any input into the...
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    2023 rain totals.

    1263mm Shropshire/Worcestershire border
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