Today at work

Al R · Mar 16, 2021

Farmer Roy said:
a very common adjuvant here, helps with the uptake of glypho
It is on the glypho label & APVM approved, so nothing dodgy about it

common rate is 0.5kg / 100 l of water.
Our “normal” water rate is around 80 l / ha, so 400 g / ha of AS

don’t you normally use it in the UK ?

No it’s not the norm at all, it’s one of those cheats that can go horribly wrong if you put it in with a standard herbicide while the crop is growing...

JWL · Mar 16, 2021

Nice view from the office today, half expected to come across a string of donkeys to go along with the seaside sparrows.

Muddyroads · Mar 16, 2021

Very nice. Where’s that looking over?

rob h · Mar 16, 2021

Drying some wheat with our new dryer

JWL · Mar 16, 2021

Muddyroads said:
Very nice. Where’s that looking over?

Towards Worcester from Hereford but with a hill or two in the way. The plastic lake in the centre of the photos is S&A Davies. The bit that isn't in Spain

Muddyroads · Mar 16, 2021

JWL said:
Towards Worcester from Hereford but with a hill or two in the way. The plastic lake in the centre of the photos is S&A Davies. The bit that isn't in Spain

Thought it looked familiar.

Farmer Roy · Mar 17, 2021

Al R said:
No it’s not the norm at all, it’s one of those cheats that can go horribly wrong if you put it in with a standard herbicide while the crop is growing...

yeah, we only use it ( & as far as I know it’s only approved ) with glyphosate, when we are aiming to kill everything in a fallow or pre - plant situation. We certainly don’t use it in crop with selective herbicides

Hfd Cattle · Mar 17, 2021

Dug the footings out for extension . Plenty of obstacles to dig around .

Farmer Roy · Mar 17, 2021

Al R said:
No it’s not the norm at all, it’s one of those cheats that can go horribly wrong if you put it in with a standard herbicide while the crop is growing...

from the Nufarm DST Glpyphosate 470 label, as an example

TANK MIXTURES - ADDITIVES Nufarm Liase (417g/L ammonium sulphate liquid) RATE: 2L per 100 litres spray solution. Nufarm Liase may be used as an adjuvant to alleviate the adverse effects of high levels of calcium, magnesium and bicarbonate ions in water. The addition of Nufarm Liase to weedmaster DST, when used to control annual weeds, MAY improve the performance of weedmaster DST under adverse environmental conditions such as cool cloudy weather. Nufarm Liase may also improve the performance of tank mixtures of weedmaster DST and atrazine or simazine. Ammonium sulphate may be corrosive to metal parts of the sprayer. Thoroughly flush tanks, pumps and nozzles with water after use. Solubility and impurity profiles of other forms of ammonium sulphate can vary and may reduce the performance of weedmaster DST or tank mixtures.

Farmer Roy · Mar 17, 2021

As for mice . . .
Dried out enough to walk around & inspect mungs a bit better than just the edge of the track.
Mice are active again, they have cleaned out their holes after the rain & are now targeting the larger pods & going straight for the seeds inside, rather than the flower spiklets like they were before. Rain & cooler nights doesn’t seem to have affected them much.
Am putting the plane over the mungs again ASAP with more bait. Crucial to get it on quickly, as the crop canopy is getting quite thick & once they start getting a taste for the green mungbean grains, the bait of 3 treated wheat seeds per square metre may not be as attractive to them as it was

When we baited the sorghum first time, someone asked if contamination of the grain was an issue, with the bait. That’s not a problem, as it’s only 1kg / ha & none of the baits would have been retained in the heads of the sorghum, which is all we harvest, leaving the stubble long. Anyway - now that people are harvesting sorghum, there are reports of contamination ( & rejections ) of the grain with mouse shît. As the mice are crawling all over the heads of the sorghum chasing the seed & shiîtting ( they are constantly pîssing & shîtting on everything, dirt filthy little bàrstàrds), it is ending up in the grain sample. So, people are having to grade / clean the mouse shît out of it before they can deliver it . . . There is always something

I never said it was easy

UTV Products · Mar 17, 2021

Jim Jackson said:
Fitted a pair on our Househam todayView attachment 947896

Nice image thank you for choosing UTV332

chaffcutter · Mar 17, 2021

Seems as if it’s a constant battle with Australia’s climate and wildlife @Farmer Roy, nice crops coming to harvest and something else comes up to kick you again

Hfd Cattle · Mar 17, 2021

Bodge of the day !!!
Accelerator cable snapped on JCB . It was a choice of get cab up or drop fuel tank. I went for the easy option !

Ukjay · Mar 17, 2021

Hfd Cattle said:
Bodge of the day !!!
Accelerator cable snapped on JCB . It was a choice of get cab up or drop fuel tank. I went for the easy option !
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Wow, yep, definitely a bodge and a half that one

- maybe you should have posted it in the Bodge Thread and maybe @Chris F could award you some TFF Points along with a Mug just to please @Bald Rick

Crofter64 · Mar 17, 2021

Hfd Cattle said:
Dug the footings out for extension . Plenty of obstacles to dig around .
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Mark them well in several places. My map making is improving after a few messes

Crofter64 · Mar 17, 2021

Farmer Roy said:
As for mice . . .
Dried out enough to walk around & inspect mungs a bit better than just the edge of the track.
Mice are active again, they have cleaned out their holes after the rain & are now targeting the larger pods & going straight for the seeds inside, rather than the flower spiklets like they were before. Rain & cooler nights doesn’t seem to have affected them much.
Am putting the plane over the mungs again ASAP with more bait. Crucial to get it on quickly, as the crop canopy is getting quite thick & once they start getting a taste for the green mungbean grains, the bait of 3 treated wheat seeds per square metre may not be as attractive to them as it was

When we baited the sorghum first time, someone asked if contamination of the grain was an issue, with the bait. That’s not a problem, as it’s only 1kg / ha & none of the baits would have been retained in the heads of the sorghum, which is all we harvest, leaving the stubble long. Anyway - now that people are harvesting sorghum, there are reports of contamination ( & rejections ) of the grain with mouse shît. As the mice are crawling all over the heads of the sorghum chasing the seed & shiîtting ( they are constantly pîssing & shîtting on everything, dirt filthy little bàrstàrds), it is ending up in the grain sample. So, people are having to grade / clean the mouse shît out of it before they can deliver it . . . There is always something

I never said it was easy

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Impressive seed head. Is it used as is or to make a sweetener?

Boohoo · Mar 17, 2021

You never get a bit like this at the roadside

michael N123 · Mar 17, 2021

Tractor dog

Deerefarmer · Mar 17, 2021

Last week or so from work.... seeing the posts on how much people enjoyed this inspired me to share more [emoji106]sorry it's a bit repetitive

Farmer Roy · Mar 17, 2021

Crofter64 said:
Impressive seed head. Is it used as is or to make a sweetener?

sorghum is a “feed” grain. A small % is used for human consumption to make alcohol ( China ) or as a gluten free flour, but the vast majority is used in cattle feedlots or chicken sheds, just like wheat or barley would be

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