Following discussions in the thread 'Subscriptions for BASIS Points' I thought I'd open a separate thread.
Last week I successfully completed my first FACTS Qualified Advisor online training session for this year's online assessment - 'Ways of Improving Fertiliser (Mineral & Organic)...
Just looking for suggestions for a website (preferably free) where I can get OS maps which show field boundaries. I've found a few online which do this, but they all show contour lines, I would prefer just the field boundary.
TIA
I have around 10ha of Flower Rich Plots (AB8) and around 6ha of Winter Bird Food (AB9) to set this spring. I've spent the afternoon trawling the web looking for products and prices for seed. After looking at around 6 different seed sellers websites I've found large variation in the species in...
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/restrictions-on-the-use-of-metaldehyde-to-protect-wildlife
Another active bites the dust, sorry to bear bad news just before Christmas
I thought some on here may be interested in my experience throughout the season with the new oilseed rape herbicide Belkar. I have been fortunate enough to secure supply for my oilseed rape area.
Cranesbill is one of the main broad leaved weed targets we have whatever the crop, and my...
Although not available for treatment in the UK, there has been some OSR seed imported ( from Poland I think,) treated with a new insecticide called Lumiposa. Just wondering if anyone has set any and if it has had any effect on CSFB? If someone has a split field trial that would be really...
Due to changes to our grain store we're looking to divert our cleaner outlet. Looking to blow the chaff out to a trailer so looking for a cyclone to blow into so chaff drops into a trailer. If anyone has one that is redundant let me know. Must be in sound condition, we're happy to clean and...
BBC monthly outlook - taken with my usual pinch of salt, but hopefully better things to come after this week!
United Kingdom
Warnings
Monthly Outlook
Monday 4 September Published at 10:00
Monthly Outlook
Summary
September to calm down after boisterous start
September has had an unsettled...
We've always grown winter oats for seed here, and they have always performed very well on GM terms, and are an excellent break crop. Over the years we've been limiting which fields we grow them on due to blackgrass - keeping to the cleaner fields - but they are still a weak link in the chain in...
Well - the end of the trials season is here and for a variety of reasons I was unable to go to any manufacturer, distributor or independent trials this season
When I have been to SOME trials in the past I often come away thinking - well I've not learnt anything new today - just confirmed what I...
Looking for a little advice - I have no experience of drain jetting.
I have several lateral drains that I would like to jet on a couple of fields. Is there a tool out there that enables you to go up the main drain and find the the laterals and then turn to jet the laterals - or is my only...
Just heard, albeit a rumour, that someone is setting up in competition to British Sugar and opening a beet factory in York.
Anyone heard similar??
Is this the end of the British Sugar monopoly?? Have ABF now got to sell even more cheap clothes through Primark to maintain healthy profits?
Not sure if this has been covered before?
What machines would you buy again if they were still available. I'll start it off.
Case 51 maxxum range. Super reliable, technologically advanced when introduced over 20 years ago. Still run a 5130 and does everything I want it to, and still...
Hoping someone can answer this. A ton of barley is a ton of barley. I understand that low spec weight barley may be of slightly lower nutritional value but is there any evidence and does this evidence justify the current claim system.
I hear of a farmer selling 49 kg/hl barley sold at £95/t...
So, just tallied up the rainfall for June 2016. 151.5mm. This is vs. a June 2012 rainfall at 168.5mm - so not far behind. So far in 2016 we've had 446mm compared with a 2012 half year total of 414mm. July 2012 was 123mm so here's hoping for a much drier July 2016. Not looking forward to...
Interested to hear what slug pressure is like around the country. They're a problem in wheat after OSR here this year, with other crops and wheat in other rotational positions fine on the whole. With many crops only just emerging following later sowing then I advise regular checks of crops...
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