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    My latest conspiracy theory ...

    Oh yea of little faith !!!
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    Reduction in arable acreages

    Nice to have both, farming is a great hobby. Prefer it to golf !!!
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    Sustainable farming incentive - handbook for 2023 has been published

    How about limiting flying to say 5000 miles per year per person ?
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    BYDV resistant wheat ?

    Gleam is better than any other variety for us. It has also done very well in NIAB trials in the West country.
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    BYDV resistant wheat ?

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    Where’s UK food production headed?

    You do not have to change, survival is not compulsory! In all the years I have been farming, the chat has always been, Not a good time to be farming ! Some have been very successful, some have failed. Farming will carry on, some will prosper, some will fail. Its the way of all business !!
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    What do you do with all of your paperwork?

    Look forward, not backwards !!!
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    The science behind the Sustainable Farming Incentive

    Ploughing up grassland and margins. Inspiring and Innovative ?? REALLY ??
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    Dealing with depression - suicidal thoughts - Join the conversation (including helpline details)

    Stop reading this forum, that will help a lot. Far to much doom and gloom and moaning about agriculture in general, particularly from the BOSS man !!
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    John Deere 750a

    No, the replacement for yours ! Only a tine drill now, Condor 15 mt. Better on our flints.
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    Farley Mount, Hampshire

    Rees, South Lynch Estate.
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    John Deere 750a

    Yep, we tipped ours over as well !!!
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    Combinables Price Tracker

    822 tonnes.
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    Combinables Price Tracker

    Sold all our rape pre/at Harvest, £677 average price, including bonuses. You must all have to much storage capacity ?
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    Wheat direct drilled into OSR stubble SLIGS!!!

    It all takes time and the transition can be trying. Having OSR in the rotation creates more of a problem with slugs but it can be done. Move as little soil as possible and consolidate well after drilling. Having given up using insecticides our slug issues are certainly less. We also use a straw...
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    10" barley

    No problems with Seedhawk or the Condor, both 250mm.
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    Should mills be morally allowed to specify RT grain if they purchase non-assured imports?

    I guess that without any of these organizations you would have nothing to moan about. Have a nice happy day for a change !!!
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    Cultan ?

    I think Niab Tag have some info, if you are a member ?!
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    Arable rotation

    Not interested in straw here, for baling. Chop everything and would not allow a baler on the farm !!!
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    The Amazone Condor drill???

    We have a 15 mt. Condor, replaced the Seedhawk. Working very well on very flinty /clay cap soils. 350 hp on the front, only needed for the hills otherwise 250 would manage.
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