Search results

why plough the grass up just spray off and notill

agree totally all the trials done on notill i have seen are not long enough the trial system has a flaw in that drilling is done on the same day notill should be earlier in the autumn and later in the spring compared to cultivated should be the whole system and rotation that is compared

if you do not know then its not notill and do not claim sfi notill

if it is capital gain you can buy land and role over any gain to reduce tax if it income then you can use a pension to reduce tax

simple notill is notill either disc or tine ocasional dd is not notill strip till is not notill rpa already define drills for notill in the capital grants

i could add margaret becket the worst ag minister ever

Blair brown strong £ wheat £70 a tonne foot and mouth half a million rural protesters in London iraq war invasion on false pretences 1 million protesters financial market crash unregulated immigration which ultimately precipitated brexit

The Ahdb report is based on last weeks action so is out of date by 4 days they should publish on near the end of the week as most grain traders do

if labour have too big a majority they will be unstopable just as the snp and welsh labour are too long in power is a problem for any country or council

the alternative will ban neo nics on sugar beet and ban the only control of tb in wild life cereal farmers need cattle farmers

Lower stocks lower production estimates and a lot of shorts maybe the market is waking up to the risk of less grain than average trend yields from 5 year averages the one we all knew on farm is that the uk will have to import grain because the potential in the fields is below the 5 year...

urea needs applying earlier but it is less mobile in the soil so is less prone to heavy rain losses using an inhibitor also delays its availability by up to 2 weeks this year warm weather in feb march used up all the available n plus heavy wet weather washed n deeper or away

with talk of milling wheat premiums up to £100 a tonne are imports cheaper malting barley premium £50 sheep and beef fresh meat prices high the uk is able to producer all of some types for food in many years but the consumer also wants foods we cannot produce due to our climate rice...

Order from a reliable supplier who knows your cut off date for delivery they re processing from close to harvest mid august Openfield’s plant is 1 mile away they deliver all over the country as do all the seed processors i ask for deliver before 20 september any later and I will not unload it

To check if bg has a seed that is filling get the seed between thumb nail and forefinger and squeeze you can tell if the seed has filled If it’s empty you feel nothing It’s like wheat Just a lot smaller Same with any grass seed

I direct drilled into failed wheat in late April 2013 sprayed off the drilled bits after drilling In some fields the spring barley yielded higher than the wheat left Only had 4 fields with 100%wheat that year It helps having a drill and combine the same width and using controlled traffic system

Wait till it’s dry enough to not smear clay Raining here today if leaving fallow spray off then plant a cover mid may onwards or early June

Big estates had to sell in the 1920s to pay death duties village after village was sold at auction those that borrowed the money to buy farms went bust by 1930 some land owners had to take back the land when it wasn’t paid for I know one farm let for 5 shilling an acre for a 20 year term...

good to see things are better than they were a few years back when you had a big drought and were struggling gives use all hope that it can be better

That is all about the eu not post brexit uk