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Any disadvantages or risks to growing potatoes after Sugar beet on well bodied black land? Not had potatoes for 7 years previously , low PCN count . Potato varieties will be Agria and Maris Piper Thanks

We took on some new land last Autumn , it was wheat stubble. Land is Well bodied black land, good land but relatively high clay content , but still grows good potatoes , onions etc. Despite the relatively dry 2021/22 winter it had several wet holes where the wheat had died. We had all the land...

We took on some new land last Autumn , it was wheat stubble. Land is Well bodied black land, good land but relatively high clay content , but still grows good potatoes , onions etc. Despite the relatively dry 2021/22 winter it had several wet holes where the wheat had died. We had all the land...

Hi All, Has anyone ever drilled Skyscraper Winter Wheat this late ? Or even into mid Feb ? How'd it turn out? Thanks in advance

Hi All, Looking to buy a piggy back beet drill, 6 row , to go behind a 3m power harrow. We power harrow 99% of our beet land anyway so it will save me a lot of messing around swapping over wheels and implements ( as I only have one tractor.) Just wondering what people experiences are with...

Hi All, Good friend of mine runs a small pheasant shoot near Bedford. He has a 9.5 tonne grain silo he uses for feed wheat and is looking for someone to deliver 9.5 tonne and blow it up to the top of his grain silo. It's easy access. For some reason his regular supplier has let him down ...

Hi All, Looking for 3m combination drill with disc counters, ideally with a following press wheel behind each Coulter and the ability to apply varying pressure to the counters. Therefore probably looking for a lemken, Sulky or kuhn but open to options. 10k budget. Based in East anglia but can...

Hi All, Just wondering if anyone has a spare irrigation pump they would be willing to hire, around Norfolk/Cambridgeshire border. Only to run one reel, doesn't have to be flash , huge or fancy , short or long term hire would be a big help either way. Only for relatively small acreage of...

Not sure if this is the best place to ask but can't think of anywhere better so here it goes, I'm currently a first generation tenant farmer in the UK, No farming background or financial backing , however I have managed to slowly build up a small business renting in grass and arable land from a...

With the current fertiliser crisis do people think there will be a massive oversupply of peas and beans next year as people look for less nitrogen dependent break crops ?

Looking to grow winter beans for first time this year, completely fed up with beet . Just wondered what the cheapest way of establishing them is while still getting a decent yield, not got a direct drill but open to ideas. Some going on lovely light black land , others going on heavy sticky c**p...

In the interests of improving the business and monitoring profits , cash flow etc I'm looking for an app to record work done on the farm . Something that both I can write in and employees can also write in , then it gets sent to me so I can see what everyone has done, not sure if such an app...

Finding these critters in nearly every seed potato I scrat out to have a look at , usually 3 or 4 per potato burrowing in. Anyone know what they are and should I be worried ? I mean more worried than any potato growers constantly Is. Many thanks

Got two fields due to come beet this year, nice black land but been under water all winter . Contractors have come in and reprofiled ditches , and under drained, finishing last week. Fields are now drying out fast, some areas are rock solid , some are rutted up to hell where drainage kit has...

46 In Lamb New Zealand Romney's, older ewes of various ages generally missing corner teeth. Scanned out at 200% overall, due to lamb 15th of April I lambed these last year outside with no issues, they look after themselves and lambs fatten well. From good Wairere bloodlines , been on electric...

Just lost a good size chunk of summer grazing which isn't ideal and a bit stuck for summer . Sheep have got plenty of cover crops up until lambing but need to fill a gap from May until September and was thinking of putting a fast growing cover crop on some poor bits of arable land , has anyone...

What prices have people been quoted for agria seed for spring 2021, been told £540 for suffolk grown seed, £650 for dutch seed, these about right? TIA Fenster

Hi All, Hopefull thread name will get some attention! Farm up the road has just become available , it’s ring fenced with housing and grazing for up to 300 cows plus followers and in addition around 400 ewes ( lambs fattened off farm in past) Very nice set up, relatively modern , all stock...

Hi All, Just got a Small county council tenancy so looking to run about 75 ewes this winter and 100 store lambs . Have been borrowing my bosses dog for a couple of years and decided it’s about time to sort something of my own. I’m not looking for a world beater by any stretch of the...

Hi All, Following on from another post about electric fencing winders I was wondering if anyone has built their own electric fence winder ? either trailed behind an atv/truck or a push along ? Don’t really fancy paying out for a barrow for the small amount of fencing I do. Many thanks in...