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    Beet 2024

    The last thing i received off BS is the silly seed spill kit. A plastic bag and zip tie !!! Think it ended up in the bin. Cookies sound a lot more appealing.
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    Looking grim .......

    Ex beet or got to get it ready for this year crop?
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    Your current weather.

    Think we got it just before you with hail mixed in.
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    Massey Ferguson 8s

    Dyna E was meant to be troublesome which gave them a bad name. Think dealers had to do a mod on them.
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    Num3 can it be halved in subsequent years

    I'm pretty sure it is based on year 1 figures, so a minimum of 50acres in years 2 & 3. After year 3, it will be a new agreement anyway.
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    Christ it's wet

    At least its a decent crop. Are you still using neonic seed dressing or has it been banned ?
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    SFI and Potentially not achieving aims

    In the SFI handbook under eligible land types for IPM4 it says 'Arable land, excluding temporary grassland and fallow land' Therefore i would have to sow a cover crop or something to comply ?
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    Beet 2024

    Don't British Sugar love wasting money!! Received the annual Sugar beet seed spill kit through the post. A plastic bag and zip tie. FFS!!
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    Lemken Juwel 8v - 6 or 7 furrow plough.

    https://www.starlingagriculture.com/machinery/ploughs-presses/lemken-juwel-8/
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    Fendts in Cambridge sale

    They might be from B and B tractors as Staythorpe Farming have just had 12 new fendts delivered at start of march replacing a similar number. (See b and b tractors fb page) The ones in Cambridge are a consecutive numbers and are notts registration.
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    Arable record keeping

    Field work plans on geofolia are not a patch on gatekeeper ones. Lacking info and difficult to follow compared to gk. Rest of programme a lot easier to navigate than gatekeeper but developers only do a few updates a year to correct glitches which can be an issue due to it I think being...
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    SFI and Potentially not achieving aims

    But will the no insecticide option be ok on fallow. For example you can put it against a field with winter bird food cover but not Num 3 (legume fallow).
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    SFI and Potentially not achieving aims

    If you've entered into SFI but potentially cant meet aims due to weather difficulties / ground conditions , what options do you have ? I've entered SFI with a start date of Feb this year and one of the options was no insecticide (IPM4) which is planned for fields coming spring barley. The...
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    Ads

    When putting an ad on farm classifieds, there seems to be quite a delay (days) waiting for moderator approval which can be quite frustrating as other platforms such as ebay or facebook marketplace is more instant. Have you only got one person doing the approvals ? When it eventually does get...
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    What % of winter crops not planted or destroyed

    16.5mm near to Dunham bridge area.
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    Lemken plough

    Just finding right one for predominately light land on wider rings / flexicoil. Doesn't seem to be much available as needs to be about 2.6m wide as plough 5 x 20 inch furrows.
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    Is SFI panicking farming suppliers?

    In the farmers weekly the other week it showed some of the bigger companies involved in ag (some machinery dealers) and it was interesting to see how many staff some employed and there wage bills compared to profits etc.
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    Quality reversing camera screen recommendation?

    https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/fendtone-in-cab-camera-terminals.352807/ Anything of help on this old thread?
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    Massey 6480 2012 model.

    On our 2009 6480, we converted cab suspension to springs and therefore removed fuse. Had a problem with air brake warning / reading on dash saying low pressure. Put fuse back and it cured the issue. Dealer's fitter didn't realise they were connected. Might be different on yours.
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    Sugar beet price 2024

    For beet sold on the futures market through Czapp, where do you get the login details from and when does it open to trade ? Not used it before. Watched the zoom meeting a few weeks ago but forgot what was said.
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