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  1. Against_the_grain

    Deductions

    Thats scandalous! Wheres the NFU BFU?
  2. Against_the_grain

    no till

    All this effort AND STILL no scientific evidence that no-till is better for the environment....
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    Accord drill setting for NUM3

    Bit early I would of thought. Wasn't planning on sowing mine for a other 4 weeks at least
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    Cutting hedgerows from 1 March onwards

    Its so obvious isn't it to anyone with any basic countryside knowledge. There are a few 'hedges' on our farm which were neglected for an extended period (10+years) and they are basically small trees with very little cover or food for any wildlife compared to the well managed regularly trimmed...
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    no till

    What thats mad. The only appeal of no-till is the ability to use it when it fits the rotation without comprising yield.
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    Cutting hedgerows from 1 March onwards

    Its insane how wound up Keiths and Karens get about hedge cutting. Anyone would think you were carpet bombing the village with napalm. FFS the countryside needs management not some old dear calling the police because the farmer is out keeping things tidy.
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    Cheapest NUM3 Legume Fallow Seed

    Interesting. So are you intending on not having crop headlands and just turn on these num 3 areas?
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    GFC was to go ahead - now not going ahead

    ^^^^^This is the problem as I see it. We are (as usual) doing all the donkey work to help the supermarkets achieve their aims...all at our cost
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    Direct/Strip-till drilling photo gallery

    On heavy land you are joking
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    Direct/Strip-till drilling photo gallery

    I just think this thread needed some balance. Last year our DD crops were good, this year in a wet year on heavy land its a disaster. The water just cant get away quick enough. Im beginning to think its just too un-reliable in our climate on heavy soils. Will probably spring tine it and put...
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    Direct/Strip-till drilling photo gallery

    1st ww after linseed. 100Ha of dd has all completely failed here this year.
  12. Against_the_grain

    Charging for precision farming data?

    This is a great question. I think you are correct in assuming that data has a value. IMO i think it needs charging for, especially if as mentioned before its for a commercial customer. They would certainly charge you if it was the other way round. More and more this data is going to be used as a...
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    AD maize rents

    Yep if rent is less than £614/Ha (£250/acre) put it into AHL1. The SFI has completely f**ked the FBT game
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    Combinables Price Tracker

    Jobs f**ked
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    Pissing in the wind

    Yeah and the Chinese, Indians and US would never massage their figures...
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    Pissing in the wind

    At least we are reducing our massive 0.9% by using adblue ffs
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    Combinables advance payment rates

    Cheaper to extend your overdraft with the bank I would of thought?
  18. Against_the_grain

    Cancel your NFU membership now

    I cancelled my DD and when they asked for payment or refund reason why I wasn't renewing I told them.
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    The truth about SFI/ GFC [as I see it]

    This is quite the point. We are sacrificing our entire primary and secondary industries in the name or reducing our carbon emissions. There will be a day in the future when we wake up and think oh sh!t why did we do that!
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