We have changed from Urea to CF Nitram this year as I was persuaded it was better, but having not used it for probably a decade I am surprised how dusty it is. The spreader is white after an hour or so, is this normal or is our Kuhn spreader breaking it up? The spreader is well maintained and...
We have been using urea both pre-drilling and top dressing for spring wheat, oats and linseed but I am beginning to wonder if it's the right choice. Spring crops need to get up and grow and under dry conditions the urea can often sit on the surface before being dissolved by the next rainfall...
I am not ashamed to say that I voted Remain, and I understand that I was in the minority of UK farmers (70% voting Brexit). So far I am not seeing any benefits just increased input costs (fuel, machinery and chemicals) and as we are still in the EU even if /when the pound rebalances against the...
Just wondering what will happen to seed regulations post Brexit? Will it be possible to trade certified seed between farmers and growers who are not certified seed merchants. And if we go totally "Little Englanders" could we dream of being able to buy seed from a neighbour (pay the royalties)...
Been asked to quote today to supply some of our cultivation kit to NZ but have no idea what the freight costs might look like.
I suspect we would be looking at an open top container so we can get a sufficient number of machines in...we would have to hire a crane to load the container then we...
My parents five month old border terrier puppy was stolen from their garden off the Guarlford road leading into Great Malvern this evening at about 7.15pm.
A small white van was backed into a gateway just above their house before to dog was taken. None of the local inhabitants now anything about...
I have very much been a "sit on the fence" follower to many of these discussions, and I am just surprised how many farmers (and here I am talking about those who earn their livelihood from farming) are in favour of Brexit.
I have three strategy plans for our farm... One; how to get through the...
We have cut our area of spring wheat by 50% this year due to the gout fly problems we had in 2015.
However I have been out today and I think it is fair to say there is a gout fly egg on every plant so we will be going in tomorrow with 50mls of Hallmark.. And probably again later in the week...
Why all of a sudden do I have to log in every time I come on to TFF ? It's OK off my lap-top but if Log in off my iPad or iPhone I have to feed in my details. Is there some security loop that I need to address.
On Countryfile this evening the machinery dealer from Shropshire suggested that sales were down by 40 - 50 % and that is an area where there are some of the most profitable farmers in the UK ( so we are lead to believe) . So what is happening in the less prosperous areas of the country ? We hear...
If the GB goes for Brexit, IMO Cameron will be out within a few days to be replaced by Boris. Given a few months we would have a general election and there is just a possibility that comrade Corbyn could become PM which would return this country to the 1950's . Any ideas for the odds on this...
I have never grown spring oats so do not know if they tiller like winter varieties. We normally drill winter crops at about 125 kgs/ha but I suspect we need to be planting more in the spring....? There was a thread on spring oats but I cannot find it.
I am looking for a couple of cameras that I can set up in our farm buildings and view on my iPhone 5s . The cameras can have mains electricity supply and will be situated under the over-hang of a building. I have looked at various options on Amazon but I am not sure that for £35 they will do the...
I just wonder how many machinery dealers will be able to weather the present storm.? If you look at the portfolio of second-hand kit available from some of the big dealers I would have sleepless nights worrying how to divulge myself of it... The only benefactors will be the finance companies who...
I was probably one of the first people to subscribe to the Farmers Weekly website and the fwi email facilities. I have put up with years of poor service yet have tolerated it because I felt that FWI ought to be at the forefront of British Agricultural information. I buy the FW each week from my...
I am sure it has been covered before, but what is the optimum spacing for subsoiler legs v working depth? I know the shallower you work the closer the legs need to be but I seem to remember somebody (Philip Wright?) coming up with a formula.
The main hydraulic pump on our Manitou has started to leak quite badly from where it splits from its mounting casting....as shown in photo. Is it a new seal kit or is the pump worn out ? (done 2000 hours since it was replaced in 2003)..
I was very interested to read Andy Barr's column in this weeks FW.
http://www.fwi.co.uk/arable/farmer-focus-surprised-by-soil-ph-tests-results.htm
He is one of the few contributors that I actually read and believe..
I get very concerned by the growing band of no-tillers who seem to think that...
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