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Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The benefits of slurry separation were profiled at recent College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) events, hosted to highlight the value of all animal manures. Research scientists at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) have...

Evening all, Looking tentatively into the option of installing a rotary-screen separator to deal with sand-laden slurry. 150 cows, housed 5 months max. Having been successful in Round 1 of the slurry infrastructure grant, I have since been invited to modify my application to include items...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS) has extended its relationship with ScotEID and Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) to make more Scottish mart pricing data available. This announcement follows contractual changes in England...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is set to co-host a GrasscheckGB grass management workshop with a farming business next week. The workshop will take place on Thursday, February 22, 2024, at Penmaen Bach near Machynlleth. Richard...

At least we are reducing our massive 0.9% by using adblue ffs

Something I’ve never done really, not sure where to start and what to record, we had our own ways of ear notching females and then picking the best to keep, occasionally ear tagging things such as twin females. As an example, we just scanned our moor ewes and picked up on a hogg that was bagged...

How's everyone getting on keeping sheep and cattle outside. Pretty biblical round here. Thinking will have to house the multiples for a month to give us half a chance of getting through to spring.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Robotics specialist Bas van Santen has been appointed by ForFarmers to the role of robotic product manager. ForFarmers said van Santen’s appointment will further develop and strengthen its service to robotic customers. ForFarmers UK ruminant...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Managing crop nutrition is a nuanced subject at the best of times but add in net zero goals and it becomes a whole new ballgame. CPM explores how crop nutrition can go hand-in-hand with environmental goals. By Melanie Jenkins and Rob...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Could improving nitrogen assimilation and carbon fixation be the key to helping autumn crops to bounce back from adversity? CPM investigates the potential of 2-oxoglutaramate technology. By Janine Adamson With much focus on spring...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The latest agri-market outlook from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has concluded that the inflation of inputs is a threat to the long-term resilience of the agriculture industry. Other threats to the resilience of...

Morning guys, Last year whilst potato planting we had 2 of our new Holland tractors broken into and the intellivew screens stolen whilst parked in a customers farm yard. I was just wondering if anyone had came across some kind of battery powered mobile camera I could hide each evening to use...

During Covid, the supermarkets were started on a path of 'pre-competitive collaboration'. It worked well and they were keen to do more. This resulted in the WWF basket; https://www.wwf.org.uk/wwf-basket We then have a cost of living crisis and the government want the supermarkets to subdue food...

whos actually involved in this and does anyone know who set it up?

https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/business-management/agricultural-transition/defra-minister-hints-at-elm-cap-to-maintain-food-production?utm_source=hometopstories

EU backtracks on net zero..... where does this leave our shambolic 'union' after they signed us up🙄

Right we've had a load wheat rejected because apparently it's hard wheat. We only grew 34 acres, was all skyscraper seed bought from merchant. All stored in same bulk. Had 3 loads away, 4 th load rejected. Going into Cameronbridge for Diageo. Apparently they do a Single Kernel...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland A record-breaking Christmas week for grocery sales was seen in the UK in 2023, with a recorded £13.7 billion spent during December, according to Kantar UK. An update on the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) website said “it was a...

What has already been done? Last year, a project to establish the level of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in arable soils across a range of locations, soil types and management systems was carried out. The project, led by Dr Tom Thirkell of the Crop Science Centre, complemented work...