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A Good Prospect for Wynnstay’s Maize in 2020 By Dr Simon Pope A new high-yielding maize with extremely high feed quality, called Prospect, was revealed at Wynnstay’s and Limagrain Trials Day, held at Bangor on Dee, near Wrexham, North Wales. Prospect is newly listed on the 2020 NIAB/BSPB...

Hi guys , running a lemken solitair 9 4m , has done 6750 acres still on original discs . The problem I'm having is small stones getting between the discs and jamming them stopping them turning or rubbing holes in the plastic seed distributors. Anyone had similar ? How long do you get out of the...

Hi Guys, I am creating software to help farmers in Africa, I am trying to find features that would be useful for farmers in general please can you suggest any ideas? I have some basic mapping features but anymore ideas and problem areas in arable farming would be really useful. Kind regards...

NIAB's summer open days in this, their centenary year, start tomorrow at Sutton Scotney and continue through the rest of June. The events are open to all with a full listing and registration details at https://www.niab.com/shop/page/open-events. BSPB will be at Sutton Scotney, tomorrow 18...

Launched at Cereals this morning... Farmers can now protect themselves against poor crop yields with a groundbreaking insurance policy that will compensate them for production shortfalls. Crop Shortfall Insurance, from rural insurance specialists Lycetts and Farmers & Mercantile Insurance...

Here is a quick reminder of the key points in law to ensure compliance with the rules on farm-saved seed (FSS): It is a statutory requirement that all FSS use must be declared to BSPB There are five ways to declare - by post,e-mail, online, phone and fax Payment for use of eligible varieties...

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Try a short quiz on aspects of the farm-saved seed rules. BSPB will make a donation to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution for every complete entry received. And every correct entry will be entered into a prize draw to win a Best of British hamper. Enter your...

Payments on farm-saved seed (FSS) are an investment in your farming business and that of the next generation. Innovation in plant breeding is essential for profitable and sustainable UK agriculture and delivers major benefits in terms of the yield, quality, agronomics and disease resistance of...

Please feel free to comment on here if interested! Full time work only please as I have a harvest job if I need it and I’m not looking for anywhere else just for the season. Thank you kindly for viewing and all the best! Qualifications: • Category H track layer/crawler tractor. • PA1 and PA2...

Cereals In a dearth of fresh news and ahead of Friday's USDA NASS reports (US Stocks & Prospective Plantings), grains ended mostly lower after wheat reached a 1-month high yesterday on both sides of the Atlantic. The Sterling continued higher with MPs voting on different options for the...

Two exciting new oilseed rape varieties from RAGT will be making their commercial debut on farms across the country next autumn. Both will be available through the company’s ground-breaking OSR seed scheme that helps reduce the financial risk of crop establishment. RGT Azurite RGT Azurite is a...

Hello all If you haven't seen a previous post, I am currently undertaking an honours research project on JVFA's. My data collection must end next week, and I am short of responses! If you are involved in agriculture, regardless of whether you are minor not in a JVFA or a contractor, your...

Hi all I am currently undertaking my honours reserch project, and would greatly appreciate anyone involved in a farming business help me by completing my survey. It should only take 10 minutes and will help me complete my research!! The link is below...

I'm looking for a simple fert spreader, no weigh cells, no speed sensor, to spread accurately at 24 meters. Got about 800 acres of ground with roughly 100 in wheat, the rest grass. Looking at newish second hand ideally or new if i can't find a good one. Anyone have any suggestions. Coming from...

Oilseed rape growers who are forced to rip up failed crops could significantly reduce their losses thanks to a new scheme launched by plant breeder RAGT Seeds. Under the arrangement, growers will only have to pay royalties on the area of oilseed rape that establishes. That cuts up-front seed...

Cereals With the likelihood of Article 50 being extended, the Sterling continued sharply higher against both the US dollar and the euro, reaching its highest level since Sep-18 and May-17 respectively. Consequently, May-19 LIFFE feed wheat continued lower for a 2nd consecutive session...

Cereals Trade was quiet today with the CBOT closed for Presidents day. Euronext wheat trader lower sharply once more during the session continuing to look for export demand with a large port lineup indicating strong demand amidst high Russian prices. Domestic basis levels remain strong...

Hi all, I'm holding another farmer focus group as part of my PhD research into how environmental farming advice can be improved, and it's very important that I speak with as many farmers as possible as it's vital that your views are heard when influencing policy. The event is going to be on...

Cereals The Sterling continued lower against both the euro and the US dollar in the wake of a weak Purchasing Managers' Index which fell to 50.1 in January, the lowest since July2016, and against 51.2 in December. However, it was not enough to lend support to UK grains with May-19 LIFFE feed...

What are your thoughts on using seaweed as a 'natural' alternative going forwards? Seaweed technology could be the answer to boosting crop yields at a time of declining chemical efficacy, with scientific breakthroughs revealing the multiple benefits of algae. To date, a lot of seaweed is being...