barley

  1. Agriland RSS

    Trials confirm benefits of crop biostimulant

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Trials carried out by agri-science and technology company, Syngenta have confirmed that a biostimulant it produces can deliver savings of between 30kg and 50kg of applied nitrogen N/ha when used to maintain an average yield target in both feed wheat...
  2. U

    Beginner question on permaculture and regulations

    Dear Farmers, I have had my eye on farming for a few years now, due to family ties (my dad's a trained agronomist but made his money elsewhere and my mum comes from an active farming family but wasn't involved in the day to day affairs of the farm, a fairly largescale operation in south of...
  3. Wood field

    Sheepy musings

    Just wondering, one block of farm with main buildings and sheep yard . Normally bale the 15 acres ( 12+3 )and also a 4 acre field of the bit marked 16. We get nice short cut sweet green hay but not so much of it , so you wise sheep men and women … to buy in fodder and rotate the sheep or to make...
  4. D

    Telegraph - Why full fat milk and dairy was better for us all along

    No sh1t Sherlock, but at least people are noticing the truth at long last. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/diet/nutrition/full-fat-milk-dairy-better-for-us-all-along/
  5. Agriland RSS

    Cumbrian dairy farm and farmhouse comes to the market for £4.9m

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A fully-equipped Cumbrian dairy farm with a five-bedroom farmhouse has been brought to the market by GSC Grays for £4.9 million. Low Abbey Farm, located in Eden Valley near Penrith, has Grade 3 arable land, permanent grassland and woodland...
  6. R

    Longevity of autumn residuals

    We applied avadex and generic liberator at full rate during the first ten days of October, due to rain most days since the crop isn't worth keeping, we want to put some grass in some bits and possibly some of the sfi options, obviously neither probably going to get drilled till beginning of...
  7. L

    SFI second quarterly payment

    Have I missed something? First payment came in early November, I thought it was quarterly from then but no confirmation letter or payment has been seen. Are we now in line for another 3-4 month wait as the first payment came pretty soon after signing although now the SFI says 1st payment after...
  8. daveydiesel1

    How to, go from all year calving to jan-feb calving

    Considering going to spring claving instead of all year. Any idea how many years this would take to achieve? How do people get them all incalf by a certain date?
  9. L

    Building the perfect direct drill

    Come on you farm engineers if you were to build one from scratch what features would be an absolute must. Would you choose discs or more of a knife like coulter? How would you go about designing a drill which would cope with a mixture of cropping from Cereal,rotational grass ,into cover crops...
  10. Clive

    Annual conformation

    How does this work ? ie our sfi application is the parcels we intend to put into various options but with many being rotational and there being flexibility to increase without limit and reduce area by up to 50% am I correct in understanding that we will have to effectively do a...
  11. Jsmith2211

    Moseley Says Sack The Board

    https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/sack-the-board-if-you-sack-me-says-red-tractor-boss Can't say I disagree with him on that, fire the lot of them... Get some people in that care about the farmers they are supposed to be working for, not the supermarkets which they have decided to work for instead.
  12. Humble Village Farmer

    BFU signs up 25 new members in a week.

    Thanks to all who have joined.
  13. Scrambler

    Is SFI panicking farming suppliers?

    From some conversations I’ve had recently, I’m getting the feeling there’s some panick in businesses that rely on farming customers that large scale SFI options could become very popular. For instance, suggesting that it wouldn’t be moral, or that you wouldn’t be a real “farmer” if you take...
  14. cquick

    Crap You Find in Fertiliser Bags

    Spreading some urea the last week, at the end I found an empty fag packet and a nice stainless bolt. Anyone else seen any random stuff in their fert?
  15. onthehoof

    Sam 3

    Thinking I'd like to reseed some permanent pasture with Sam3 herbal ley, but assume that I will need an EIA, was arable until 2002 when it went into arable reversion
  16. DieselRob

    Legume companions and nematodes

    My plan going forward is to use a 3yr cropping rotation of Winter wheat with companion, winter barley with companion, NUM3 or AHL1 as break crop. Volunteer beans in the wheats have shown to have a good effect so I’ll stick with that but what should I use with the barley, do I need to consider...
  17. bobk

    Farmers are the donkey everyone rides

    Heard it on youtube this morning from an Aussie farmer How true it is
  18. Vader

    Horses..

    Just an observation last night as driving home. Lot of horse paddocks on rough ground. At the moment lot I went past are just muddy bogs. Some right against the river. (if was cattle then would be hell to pay...) Nothing against horses, but surely would be better covering the pony paddocks in...
  19. Great In Grass

    Wild Bird Seed Mixtures - SFI AHL2

    Please find listed below our mixtures relating to SFI AHL2 Please message me for prices. 1 Year Spring Sown - (AB9, AHL2) Attracts Tree Sparrows 40% Spring Triticale 28% Spring Barley 15% Spring Wheat 10% Fodder Radish 5% White Millet 2% Red Millet 100% 1 to 2-Year Spring Sown - (AB9, AHL2)...
  20. H

    Continuous Stubble Turnips - Spring Barley

    Does anyone grow stubble turnips followed by spring barley on the same land every year ? Is there any disease risks ? Thanks in advance.
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