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  1. D

    Go on then Jim, we’re all ears…

    More than 350m metric tonnes of plastic waste is produced a year, and by 2060 plastic waste is set to increase to 1bn metric tonnes. The UK government argues its financial guarantees are in line with its support for a global transition towards net zero. UKEF said Ineos had promised to become...
  2. Agriland RSS

    High-risk crops can lead to pollution and flooding – Environment Agency

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Environment Agency has launched a campaign to highlight the risks of growing high-risk crops in the south west of England. The agency said the high-risk crops, which include maize, fodder beet and potatoes, can lead to pollution and flooding...
  3. carbonfibre farmer

    Beet 2024

    Being as its the first of March. I'm sure British Sugar would like us to start drilling.....! Anyone started yet. (We haven't lifted last year's yet🤐) I know @Breckland Boy likes an early beet thread 😉😄
  4. W

    Whitworth Sugar

    Anyone know who's sugar beet they use ? Seen it in a shop today .
  5. Laggard

    Small willow herb

    Think this is willow herb? Best herbicide to kill it pre spring barley drilling please?
  6. F

    Fattening store lambs with brewers grains

    Anyone recommend a fattening ration to feed store lambs. I’ve got a lot of fresh brewers grains and wheat and barley. Would be good to use the brewers grains as it get it very cheap. Tia
  7. Agriland RSS

    Number of dog attacks on livestock in Northern Ireland doubles

    Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland 2023 saw the number of dog attacks on livestock in Northern Ireland double compared to 2022 and 2021, according to NFU Mutual. The rural insurance company blamed complacency among some dog owners coupled with an inability to control their pets for the...
  8. Mythoughts

    Food security is a silly argument…

    Perception and perspective are very different things. Generally individuals and old farmers see food security as an existential threat eg if we had a major war (see WW2) and we struggle to have enough food in the UK. Retailers and governments see food security along the lines of “are the supply...
  9. Surgery

    5-6 weeks till cuckoo song

    Not wanting to depress folk but another one or two big rains and looking around a lot of spring stuff won’t be going in , Europe in pjaves can’t be much different , fert and chemicals not gone on on a lot of winter crops and gone backwards in places , what’s folks farms looking like and what’s...
  10. Vader

    GFC was to go ahead - now not going ahead

    Just seen in FW that RT plan to press ahead. RT(and so NFU) have now come out with it. So that's the battle lines drawn.. If you want GFC, then stay in nfu If your again it, join BFU Also looks like we need to talk with NSA Anyone with contacts at top of NSA? Updated on 8th March following 2...
  11. C

    FETF412 - Mobile tractor powered livestock total feed ration mixer

    Ive been looking at this on the grant scheme. A maximum mixing capacity of 3000L is absolutely tiny, so small that im yet to find a manufacturer that makes one. Am i missing something here or is this a typo? FETF412 - Mobile tractor powered livestock total feed ration mixer Expected average cost...
  12. F

    Fodder Beet

    Evening all, Looking into feeding and growing fodder beet. Will be wanting to grow the highest DM variety as possible. Couple of questions How long will it keep in a pile in a shed ? How late can i leave it in the ground ? Does a fodder beet frost sheet help a lot ? Many thanks
  13. paul&mandy

    Sad looking farms

    As I finish off hedging for customers I found myself getting really depressed looking at all this cs and sfi sh!t. Once fields I mowed and baled in some fallow weeds. Fields I fert spread the arable on either fallow stubble or bird seed. The whole lot looks unloved. Then onto hedges. Got most...
  14. D

    Ferguson Steerage Hoe

    Fits behind Grey Ferguson or other smallish tractor for hoeing rows of beet etc. Has seat for hoe operator. Good order. Has extension to make it 6 row presently set to 20” rows. Extension easily cut off to make it original 5 row. Seat is not original but again easiky replaced as was. Stored...
  15. S

    Runoffs from farms?

    Hi all, We are a high school research team looking into potential ways of improving farm run-off treatments and we were wondering about the runoff systems on your farms, where does it lead and how does waste water get transported around? PS. Hypothetically speaking, in the stream coming from...
  16. TBradbury

    Retrofit reverse drive

    Anyone out there retrofitted the reverse drive to a valtra, in this case a T130 with mechanical linkages, Tom
  17. M

    Pre lambing ewe feeding requirements

    I’ve recently had my haylage analysed by feeding company that I get ewe rolls off. They have also put me together a feeding plan of what I should be feeding before lambing. I know what I would normally feed pre lambing and it’s considerably more. Was also told that the haylage isn’t a great feed...
  18. D

    Rewetting - What it really means.

    I’m next door to a rewetting project that’s a combined effort or “non effort” between the Forestry Commission, Natural England and the Wolds Chalk Stream project or something like that. And I’m fairly angry about it as fetid stinking water is sometimes pouring across their plantations onto the...
  19. JP1

    Suffolk Agri Pakenham

    McCormick / Amazon / Krone / McConnell closed yesterday I've heard some speculation but won't publicly comment All I know is it's closed permanently
  20. Agriland RSS

    NFU seeks support for British farming ahead of General Election

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is asking which political party will back British farming and deliver the right plan for British food ahead of a General Election at its annual conference. The union’s annual conference kicks off today (Tuesday...
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