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  1. CPM RSS

    Cereal crop agronomy: Shift in approach

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF For this month’s topical cereal disease and agronomy feature, CPM reviews insights from AHDB’s re-run Early Bird Survey coupled with added reflections from agronomists and farmers. By Janine Adamson One thing’s for certain – this year...
  2. Chae1

    Fertiliser or Fungicide?

    Looks like a window opening up end of week, weekend to get sprayer out. OSR beginning to flower, have Fungicide,PGR, boron to go on. Have had spray recs for about a month and never got it on. It's had 110kg/N already but normally like to get last application on as flowering starts. Winter...
  3. Land Cruiser

    Telescopic Boom Lubricant for 2022 JCB

    Hello everyone new to the forum and new to industrial machinery too, I have a 2022 JCB 540-200 telelift, my question is what lubricant should I use for the boom & pads? My mechanic first said red grease, then said liquid grease spray would work but last week when I asked a different Manitou...
  4. Laggard

    Spray compatibility “bucket test”

    Best way of bucket testing compatibility please? How much of each chemical and how much water?
  5. CPM RSS

    Applied Innovation: Prioritising margin over yield

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF In a year where cereal crops will be hungry thanks to suboptimal conditions, plus continued nervousness around conventional input prices and supply, interest in alternative products continues to rise. CPM learns how biostimulants can help...
  6. C

    Fodder beet growing advice...

    Having a go at fodder beet for first time in my "career"... South coast, dry sandy free-draining soils. Beet is for grazing store cattle over winter. Have bought a grazing variety. Any useful advice for a first-time grower? Thanks in advance 👍
  7. CPM RSS

    A fresh look at fodder beet

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Despite popularity among some growers, the true potential of fodder beet is yet to be realised, is the message from an advocate of the crop. Among the many benefits is it’s the highest yielding forage crop, says Pembrokeshire agronomist Lyndon Harris...
  8. TFF

    Prebiotics: A Solution for Improving Plant Growth, Soil Health, and Carbon Sequestration?

    Abstract Soil fertility and productivity are severely impacted by exploitation and degradation processes. These threats, coupled with population growth and climatic changes, compel us to search for innovative agroecological solutions. Prebiotics, a type of soil biostimulant, are used to enhance...
  9. T

    Paying before receiving goods

    I paid for fodder beet upfront to help someone out with money issues, when the time came for it to be lifted it was rotten, where do I stand?
  10. CPM RSS

    Drone technology: Eye in the sky

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Drones may not be new to the industry but they are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are being utilised for more and more operations as the technology improves. CPM investigates By John Swire New aerial assessment techniques being...
  11. J

    Much ergot about?

    Is there much ergot about this year? Thought we were better this year but just had two loads of spring barley rejected.😢😢
  12. fermerboy

    Excavator buckets.

    Recently bought a 13-14ton 360 digger privately. Came with a good(near new) narrow bucket and a big old thing to load muck in the field. So I'm in need of a decent grading/ditching bucket, and probably a wider digging bucket. Question is, What's good? What's bad? to avoid? And where to buy...
  13. Devon lad

    Kale issue

    Anyone know what this could be in our Maris kestrel kale? Sown mid May.
  14. T

    Potatoes after Sugar Beet

    Any disadvantages or risks to growing potatoes after Sugar beet on well bodied black land? Not had potatoes for 7 years previously , low PCN count . Potato varieties will be Agria and Maris Piper Thanks
  15. B

    OSR this year ?

    So is Osr still part of your plan, with some decent rain around conditions good. Is osr worthwhile, bit weary of slugs and csb...
  16. A

    OSR companion crops

    Never sown companion crops with the OSR before but got fields surrounded by woods/trees destined for it this year when we get the wheat off. Was wanting something that might grow taller than the OSR without smothering it to deter pigeons landing in it. Think buckwheat might tick this box? Any...
  17. TFF

    Kale or rape as a winter forage crop

    Míchéal Kelly, Drystock Advisor, asks if kale or rape as a winter forage crop is worth it? As the age old saying goes – ‘fail to prepare, prepare to fail’. This could not ring more true for winter feeding. Many farmers are enquiring in the office here about the effectiveness of using a forage...
  18. D

    OSR - Leave it to ripen naturally?

    Normally I nuke it with glypho. But some old neighbours always use to leave it to ripen naturally. This year, as ever, timing of the glypho looks tricky. Some is green, some is dead and will smash out under the sprayer belly. It hadn’t ripened progressively up the plant. Sims have died off...
  19. N

    Wrong hydraulic fluid

    I managed to fill 5liters of “normal” ISO 32 hydraulic fluid on my 5445’s hydraulic tank. Should I stop and replace oil ASAP - or is it not that acute?
  20. hally

    Fibrophos price

    Just wondering what everybody is paying for 0.12.12 fibrophos at the moment?
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