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  1. W

    Feeding tup lambs over winter

    Hi, got some tup lambs that I want to keep growing on over winter, grass is getting short now so wanting to know what everyone feeds their tup lambs over winter without stuffing them. thanks
  2. Wood field

    Sfi and hill farms

    Anyone got a clue ? I’ve looked at LG2 that I presume will cover our mowing ground ( I can max that as 41 acres or 16.5 hectares) that I presume is 16.5 x £151 = £2491.50 We only have 174 acres in total and to take edges or strips out of production etc is not viable Keeping stock off areas...
  3. Surgery

    The French farmers are kicking off

    Looks like they have had enough of all the associated rubbish and kicking off , another revolt on the cards.
  4. B

    Lower feed costs at grass

    Spring calving herd, grass from early feb to mid november. My dairy nut is very expensive. We are in a drought prone area in east of Ireland, feed 350-500kg of dairy nut and same of PK. Im hoping to swap dairy nut for rolled barley or maize meal. Feed acid buffer and minerals with PK at feed...
  5. Jackov Altraids

    Will SFI cause a cycle of boom & bust?

    The budget for SFI is the same as when SPS first started. It was about £100/ acre then, which would be worth about £55/ acre now. So if everybody that claimed BPS, claimed SFI on the same area as before, and on similar value options, that is what we would all get paid. This would probably not...
  6. W

    Sam3 adding herbal to existing grass

    Has anyone done this and what was the best way to establish herbs into an existing ley
  7. Defra Farming

    Livestock Webinar - Top SFI Questions and Answers

    Top questions from people considering SFI Who can apply for SFI and when can they apply? At the moment, we’re only allowing BPS eligible farmers to apply for an SFI agreement. This is because their details are already registered with the RPA. In future, we’ll allow a wider range of farmers to...
  8. Defra Farming

    Livestock and grassland webinar follow up

    Livestock and grassland webinar follow up Written by Becky Briggs Credit: Judy Dean On Monday 20 November, we held a webinar for livestock and grassland farmers. Our aim was to go through the 2023 offer for those farm types and answer your questions. You can watch a recording of the...
  9. CPM RSS

    AHDB Recommended List: Ring the changes

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF It’s that time of year again – Christmas is fast approaching and therefore AHDB releases the latest iteration of its Recommended List for cereals and oilseeds. CPM reviews the changes including a BYDV-tolerant six-row hybrid winter barley...
  10. R

    How much do you pay?!

    Hope people can help me out, I have a small flock of sheep and I’m looking to grow them next year. To do that I will need to rent ground, how much should I be expecting to pay per acre per month? If that is even how it’s split. Cheers!
  11. Agriland RSS

    New Syngenta winter cereal varieties added to AHDB Recommended Lists

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Two new winter cereal varieties from breeder Syngenta have been added to the latest Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Recommended Lists for 2024/25. Both are winter cereal varieties, with one being winter wheat and one being...
  12. Henery

    Underfloor heating using wood, farmhouse renovation

    We’re installing underfloor in a house renovation with full insulation within the existing walls, anyone seen a wood fired ( logs) method of running underfloor? I’m thinking heat store and a small furnace to run as and when to top up the heat store ? House will have two wood burners, which I...
  13. B

    Natural rock salt

    Have been leaving out rock salt for the cows. They’re going through it quicker than I expected is there a deficiency or is it just the novelty value .
  14. S

    Virtual Fencing

    Hello, I've read a few discussions on here about this topic, and thought I'd like to start my own. I'm not sure if this is the correct subforum or if I should've posted in the GPS subforum. Anyway, I've been interested in this technology for a while now, because I'm looking for a way to...
  15. CPM RSS

    Milestone varieties from Syngenta

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Two new milestone winter cereal varieties from Syngenta have been added to the latest AHDB Recommended Lists for 2024-25. SY Cheer New on the winter wheat RL is the Syngenta quality wheat, SY Cheer. Rated as a provisional UKFM (UK Flour Millers)...
  16. nxy

    We are walking on our heads

    The French expression "on marche sur la tête" means roughly "things are being turned on their head" or "we have got our priorities wrong". So to show their exasperation with policies that don't put local food production first and foremost French farmers are turning the road signs at the...
  17. L

    Foot bathing protocols

    Currently we don’t have any apart from knowing how much solution to use. so my questions are when and why you footbath and how to apply that to a preventative protocol.
  18. daveydiesel1

    China going to wet drought area

    Seen a tiktok today that china is planning to build a water diversion to bring fresh water to a drought stricken area to turn it into 17 million acres of good farmland, surely this will totally destroy milk,beef etc price if they do this
  19. Jsmith2211

    NROSO

    Hello all, Apologies if this is a stupid question... but just wandering if there is any need to join NROSO and what the benefits of joining are? I've only recently got around to doing PA1 and 2, we've had a contractor do the spraying for the last 20 odd years. Looking at potentially doing a...
  20. G

    John Price interview , FarmersWeekly River Lugg video.

    Might interest a few. Can someone post it on here?
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