Starting to get a little worried now. Spring seed might be short... Weather doesnt look great on the forcast - given how sh!t harvest was, could we be in for just as bad an autumn?
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Biostimulants are currently being pushed to help facilitate a reduction in fertiliser inputs as well as to offset the impact of pest and disease pressure, but do they actually deliver? CPM learns how two products can unlock tangible...
Well people ,society seem to think it is? is this just another sign of the declining "standards", morals etc? Not many years ago, times were alot harder/tougher, but people lived"within their means", an old saying, but true? So why bother, trying to do the "right" thing in both life and in...
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Traditionally, phoma stem canker has been deemed a southern oilseed rape disease and light leaf spot a northern one, but evidence suggests these diseases are migrating. CPM digs deeper to find out what’s happening.
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Philip Wright, independent soil management expert, meets Phil Vickers, farm manager at Raby Estate, County Durham, one of the largest estates in the UK. The estate is looking to...
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The questions around applying pyrethroid-based insecticides aren’t new, with many feeling their use is severely limited and, in some cases, detrimental. CPM discovers whether they still have a place on farm.
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Vegetarians try to teach other people to dump the ancient habit of eating meats. However, they are never seen to be more healthy than consumers of meat and I would submit that they are poorly educated. In fact, they may be lacking immunity to internal infection. I would advocate the increased...
what tups are everyone using over mules, normally use texels but Hearing good things about Suffolks- would be lambing my mule ewes Indoors beginning of April
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Interested to hear recommendations for a ram and any hints/tips for Texel and Texel Cross first time lambers (Yearlings)
Upland farm in North Wales, but not too harsh over winter.
Much feed supplement required in the weeks leading up to lambing?
How’s other veg/potato growers getting on this year ? Been a complete disaster here weather wise this year. Cutting cabbage in ankle high water is a new extreme 😂. Will be quite a bit of loss here, just hoping for a dry back end
I've only sheep, they seem fed up. On lovely looking grass but licking salt as if it was November also pushing walls down (licking the dusty centre of the wall), but not happy when moved to another field.
I had some waste cabbage & fed them some not interested. They do however go crazy for...
Reducing risk and building resilience are two of the strategies being deployed by farmer Andrew Pitts to respond to the environmental and geopolitical challenges that the last five years have presented the agricultural industry. Andrew will be part of the Farmer Panel at Agri-TechE’s 2023 REAP...
I have winter barley cut and baled. Some lime to go on one field. Plenty of soil moisture but free draining land. North Oxfordshire on shallow brash.
Drill next week or delay until later? For those of you who have drilled osr at the end of July, how has it worked out please?
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Establishment of oilseed rape has been pushed earlier and earlier as growers seek to overcome adult cabbage stem flea beetle, but there’s more to it than just moving the date. CPM explores the implications of drilling early and what should...
I cannot understand why so many children refuse to eat their greens. Sprouts, broccoli, cabbage and runner beans each have a nice flavour and they contain iron. My deceased sister would never eat her greens. With hindsight, I think she had been a victim of anaemia. I just love a plate-full of...
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