SFI unravelling as the policy makers realise food might be in short supply and as of yesterday (25th March) not taking land out of food production is suddenly important to the government.
Is it important to the population as a whole to have home grown food production subsidised?
What should SFI...
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So as we are all aware the weather patterns we are seeing are becoming a little more extreme
We are all losing days/weeks due to bad weather.
For me I seem to lose more and more working days each year for the last few years due to bad weather, this is obviously having a knock on effect in...
I’ve a number of last years ewe lambs running , the plan was to sell half as shearling breeding ewes as they are decent sorts.
But the price of hogs at the moment means they need to be £250 plus as shearlings……
I farm heavy silty clay with flints. No ditches, no land drains. Good strong wheat land, if unforgiving.
I've been trying to grow cover crops on and off for the last 9 yrs. With one exception, they have all been disastrous.
Summer cover crops in place of a spring crop, on the other hand, can...
Thinking of using feed blocks to feed ewes with lambs on turn out usually feed concentrates for month after lambing but land is so wet has anyone done this will ewes still milk ok they will be on good grass.
Hi,
I am renting land this year off a farm that had carrots just harvested.
I would like to put Beet in after carrots but not sure if there can be problems?
Does anyone know of disease problems or pest problems that stops beet and carrots being grown too close together?
Thanks
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For the next two days, this thread will be open for questions for our team at the Environment Agency to answer farmers questions on agricultural regulations.
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Used a charmoise tup this time good lambs so far but have had one with wattles, bit of research shows it's not uncommon. What do people do anything or nothing?
Xbred lambs for fat in mkt
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Not sure when these figures became available. But given the good news for English farmers I’m surprised
how little news this...
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