cereals

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 😉😄

The latest episode of FeedCast is brought to you by Chris Davidson our Raw Materials expert. Chris kicks of the podcast by discussing how cereals continue to be the biggest mover over the last few weeks. The amount of material coming out of the black sea is having a big impact on the market...

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Harvesting high quality silage is vital for farms that will be milking cows in the shed next winter, and now is the time to place a focus on this. The quality of silage or forage can have a significant impact on the cost of production during the housed...

What are people's thoughts on how they will manage Blackgrass and or Rye Grass in options like Wild Bird Food or Legume fallows? I've been reading through the SFI handbook and have found some options that would be a good fit for us, but I'm nervous of planting something that becomes swamped by...

Something to watch! Looks like glyphosate is being banned as a desiccant for milling oats in Europe, not here at the moment but I suspect it might happen. Is there anything left in the arsenal to desiccate uneven crops? C B

One for combinable crop growers.

Welcome to the Environment Agency Q&A event on The Farming Forum. 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. The Environment Agency are aiming to engage with the community on the...

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...

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...

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...

Anybody had a seed price for this yet?

Arable farmers need to rethink herbicide strategies following 2024’s wet start With some fields still under water following widespread flooding in January, farmers will need a robust herbicide plan in place as they battle to catch up this spring. A wet autumn delayed drilling of many winter...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Tractor manufacturers, such as CNH, are finding that there are two ways in which they might increase the digital technology they offer. The first is to develop it internally, while the second is to bolt it on by investment in start-ups or other small...

So to get our heads around how useful this support offered by Rishi yesterday, who plans to take advantage of the FETF capital grants this year ...

This is written in the hope that it will induce drought like conditions... But anyway, anyone regularly broadcast and harrow spring corn in? I have barley and oats to go in, and the spring tine is going to be the only machine that will go, if it carries on anything like this.. I know, I...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The presence of cereal volunteers or companion plants with oilseed rape (OSR) could lead to a marked reduction in damage caused by cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB). This is according to a recently completed Rothamsted Research study. The results...

one of these .. replace something like this?

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland There is over a £125,000 difference between the top-performing dairy farms and the bottom 50%, according to new data from the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). AHDB revisited and updated data from 2017 and 2018 for beef and...

Please see the attached form I am going to send this form to the AHDB and various organisations in the grain supply trade to see what reaction there is to a valid alternative to Red Tractor assurance. I you support this form as an alternative to RT then please show your support by voting in...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Trials carried out by agri-science and technology company, Syngenta have confirmed that a biostimulant it produces can deliver savings of between 30kg and 50kg of applied nitrogen N/ha when used to maintain an average yield target in both feed wheat...