cereals

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Fife arable farmer, John Hutcheson, has been appointed the new chair of Scottish Quality Crops (SQC), with Mark McCallum being appointed SQC’s new vice-chair. The organisation operates Scotland’s Quality Assurance Scheme for combinable crops...

We constantly hear in the Britsh media that food is too expensive, with food inflation being one of the major causes of high inflation and interest rate rises. Having several overseas guests stay with me in the past year, they have all said how cheap the food and eating out is in England...

Farmers worldwide are being squeezed between monopoly suppliers and monopoly buyers. With farmers fragmented, they have to be "price takers". With worldwide governments content to allow food producers to "go hang", food shortages are becoming ever more commonplace. Be it wheat in Africa, rice in...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Fife arable farmer Josh Hutcheson has been appointed chair of the board for Scottish Quality Crops (SQC) – Scotland’s quality assurance scheme for combinable crops. Mark McCallum has been appointed to the position of SQC vice chair. Hutcheson...

Personally I think the agricultural industry in the uk and other western countries is being run by an academic led doomsday cult. The brainwashed individuals in positions of power everywhere are being led by anti meat eating and climate change snake oil salesmen that have no business deciding...

Worth a watch - I watched part one tonight and it focused on Shirebrook pit & village and the division in the community at the time Some parallels from 20th Century mining, with farming in the 21st Century Break the dominance of the miners and then close the pits (despite those pits sitting on...

I was half a sleep this morning but on Farming Today they were saying how bad things were for small farmers. I don't agree. Of course someone who owns 50 acre of land with development potential is very different to someone renting 50 acres of land at a high rent. But if we say perhaps 100...

Like all, the current climate around the industry and uncertainty around most things is dictating our decisions and influencing the potential choices we have to make or things we can't do. We like to stay in the footing if able to pounce at opportunities without been tied down or signed up for...

Looking at the whole picture from the frying to the supermarket storage space to the nutrients provided the footprint of a bag of fresh air with some salt and a few slices of potato must be massive. Why is there no focus on the carbon footprint of all these non proper food processed food...

About ten days ago I woke in the night with a very sharp pain in my brain/head. Ever since then I’ve had this feeling if dull pressure in my head which is worse when I lie down and it also wakes me in the night. I’ve had on going neck pain annd stiffness before and during all of this. I’d...

so sfi is here and it seems there are several threads where posters are asking about the possibilities of combining options/crops to leverage more money 'whats stopping me?' 'ahl2....wild bird food'....after winter wheat 'sam3 and num3'....claim both in same first year any others?......good...

On bloomberg now

Grain producers, please feed into the consultation for digital grain passports. Their introduction is likely to disadvantage independent grain traders and result in further consolidation of the grain trade. As growers we need greater diversity in the grain market not less. It seem like growers...

Apply these thoughts to your work as it relates to ever more rules, regulations, restrictions, cross-compliance, farm assurance, your ability farm without hinderance and your sanity

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland Brazilian agricultural exports reached a record US$166.55 billion in 2023, according to data from the country’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa). The figure was 4.8% higher compared to 2022, which represents an increase of US$7.68 billion...

I thought I’d just start this off as something to think about during cold dark winter days, so please feel to add to the list: Lundell forage harvester Lundell seed drill Bamford Wuffler Cock Pheasant Tedder Kidd Rotaflail Taskers Fertispread

Has anyone had any experience on spreading chicken manure in the spring on cereals and OSR? Any thoughts or tips would be appreciated.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland There are just under three weeks left for cereals and oilseeds producers to respond to the Combinable Crops Digital Passport consultation. The consultation on implementing a digital passport for combinable crops closes on Friday, February 2...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland According to the Potash Development Association (PDA), potassium affects both the yield and quality of grain, as well as the general health and vigour of the plant. Cereal crops need at least as much, if not more, potassium than any other nutrient...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine A new endophytic bacteria which captures atmospheric nitrogen and converts it to a plant-available form has the potential to improve the productivity of beans, claim experts. Vixeran biostimulant aims to kick-start a bean crop’s natural fertility...