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Merger of Eocycle and XANT Forms a Trans-Atlantic Renewables Leader Following Eocycles multiple recent acquisitions in the medium and distributed wind markets, joining forces with XANT puts the company in a unique position in the distributed wind energy market. Each companys products are...

I thought if I started this thread someone would think of something..........

How soon does our government allow the further exploration of Oil and Gas in the Shetlands and Elsewhere.

Dekalb News In the final article in our series, DEKALB trials manager, Anders Christensen pulls together harvest data from the companys UK research network to assess how key varieties have performed where it matters. Wide performance variations reflect challenging season Ive been pleasantly...

Lincs-based agri seed business Cope Seeds & Grain announces new owner following management buyout The Lincolnshire-based agri seeds business Cope Seeds & Grain has a new majority owner following a successful management buyout. Managing director Gemma Clarke has bought out the majority...

Organic grass seed shortages This spring already we have been extremely busy and organic grass seed is running out quickly. Key varieties are running low or have been sold already and we are having to modify mixtures in response to seed shortages. Hear more from our grass and small seeds...

Turnip Yellow Virus (TuYV) resistant varieties offering increasing hope for UK oilseed rape growers Two of the new oilseed rape varieties added to the 2019/20 AHDB Recommended List feature Turnip Yellow (TuYV) resistance so just how important is the threat posed by the aphid-borne virus to UK...

Merger of Eocycle and XANT Forms a Trans-Atlantic Renewables Leader Following Eocycles multiple recent acquisitions in the medium and distributed wind markets, joining forces with XANT puts the company in a unique position in the distributed wind energy market. Each companys products are...

Horrible thread title to start, ridiculous really, totally unnecessary; but Putin has done it... it seems crazy. :( I think we - Nato / the West / Democracies - should arm and finance Ukraine. I think we should have a zero tolerance of infringement of NATO airspace and territory. And I think...

My God daughter is doing a school project on food production. She has chosen to look into what makes people choose the breed(s) they have and why. The question she's decided on is if you had to pick a breed on the RBST watchlist which one would you pick and why? In the scenario, there are no...

I have just been accepted for the grant on a trailing shoe, however since putting in for it I have learnt that it would be too heavy for my current tanker and so am looking at either a Joskin, Hi spec or Major 2000g with a trailing shoe depending on what's in stock in time for the grant . To...

As the wheat prices seem almost completely dependant upon news about this right now which way does the crowd wisdom of TFF think things will go in the Ukraine ?

Written by John Swire from Farm Business The Continental VF Hybrid tyre has won the Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft (DLG) test series, “Agricultural tyres for tractors – Efficiency assessment of premium tyres”. The tyrer Hybrid was compared with another hybrid tyre from a reputable...

All, What are your thoughts on using pedigree Belgian Blue cows crossed with an easy calving Limousin or Shorthorn for commercial beef ?

I think it very unlikely, but let's assume that for whatever reason, and without any prior Polish hostile actions, Putin decides to bomb or shell a Polish road, bridge, checkpoint, farm, village, airfield or what have you, and it leads to fatalities. Is there anyone who'll argue that we - the UK...

Which tyres would people have preference for making the least mess on soft grassland? 600/65r38 or 580/70r38? Or naff all difference between the 2?

FARMING FRIENDS PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AND CONSIDER MAKE SURE WHEN BUYING TYRES YOU CONSIDER THE BACK UP YOU WANT WHEN SPENDING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS ON A SET OF TYRES!!! Had a terrible experience with these tyres and feel really let down by Trelleborg there backup and support is disgraceful after...

With literally dozens of job vacancies locally and an apparent lack of applications what does the future hold ? It seems like the foreigners are scarce and the majority of youngsters can’t be bothered if it’s vaguely hard work/dirty or unsociable hours 🤦‍♂️-you certainly need to keep hold of the...

Another choppy but ultimately sideways week ended with a slightly firmer tone. Egypt bought 400,000 mt of wheat in their latest tender late Friday. Nothing unusual in that but the detail is interesting - it's for March shipment and will load in Romania, Russia and Ukraine - all of course Black...

We are currently running Angus & Hereford bulls with cows and heifers and I’m in the past we’ve also ran a limousin as well. Looking to re introduce an easy calving limousin in the near future but also looking for another breed (tired stabiliser and it wasn’t great). Looking for a breed with...