cover crops

It's not been trumpeted much by WAG and the first I heard about it was last week, but a new grant scheme is available in Wales, with the first application window now open. The 'Small Grants - Efficiency' is very similar to the previous FBG, but with a minimum grant claim of £1000 (max £12k). It...

Written by Tom Allen-Stevens from CPM Magazine Download PDF The challenge for a North Norfolk estate is to retain productivity from its root crops while securing its long-term future in the face of climate change. CPM visits to explore progress. Productive agriculture has to have a key role in...

Im old enough to remember the 3 day week in the early 1970s ( i was at school then), when the country had days without any electricity? miners were on strike, brought the heath govt. down? and other hard recessions up to now? It just seems to me the population has got so soft over the years, and...

Thought I’d start a thread on what members are/have been putting in this season to fill the forage gap with rising feed costs. Brassicas Arable silage mixes Rye etc

Specifically thinking about gross margin but also ability to smoother grass weeds. Any opinion please?

Hi Folks, i don't often post, i work at Rothamsted and we're hoping to set up a DD experiment with different wheat varieties. Interested in any comments on suitable or unsuitable candidates, also any comments on particular traits that might be important for direct drilling. Happy for any...

Finished today, been pretty good, always problems but weather has been much better than last year, so thinks l, ll change or not, still lmb alot in march, normally get a spell of dryer weather then, not have as long a delay till the second lots starts, lmb the gimmers outside as apart from some...

Sorry if this is in the wrong section but I’m looking for options for a cover crop to put on some fallow land that didn’t get sown with winter beans last autum. Half the field is beans so I’m looking for something to sow that will be deep rooting like the beans. Not mustard as possibly still got...

Yesterday we held our AHDB Spring Grain Market Outlook webinar. If you missed this, don’t worry! Some key messages are summarised below. You can also watch the recording too, using the video link. Market outlook remains bullish for cereals and oilseeds There may be little surprise that we are...

Hi there just wondering everyone's thoughts on the two drills, contractor does some drilling for me with a horsch but brings up a good few stones comparing to my one pass just wanting more speed and some min till going forward

looking to sow a cover crop july/august, straight after harvest and then graze with store lambs, but would want field back end of feb, to sow with spring barley... what cover would do this? can you fatten lambs on cover crop alone? first time we've thought about doing this so its all new to us...

Anyone else think it's getting a bit dry? No rain for weeks, ground cracking, and no rain forecast.

Farmers in England are experiencing probably the most rapid period of change that any of us have known since accession to the EU back in 1973. With the removal of Direct Payments, and the phasing in of the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS), farm businesses will need to change and...

Written by Tom Allen-Stevens from CPM Magazine Download PDF Whether they’re capable of record-breaking wheats or full of blackgrass, soils can be enriched without compromising productivity, according to forward-thinking farmers in Agrii’s Green Horizons network. In this new series, CPM shares...

Written by Tom Allen-Stevens from CPM Magazine Download PDF Hutchinsons has launched a new bespoke agroecology service for its farmer customers, linked to its Helix innovation network. CPM attends the launch at the Shropshire farm and asks what the term actually means. We want to farm in a...

Sort of been done to death this but here goes ...... If you keep wool shedders of whatever type ..... Do you use a terminal over some / all or breed pure ? If you use a terminal, what breed and why? Would you consider using a shedding terminal? If yes, what traits would be important / key...

As above. I would have thought that the traditional mixed farming system ,utilising Grass leys for livestock, and then planting cereals into those leys is the same as regenerative farming :scratchhead: I am obviously missing something?? Is it the economics of the system , especially if one is...

Anybody go? The Good, the Bad, the Ugly? Watching the first video on Youtube ground conditions looked testing with wet clay land and the soil pit actually filling with water overnight!! Interested to hear people who went thoughts? Cheers Alistair

Written by Megan O'Brien from Agriland Pharmaceutical company Bayer has announced it will invest €1.3 billion in its impact investment unit over the next three years, which will drive innovation in sustainable agriculture and aid food security. The unit known as 'Leaps by Bayer', is tackling...

With input price inflation high, is anybody considering suspending production for a year?