cover crops

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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...

Why not? We all seem to have them and with all the current new "farmer subsidies" such as SFI in England & SFS in Wales, I have come up with a doozy that may well apply to all you boys piling in to SFI herbal leys and flower meadows etc And it is this: Once you have signed off & planted your...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Slow herbicide discovery, resistance development and a rapidly changing farming landscape are all threats to sustainable weed control in UK arable systems. CPM attended a recent debate to see what leading experts view as potential...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Innovation never stands still and with focus moving towards environmentally conscious management, the drill and planter section of the machinery industry is no exception. CPM takes a look at some of the newest products and updates...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF With soil organic matter levels reaching an all time low in some areas, utilising the benefits of molasses could help growers to start to rebuild these vital stocks. CPM finds out more. By Charlotte Cunningham It’s often said that a...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Farmers are being encouraged to harness the full potential of cover crops by ensuring they are fully incorporated into soils this spring. Eastern product manager at Timac Agro UK, Adam Bartowski, said that, by doing so, soils will be more...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Amidst all the talk of the wonders of technology and how farming is being transformed, it is often overlooked that it has to be operated at farm level by people who are not as versed in software engineering. There are a few companies which are now...

FiPL spotlight: improving nutrient use and reducing nitrate and phosphate pollution in the Broads Written by Juliette Howlett The Waveney Farming Cluster receiving a talk from soil a soil compaction specialist. With a population of just over 6,000, spread across 303 square kilometres, the...

Just a thought Straw shortages for the livestock industry Less cereals for feed Less acreages for the spraying contractors Less agronomy and chemicals Les’s fertiliser sales And so on Hearing big acreages of SFI

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 😉😄

This is a disgusting idea that came to me last year.... Supposing one kept a pig in the corner of ones lambing shed and chucked to it all the casualties and afterbirths... Presumably this is not a legal method of clearing 'fallen stock.' but in terms of ethics- Pigs are carrion eaters by...

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...

For potato grower Ollie Dennis, of Dennis (Haddenham) Limited, running a successful 700ha arable farm that includes 400ha of potatoes grown annually for the crisping, chipping, packing and processing markets is about attention to detail and using the best technology and equipment to keep...

Think this is willow herb? Best herbicide to kill it pre spring barley drilling please?

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...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine With the UK potato industry facing more challenges than ever, ensuring accurate nematicide application is being advised by experts. However for one grower, Ollie Dennis of Dennis (Haddenham) Limited, attention to detail along with using the best...

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 ...

As above would a set of grass harrows with a seeder on it do the job? follow with the rollers when rain is in the forecast Would be the plan.

Come on you farm engineers if you were to build one from scratch what features would be an absolute must. Would you choose discs or more of a knife like coulter? How would you go about designing a drill which would cope with a mixture of cropping from Cereal,rotational grass ,into cover crops...