cultivating

How many dd guys have gone cultivating? Out next door neighbours practices a full range of cultivating and has 95% crop cover after a hard winter we dd a majority of ours and a currently re drilling 50% .cultivating a fair bit as the top is solid from rain. Any one else feal like abandoning...

Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland Co-op is the first UK retailer to announce it is moving to 100% British strawberries across its entire own brand range. From April 23, the leading convenience retailer will exclusively offer only British strawberries for the summer season across its...

Several fields of hybrid rye where the crop has only really survived on top of drains. Maybe 20% of field areas actually growing, so no point patching. No spring fert or autumn herbicide at all. What to do? Ground/soil is sadder than I’ve ever known it, and we’ve had some sad springs. Possible...

Evening all, at work, we are looking for an accurate guidance, rtk or close, as we are drilling our own maize with a 3m powerharrow with a mounted maize drill. The tractors aren't guidance ready but a new one in the future will be so will be following a lightbar for now. We already have a...

I’ve been sent these links to these machines and they are both genuine sales and the hrs are genuine yes they are ex Ukraine but it does highlight the life that is achievable with these machines, makes you think...

Just wondering if there's any further information out yet as to what constitutes no till in the eyes of SFI? Is it a dts/mzuri/claydon direct into stubble? Or is it going to be lower disturbance tine or disc? Supposedly a claydon grain and fert meets the grant spec with the leading tine applying...

When farming( tenant farmer),a lot of the farms soil was very stony as per pictures attached. Strangely enough I think the Amazone combi drill with Suffolk coulters straight behind the plough press gave us the most even seeding compared to other drills we had, had. Just wondering what drill you...

What are people's thoughts on them, especially as a vario. They've been about for a few years now, looks like they are a capable machine. Thanks

I've taken on a few fields and want to subsoil due to past management decisions. I don't do any currently except where I've made a mess with a 16000 L tanker, and using the shaky legs is just to disruptive to the surface and structure. I'd like a leg that is much gentler in it's approach...

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-ensures-food-production-remains-primary-purpose-of-farming

Using touchdown quattro and rainwater . Spraying ploughing before spring cultivation, Is adjuvant (LI 700) worth it or needed .??? shouldn't need water conditioner with rainwater.

433: Clover and emissions: Learnings from the organic sector Written by Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board Using clover can give your farm an environmental boost, but where do you start? AHDB's Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager, Stephen West, has been to see dairy farmer Wil...

I have 6 acres of land that has been grass for about 25 years. It never cropped very well so it been down as grass, which the neighbour grazes sheep on. I was thinking of getting it into SFI. So my plan was to take it from grass to a cereal crop for a year and then enter it into SFI. Is anyone...

Looking at buying a used 6250r, 4000ish hrs, are they as good as they're cracked up to be? What are people's experiences? A future classic?

Sainsbury's and Tesco's online deliveries been stopped with software problems. people are now going to have to leave the house to go shopping! Not accepting card payments either. Cash is king imo. Is someone reminding us of our reliance on technology and supermarkets, and how vulnerable we are...

Hello, I have a question about why nobody is using seeders like this in Europe, the UK, or the US, I can't find any seeders like this in those countries, in my country we are using seeders like this a lot almost every seeder are like this with single disc and I'm curious why is nobody using it...

Welcome to our Biostimulant Supplement, exclusive to Direct Driller magazine. I hope you enjoyed reading our last supplement on Adjuvant Technology and it proves useful as we head into the spring spraying season. In this issue we explore the valuable role of plant biostimulants in helping...

https://www.farminguk.com/news/government-to-be-taken-to-court-over-axing-of-farmland-sewage-sludge-pledge_64313.html Never used the stuff. However, in the UK retailers “WWF Basket” commitments is a pledge to ensure suppliers use 50% recycled phosphate by 2030. So that’s via sewage cake is it...

Have bought a 4m one pass with tank on front. First time doing our own. What do I need to know / would be usefull hints? One of my first questions is how many headland runs to do? We are on 28 m tramlines and have had some contractors do 5 and some do 6 dependent on the field. Are people just...

Welcome to our Biostimulant Supplement, exclusive to Direct Driller magazine. I hope you enjoyed reading our last supplement on Adjuvant Technology and it proves useful as we head into the spring spraying season. In this issue we explore the valuable role of plant biostimulants in helping...