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  1. H

    Questions from a non-farmer

    Hi - im new here. I'm currently researching the market for automated (parametric) climate insurance for a variety of businesses across the UK. i.e. if it hails with greater than X force/energy, you get paid out some % per £1 insured next day, simple. However, the more time i've spent reading...
  2. Agriland RSS

    Harvest 2023: Grain harvest coming to an end – AHDB

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that the 2023 grain harvest in Great Britain (GB) is coming to an end, from a cereals perspective. Only a few crops of very late spring barley and oats in Scotland and the...
  3. haggard143

    AB9 Anyone had BTO bird survey

    As above, anyone else had an email from BTO asking to do a survey on the effectiveness of AB9 Winter Bird food
  4. Jsmith2211

    2019 all over again?

    Starting to get a little worried now. Spring seed might be short... Weather doesnt look great on the forcast - given how sh!t harvest was, could we be in for just as bad an autumn?
  5. CPM RSS

    Real Results Pioneers: Spring crop route on a Yorkshire farm

    Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF Changing the rotation on a Yorkshire farm has proven to be a solid base for getting blackgrass control back on track. CPM reports. By Mike Abram A constant battle with blackgrass on a Yorkshire farm comes with the familiar backstory...
  6. O

    Situation Vacant Main Arable Operator wanted to run 675ha in Oxfordshire

    Enthusiastic Main Arable Operator Skilled Main Arable Operator required for progressive family farming business in South Oxfordshire covering 675ha of mainly combinable crops with environmental schemes and many other diversified activities. The role is a chance to get involved in an evolving...
  7. CPM RSS

    Grassweeds: What’s in the stack?

    Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF A stack is no longer viewed as simply which active ingredients are in a programme, it includes cultural control methods too. CPM shares thoughts from grassweed experts. By Rob Jones Choosing herbicides for the autumn programme is an...
  8. CPM RSS

    Combine headers: How much difference does a header make?

    Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF According to combine draper head makers and users, benefits include higher outputs, head-first feeding, more accurate ground contour-following and better performance in low and laid crops, plus longer harvest days. CPM finds out more...
  9. Agriland RSS

    Machinery Focus: Kuhn reveals strategy to minimise ploughing

    Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Kuhn, like all implement manufacturers, is well aware that good crops begin with good seedbeds of an appropriate tilth and free from competitive weeds. Achieving that happy situation is, however, proving ever more problematic as pressure is being put...
  10. Goffer

    KWS MANAGER combining peas

    Anybody on hear grow this or any other newer varieties this season ? Experience growing/ harvesting this season would be appreciated . Cheers
  11. M

    Wheat pre em

    Morning Presumably most are still planning on planting wheat in the next month or so. With current prices and profitability what’s everyone’s thoughts on pre em choices and rates ? cheers
  12. G

    Bps/sfi

    All this talk of no one taking up sfi how many can actually say they banked 100% of there bps and will be able to manage on zero sub going forward
  13. B

    Share farming and working full time

    Looking for advice on how a share farming agreement could be implemented. A bit of background I’m Full time on an arable farm. It’s a good job terms and conditions. Grass is currently all let out on yearly lets. Plenty cover crops available to graze. Farm is keen on having sheep. The thing is I...
  14. Bomber101

    CNH T7.315 and Trimble FMX

    We are having issues with our T7.315. New last year and FMX installed by dealer and GPS supplier (well known national firm) at local tractor dealership. It is on RTK with a local Trimble base station. We run three FMX units in CNH tractors and the other two are working fine. Last autumn and...
  15. Robert

    How Best To Manage Dirty 'No-till' Stubbles Post Harvest Pre Drilling /Also Breaking the BYDV Green Bridge?

    Thinking about our bean stubbles in particular which have a fairly weedy understory this year. Some of the weeds if left will set seed imminently (groundsel being our particular nemesis nowadays), but don't want to be too reliant on more than one pre-planting roundup. Also - thinking about...
  16. P

    Tips please for cutting flat wheat.

    Please can any of you with hands on experience of picking up flat wheat, as per the attached picture, give any tips on combining it. I do use a low as I dare pick up reel tines with reel forward, and very fast reel to flick wheat up in front of the fingers . Do any of you cut the flat wheat at...
  17. P

    Stubble chitting machine optiond

    We’re on soils that go hard and struggling to find a machine to chit them unless they are wet. We persevered with a vaderstad carrier for a few years but got rid of it in the end as it just wouldn’t penetrate hard soils. We then used a mounted disc/press machine with the idea the tractor linkage...
  18. Banana Bar

    Fendt 828 reliability

    I’ve heard a few stories suggesting this model is very prone to engine issues, any truth in it? I would be looking for a 2020 model or newer. BB
  19. Clive

    What’s the best tractor of all time ?

    we have a worst thread so for balance what’s the best tractor of all time ?
  20. B

    Stones in cultivations

    This week when using the sumo for OSR seedbed cultivations it brought up atleast a 250kg rock/stone although this is quite normal on our heavy land.my question is do stones naturely movie to the earths surface on their own or is the earth surface slumping towards them?.picked hundreds of tons...
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