Be gentle... ignorant arable farmer asking for a friend on this one...
Let's say you had £25k, and wanted to get into livestock.
You have access to low imput permanent pasture (heavy land), and occasionally some rotational leys. You have access to a loader,
You have an old shed, potential...
I've never got this right.
My criteria are:
Must be 4m min and pulled by 265hp.
Minimal moving parts & bearings
Must have reasonably priced tungsten wearing metal.
Needs to be able to work hilly heavy land to say 8 inches max, with both lift and mix.
Must also be able to work shallow and quick...
Looking at using a front mounted seed tank to blow seed to the back of a trailer cultivator (carrier). Has anyone done something like this before? The fact it’s trailed may cause some issues with the pivot point?
Plan on using the same front tank with a combination drill and other stuff so would...
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...
I’ve never been a fan for tractors. Just have a tractor big enough, surely 🤷♂️
But, I bought a mower a couple of years after the tractor and it’s fine for second cut but at times with first cut I’m maxing at 8k. Not the end of the world but out of curiosity, when at the dealer I asked what they...
I am growing 25 acres of new crop this year, weed control is challenging so looking for an interview cultivator.
As no-one grows veggies this far north on scale I have little knowledge need a 6 row 45 cm spacing. Not sure whether it's rotary or tine front or rear mounted would like to mount on...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
The joint venture between Lemken and Krone to produce an autonomous tractor will be stepping up a gear this season with the companies appearing to have now thrown their full weight behind the project.
Known as Combined Powers, the new joint division...
Anyone managed to grab bits? I grabbed some real light bits but any clay and it’s a wet shitty mess. Not sure when to throw the towel in and go for sfi
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...
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...
So historically spring barley is direct drilled here into a cover crop established with a cultivator in the autumn and sprayed off late February.
Records show our best yields come from a crop planted late February early March with later planted crops suffering in both reduced yield and higher N...
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...
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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...
Looking for a vintage trailed cultivator to use at working days behind my old tractors. Similar to the pic below.
Does anyone have one lurking in a barn/hedge somewhere?
South west would be ideal but can travel.
Thanks.
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