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Any solution to Cow Parsley in OSR?
Cow parsley is creeping into certain areas of the farm. It can seemingly be controlled reasonably well with SU's in wheat, but Its the OSR stage of the rotation thats letting the area it covers expand, and Astrokerb or Belkar don't seem to touch it, neither has a test with Korvetto (Arylex... -
is axial hard on winter barley?
like the title says is axial hard on winter barley? wondering if it slows it down or causes phyto like dff once i sprayed puma on a section and it killed the barley completely roundup styles lol -
Looking grim .......
10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .- bobk
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Year end valuation
I had a chat with a mate today about year end valuations. Both of us despite being 30 years in the job are pretty niave doing this. As I expect to make a £ I wonder if I am doing it to my benefit or not. For growing crops it's contractor costs plus variable costs to date. For crops in store...- beltbreaker
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- ahdb beans cattle cultivations dff fertiliser fire grass harvest lambs liability market mart pre-em seed sfi trading wheat
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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New data shows severity of brome concern for wheat growers
New data shows severity of brome concern for wheat growers Hundreds of farmers, contractors and agronomists have indicated that brome is a growing threat in the battle against grassweeds in UK arable fields. New data from a Corteva Agriscience survey shows that 80% of respondents have...- Corteva Technical
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Brome survey results
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Hundreds of farmers, contractors and agronomists have indicated that brome is a growing threat in the battle against grassweeds in UK arable fields. New survey data suggests that 80% of respondents have populations on their farms with the vast...- CPM RSS
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Glyphosate, retreat of the antis pt1
Brighton Council, that bastion of the Green movement and all things trendy thought it would be a good idea that they should ban the use of glyphosate on the city streets to help the environment. Roll on four years and having tried all the green alternatives the place is a jungle and they have... -
Farming in Australia
As the weather is pants in the UK , I'm searching for decent weather harvests , On watching the scale of operation is massive , 2 farms I found are Lock Valley Farms north of Adelaide , about 4000 acres half crops half sheep . decent ground but just father and son ...- bobk
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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No till second wheat
I gave up second wheats a good few years ago due to grassweed control, lack of!, thought I'd give it another go as the farm is cleaner and now running a disc direct drill, flooding aside, it looks terrible, what have people learnt with DD second wheat, as I'm now hearing advice along the lines...- Matt77
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- Forum: Cropping
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Will fodder radish set viable seed now?
This is Iris fodder radish from @Great In Grass which has grown well. This is the most advanced plant, with most still flowering. Will it set viable seed now? These pods have immature seeds at the moment. -
What % of winter crops not planted or destroyed
What % of your intended winter crop have not been planted or damaged by flood/slugs/ flee Beatle?- snipe
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RIGHT OR WRONG DRILLS
With this extreme weather bursts we get now, its got me thinking what is the right drill for all weather conditions? We have all been led to believe direct drilling or min till is the best for your ground? but what is best for your income? After all this wet all us direct drill boys are now...- WOODCHIP
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- Forum: Machinery
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Chemical Crop Protection Intensity
Got sent this on email. On the face of it, UK is doing well. I'm guessing this is based on overall size of the country as opposed to just cropped area (USA always touted as a heavy user of CP products). But not 100% sure. But surprised France as worse than us - must be viticulture having... -
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Do we need a drill
After this springs exercise with spring barley that was spun on (undressed hss seed ) . We were getting late last week of March so spun on the seed and a very light cultivate in with a wilrich cultivator and rolled in and it had a pre em . If we had waited any longer it would of been mid April...- tw15
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Kyleo equivalent
How many l/ha Glyphosate & how many l/ha 2,4D do you need on rape stables pre-drilling We’d normally use 3 l/ha glyphosate but some rape volunteers are strong Thanks- Bruce Almighty
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- Forum: Cropping
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Pyraflufen herbicide
New from Sipcam available as blackbird amongst other names. BLW contact for autumn use in cereals. Active previously available on potatoes. Only aware of it due to ad in F guide. Anyone seen any trials or prices? Any spud growers or agronomists care to comment. Non label claim of activity... -
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sfi you can now apply
5.45 am this morning rec email from defra saying as youve registered your interest you can now start your application. ok thinks me will try . First thing to do will be go get some more ink and a couple of reams of printer paper as will have to download the 40 pages of the new guidance of how...- 4course
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Companion cropping wheat beans seed rate and pre em
What would a suggested seed rate be, normally 100kg wheat per acre So 10/15kgbeans? And drop wheat or not? Plan is to spray beans out in spring and combine wheat. Pre em suggestions? Normal wheat pre em is my suggestion as if I plough beans down pre em be weaker by time they are through?- dannewhouse
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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- Mr Tree
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- Forum: Cropping
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IPM3 - Companion Crops
Probably won't be looking at SFI until next year, but wondering if anyone has a plan for companion crops. What companion in which crop, will it work with herbicides, will it leave any profit? Payment rate is only £55/ha.- Grass And Grain
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- Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive