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AHDB Levy funded trial suggestions
To kick off, would be interested in trialling deep drilled wheat 70mm+, then glyphosate just before wheat emergence. Seed size and vigour to germinate from depth is a differentiator between wheat and blackgrass. Obviously different drilling dates and timing of glyphosate applications and... -
Compaction worse with wide tyres?
https://www.futurefarming.com/smart-farming/why-do-wide-tires-cause-deeper-soil-compaction-science-explains/- Grassman
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- beet compaction cover crops cultivating cultivation cultivations direct drilling drilling drills drones dual wheels establishment fertiliser fertilizer fuel gps grass grazing health horsch maize management michelin mower plough ploughing potato quad robotic roots seed self propelled sfi sheep soil health sprayer tractor tyres
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Nat West Knocking Farmers
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/banking/natwest-combs-customer-accounts-tells-them-go-vegan/ Here's some of the article: NatWest is telling customers to stop eating meat and to drive electric cars after combing their accounts to calculate their carbon footprint. A “Carbon Footprint Tracker”...- organic
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- af ahdb bank account banking beef brother carbon cattle children co2 cover crop cows dairy defra diesel digital direct drilling drilling environmental financial flooding fuel gas grass grassland harvest health herbal hsbc hydrogen levy lloyds maize management market methane milk natwest nitrogen organic overdraft oxbury parts pension ploughing rainfall red tractor repair sequestration sheep software storage sustainability transport vaccination variety wheat woldmarsh
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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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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- accident agrii agronomist agronomists agronomy ahdb ahl1 ahl2 ammonium analysis aphids application atlantis avatar axial baling bank account beans beet belkar belmont blackgrass boots break crop break crops brome brother bydv caravelle carbon carrots cattle cctv cereals claas claydon combi combo compaction corteva coulter coulters cover crop cover crops cows cranesbill cultivating cultivation cultivations cultivator death defra dff diarrhoea diesel direct drill direct drilling disc disease downland drainage dressing drilling drills drone drought dual wheels early drilling earthworms environmental establishment eyespot family feed wheat fendt fertiliser fertiliser spreader finance financial fire first cut flea flooding fodder fodder beet forage forecast fuel fungicide fungicides futures gas gate gates gleam glyphosate grain store grass grass leys grass weed grassland grassweed grazing groundswell handling harrow harvest harvesting health healthy soils hedge herbal herbicide hilux holstein honda hoof insecticide insecticides insitor ipm2 irrigation kawasaki kuhn kws lambs landowners laureate learning lely levy liberator liming loader loader tractor maize malting management manganese market milk minerals mounted nettles nitrogen num3 nutrients nutrition oats online organic organic matter osr overdraft paddock parts peas pension pgr pig plough ploughing polaris potash potato potatoes poultry pre-em premium prilled quad rain gauge rainfall rapeseed rapid red tractor repair repairs reseed residual residuals resilient roots roundup rpa rtk rye ryegrass sandy savings sdhi second wheat security seed seed treatment seedbeds sfi sheep silage slug slugs slurry soiler solar sprayer spring bean spring beans storm stress stubble sulphate sulphur syngenta t0 t1 t2 t3 theft third wheat tillage triticale typhoon urea vaderstad variable rate varieties variety vibrance vicon vigour water infiltration water logging water management weather weaving weed control wheat winter wheat worms wosr yamaha yara yielding yields zypar
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- Forum: Cropping
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Do you calculate your farm carbon footprint?
Do you calculate your farm's carbon footprint?- Dr Renuka Thakore
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- ahdb ammonium analysis application bank account banking bedding beef blackgrass boots buffer bulk density calf carbon carbon capture carbon sequestration cattle chickens children co2 cows cultivations dairy death diesel digital direct drilling disease drainage drilling electricity environmental family feed wheat fertiliser fertility fertilizer finance financial flea flooding fodder fuel fusarium futures gas grass grassland grazing health hedge herbicide insurance interest rate inventory learning liveweight maize malting management market mart methane milk miscanthus natural capital nitrogen nutrients oats orchards organic organic matter osr parasites parts peat performance platform plough pollution potassium potatoes premium rainfall red tractor roots savings seed sequester sequestration sfi sheep software soil carbon soil sampling soil testing storage sustainability syngenta tillage trading transport urea variety weather wheat wild oats woodland yields
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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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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- avatar bayer beans blackgrass bydv combi coulters cultivate dff diesel direct drill direct drilling disc drilling drills environmental family fertility forecast glyphosate grain dryer grass grass leys grassweeds harvest hatra hedge horsch kuhn maize mounted nettles osr pdm peas plough ploughing pre-em pto rainfall rapid rtk seed sprayer sprinter stress stubble vaderstad vaderstad rapid vicon weather wheat winter wheat yields
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- Forum: Machinery
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Suckler breeding cow trade?
What would trade be like for proper beef bred suckler cows be either with calf at foot or in calf heifer . Angus’s spring Calvers. I might need 10- valtraman
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- agriwebb beans bedding beef beef cattle bolus bovine buy cattle calf calves calving carbon cattle cereals chickens co2 colostrum continental cover crop cows dairy deadweight diesel direct drilling disease dressing drilling drought ewes family fertility finance financial fire flock forage fuel gas gate gates genetic genomic gold grass grazing health herbal holstein hoof insurance jersey lambing lambs lifeline limousin maintenance maize management market mart mastitis methane milk milk yield milking needle nutrition operator overdraft paddock parasite parasites pension performance pig pollution premium quad regen ag renewal sandy sell cattle sheep shorthorn silage slurry soya storage store sale stress stubble taurus teats telehandler tmr trading training transport tup udder weaning weather wheat woodland worming yields
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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Would older retired farmers care to comment.
Would older and retired farmers care to give their opinion s on slugs causing so much damage to autumn cereals and flea beetles causing so much damage on OSR, as well as slugs. Just wondering how long ago it was that you started growing Winter Oilseed Rape, did you have much trouble with Flea...- Pilatus
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- agronomists baling blackgrass cereals cultivating direct drilling drilling drought establishment fire flea grass harrow harvest insecticide oilseed oilseed rape osr pests ploughing pollution quad rainfall seed slug slug pellets slugs stubble training weather wheat worms
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- Forum: Cropping
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Realisation that ploughing destroys the natural seed bed
Realisation that ploughing destroys the natural seed bed pushes Fraser Bush to min-till, carbon farming, a new revenue stream and less time on the tractor A lightbulb moment in 2019 for Wiltshire-based tenant farmer Fraser Bush whilst ploughing, changed the way he farmed as he realised that...- Agreena
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- Category: Carbon Farming
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Crop establishment methods and slug damage?
Over the years have you noticed much difference in slug damage, between,min till,ploughing, and direct drilling . -
Climate myths
Watch this. Very interesting counter arguments to the CC monster.- WillYorkshire
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- abortion accident agronomist agronomy alliance analysis animal feed anthelmintic application bank account banking beef beet biodiversity biofuel bitcoin blight boom boots broccoli brother buffer calcium calf calves calving carbon carbon sequestration cattle cereals children clamp co2 continental cows crime cultivate cultivation cultivations cyber dairy death development diesel digital direct drill direct drilling disease drainage dressing drift drilling drought electricity environment agency environmental establishment family fertiliser fertilizer finance financial fire flooding fodder forecast fuel futures gas gate gates gold gps grass grassland grazing hail handling harvest health hedge hydrogen immune insurance inventory investment fund irrigation knight kwh lambs lamma landowners learning levy liability maintenance management market markets methane milk milking minerals mounted natwest needle nitrogen online organic organic matter parasites parts peatland pedestal pension performance pesticides pests pig platform pollution position potato potatoes poultry ppe rainfall rapid red tractor renewable energy repair repairs residual resilient respiratory rtk rust rye salmonella satellite savings scour seaweed security seed seeding sequester sequestration sfi sheep silage slurry sodium software soil carbon solar stock feed storage stores storm stress sulphur supplement sustainability sustainable farming technology testing tillage tower trading training transport turbine vaccination varieties variety vigour weather weather station weed control wheat woodland wormer yields
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Why doesnt the uk have more strippers
Why don't we see more of these used in the uk?- Bokey
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- baling bedding cereals cover crops diesel direct drill direct drilling disc drilling harvest harvesting market mower oats parts peas plough residual seed slugs wheat
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Mzuri Pro Till
Seriously considering the Mzuri route. Our soils are high clay content so generally quite heavy. And I want to use it for the whole rotation and stick to the system, which entails growing maize as well as wheat/OSR/beans. What are peoples thoughts on the system now they’ve been about for roughly...- FarmingFarmingFarming123
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- beans cattle claydon combi coulter cultivation defra direct drill direct drilling disc drilling drills establishment fertiliser maintenance maize mzuri osr parts peas rpa sandy seed seeding sfi sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive technology tillage vaderstad weather weaving wheat
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- Forum: Cropping
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Nuffield lessons
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF How can growers cut greenhouse gas emissions on farm? Agronomist Chris Taylor’s Nuffield scholarship looked at how regenerative farming could help. By Mike Abram Enough carbon footprints have been carried out on arable farms over the...- CPM RSS
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- 750a agronomist agronomists agronomy application beans blackgrass carbon combi cover crop cover crops cultivation deere direct drilling drilling establishment fertiliser fertility fuel gas groundswell health learning maize management nitrogen nutrients oats oilseed oilseed rape organic organic matter parts peas plough rainfall regenerative agriculture rye savings seeding sequester sequestration soil health spring beans tillage training wheat winter wheat
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- Forum: News, PR, Shows and Events
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Reasonable ploughing charge
I'm not into contracting, I just like to help others out when I can and don't usually charge if its not a huge job , but I'm doing about 120 acrs of ploughing for someone quite close to me (geographically and I will need to put a bill in . What's a decent 'for both sides' rate ? I'm not...- Hfd Cattle
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- accident avian beet blackgrass cattle diesel direct drill direct drilling drilling fuel grass grassland health herbicide kuhn lick market mounted pickup plough ploughing seed wheat
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Cultivator Drill suggestions
To introduce myself: my name is Peter Martens, we operate 1900ac/760Ha of Organic land roughly 400km north west of New York City. Most of our ground is loamy though we have areas of heavy clay made up of weather shale. We have plenty of round rocks but not too many flat rocks. We currently...- pmartens07
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- amazone beans coulters cows cultivating cultivation cultivator direct drilling disc drilling drills family fendt fendt 724 fertilizer forage horsch kuhn maize milk milking oats openers organic osr parts peas pottinger rapid seed silage soybeans triticale vaderstad vaderstad rapid weather weed control wheat
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- Forum: Machinery
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Glyphosate in with pre-ems?
It's chuffing windy I want to go drilling. I have some big weeds (groundsel, thistles) but not many grassweeds in the seedbeds yet. From memory you're only allowed 1.5lts of 360 post drilling. Is gly with pre-ems a waste of time? Thanks!- Wigeon
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- agronomist application beans blackgrass cereals charlock chickens cover crops desiccation direct drilling disc drilling glyphosate grass grassweeds groundsel harvest osr pdm pre-em pre-emergence roundup ryegrass seed seedbeds seedling sprayer thistles weather wheat
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- Forum: Cropping
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Direct Driller Magazine - Combine Technology Feature
Morning all - the latest issue of Direct Driller magazine contains a combine technology section, that goes into an Innovate UK on-farm project aiming to introduce new technology, with peices from New Holland and Fendt on some of their new developments, plus a history tour of how tech has changed...- Direct Driller Magazine
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- direct drilling drilling fendt new holland seed technology
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- Forum: Cropping
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What’s this for?
Just found it as I’m working maize stubbles. Nitrous Oxide. It’s bloody heavy so guess it’s full. Is this what people get high on??- Jerry
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- direct drilling drilling fuel maize seed
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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The humble year of an organic farmer
Under request from @Bokey I have decided to dedicate a thread to the trials and tribulations on the farm, I shall endeavour to splice the good with the bad. A bit about us, 600 acres all told, 450 cropable, 8 years into organic, mainly arable with a few wooly critters, an impatient old man and...- L P
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- agronomist ahdb ahl3 application baling baling hay bayer beans bedding beet blackgrass break crops brome candidate carbon cattle cereals charlock chloride claas claydon combi compaction coulters cover crops cows cultivate cultivating cultivation cultivator dairy defra direct drilling disc disease docks drainage drilling drills drought establishment family fertility financial flock forage fuel fungicides fusarium futures gate genetic glyphosate gold grass grazing harrow harvest health herbal herbal ley herbicide hoof horsch jcb knight kuhn kverneland lambing lambs laureate learning legumes lexion lpg maintenance maize malting market massey milk mower mzuri nettles nitrogen num3 nutrients nutrition oats organic organic farming organic matter osr peas plough ploughing polysulphate pre-emergence premium pto quad rapid red tractor repairs residual roots rpa rtk rust rye ryegrass sam1 seaweed seed seeding sfi sheep silage slugs sodium soil health soya sprayer storm sulphate tedder thistle thistles tillage tower training triticale tungsten vaderstad vaderstad rapid variety weather weaving weed control wheat wild oats winter wheat yields
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- Forum: Holistic Farming
