direct drilling

Hi, I run a carrier 300 with crosscutter discs. Trailed model with extra weights and a rubberrunner in the back. I use this before drilling both winter and spring cereals. I do however have some issues with straw, mainly after oats. Seeding with a rapid usually leaves some spots where the seed...

Im sure alot of people have seen the phenomenon when spraying, you kill weeds them more grow next year etc, ive seen it a bunch but never understood why, im guessing now its becuase them chemical kills the microbes and the only thing that will grow is weeds? Ive sprayed gras out on drains with...

Be interesting to see how much of a jump in price others have seen when changing like for like models in the last few years. New Claas Arion 530 bought in 2018, exact same tractor bought in 2023. 26k/38% increase. Are other brands similar ?

so im planning on laying down 10ha to swedes but i dont know what is the most cost effective way of doing it, ive heard that all you need to do is kill off the lay 2 weeks before seeding, lay fert down at 200 weigh an acre then drill the seeds in with slug pellets. ive heard you need to put...

I ask the above as I drive by some fields that have been direct drilled from 2012 autumn,and I have to say that this spring those fields look to be as waterlogged as much as they were pre 2012. So although direct drilling may be increasing the organic matter of the top few inches, it looks to me...

We’ve never really seen it before but what started as a small patch on an environmental strip has now swamped 4 acres of crap OSR. It’s a carpet of small yellow flowers atop a small dark green plant that looks like a tomato plant type leaf. I think I will glypho the 4 acres soon as the OSR isn’t...

Going to grow a bit of kale. Can anyone who's grown it before tell me how much fert it'll require. Tia

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Maybe worth a watch, apparently 'banned' from BBC1/2 as it's political!

Find out how land managers can reduce their carbon footprint, improve water and air quality and protect wildlife by using less nitrogen. If you’re completing this action as part of the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, how you do it is up to you. The advice on this page can help you get...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland At the recent open day held by TFM in Templetuohy, Lemken had brought along a Solitair DT combination drill which took centre stage in its display area. This drill sets out to be something of a swiss army knife, capable of dealing with all sorts of...

As I have done for a few years now, I sprayed off a grass field and direct drilled in a forage brassica mix. What I normally do once it's grazed off is, leave it a few weeks and spray glyphosate. Once that's had enough time to work I disc it, sow straight away and roll. This year I am planning...

Download PDF Aiming to connect farming systems, soils, people and technology, the inaugural Rootstock event in early February took on an almighty task. CPM went along to find out more. By Melanie Jenkins Situated amid the rolling Devon hills near Exeter, the first Rootstock event was a total...

Author: Nicholas Watts, Vinehouse Farm Over my lifetime, I have seen the invertebrates in our Fenland soil gradually disappear. Carabid beetles, millipedes, centipedes and springtails have all disappeared. Worms are still with us, but not in the numbers they used to be. Only slugs have been able...

Here’s my carbon audit. Circa 1200t net emissions biggest emissions are “inputs” and “fuel”. Ok, we are the ultimate consumer, fair enough. but no sequestration figure on outputs. 🤔 we don’t consume our produce on farm, it’s bought, processed and sold for profit. using a wife who is a lot...

155mm here in March, so far. Agronomy now facing an unfortunate combination of surface waterlogging and subsoil moisture deficiency, with current root death likely to restrict scarce moisture uptake later on. Combining that with last autumn's much higher cost base and next harvest's lower...

I was always taught to work heavy land from the top down- I.e discs first, then a leg. Why do all these machines have the legs first? Probably easier on the tractor than having then further back I suppose, if mounted. Just seems a bit sub-optimal to me.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Some farms could be better off under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and could justify a transition to regenerative farming, according to GSC Grays. The rural land and property specialist has calculated that SFI payments could exceed...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Lemken and the farming consultancy, Agrii, have jointly developed trials to assess how tillage equipment interacts with soils. Agrii agronomist, Dave Felce spoke a recent Lemken-hosted farm workshop in north Antrim. He explained that one of the first...

I used to think Derrick used TFF for blatent advertising. But over the years I've become really interested in his business, such a range. I do admit to been a minor competetor. So far I've read about a wide range of fodder & bedding, fodder beet, grass & fodder seeds, salt for stock & road...