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We’ve got a field that’s poor drainage wise, worst on the farm by a mile. Had an awful year with it, sopping wet in the spring, barely dried out all "summer". Got naff all spring barley wholecrop off it, made a disgraceful mess in July, miracle we didn’t get machinery stuck. Got it flatlifted...

Seen the latest proposals and I think it's better to be in than out , also learnt today mid tier will be incorporated in to SFI So what are you doing , think I'll have a pop .

Just going around a couple of fields that had spring wholecrop, barley and peas and there’s a surprising amount of clover coming in them. They were ploughed out of grass but no clover in the previous leys. They had slurry before being ploughed, could the clover have come that way as plenty of my...

I have. A lot of this taking over pasture what would the ground have to little of or to much of

Applying a little liquid sunshine to Spring Barley this afternoon, as some fields have a bit of greenery coming up and another has loads of greens/secondary tillers. Just been once round the headland of a 17ac field and the heavens opened for half an hour. How many minutes does it take to be...

So contemplating putting 80% of the farm into GS4 (herbal grass ley), the 20% not able to go in due to ridge and furrow or other archaeological reasons we graze ewes and lambs at home at the moment on tired grass. anyone grazing ewes and lambs in GS4 I should have enough fields to rotational...

I am looking into getting a cubicle brush and bedding machine, can anyone recommend a really good and reliable machine. Any feedback would be much appreciated.

UK farmers embark on a crucial agricultural practice that is pivotal to the success of their livestock management and forage production: autumn reseeding. This is one of the most cost-effective on-farm investments. It involves establishing new pasture or fodder crops during autumn to ensure a...

Interesting article in The Grocer. Seems rest of industry catching up with what we have known for some time.

Good morning :) Can somebody recommend me the best orange hard hat with ear defenders which money can buy? What options can I add? - warm neck liner? front peak or sun shade? ear defenders? head torch mount? I want some thing which is comfortable to wear for 12 hrs per day in tough, cold...

Hello everyone. So I have been giving this some thought for a while, and I wanted to try something a little different. I wanted to try sowing a bakers wheat and bean mix early (mid to end of august) along with a frost sensitive cover crop mix. The idea being that the covercrop would die...

Great clips of 1950's farming. Parents talked about similar but I thought it was just them who were behind. Amusing shots of the spraying, no gloves, no mask, no cab, spraying herbicide with the stock in the field & the very optimistic narrator. In that period machines must have been obsolite...

Fascinating report on a mahoooosive new mine in North Yorks. It's the new type of fertiliser product that will be coming out of the ground that also fascinated me.

High N's, High screenings, High skinnings. Of the stuff which ha been cut already this seems to be the picture countrywide, from the Borders to The Highlands. There are a lot of disenchanted farmers out there already keep an eye on your neighbours have a chat! The price discrepancy between...

How long can this continue? "It has been suggested by a sauce close to government that the term E numbers is to be dropped and replaced with GB numbers. The Facebook article has suggested the UK food industry was clamouring for this move to ensure total providence for British produce (unless...

What is the feed value of a dandelion? And do dandelion’s indicate/a sign of a lack of nutrients or something? Drought conditions they obviously thrive in due to there long tap roots . They can’t be too dissimilar to chicory /plantain surely in there nutrients? Cattle graze them down as good as...

Hi everyone, I have been lucky enough to purchase a small house with just over 40 acres of land. I have zero experience in farming and at 52, probably a bit to old to start. The land is all overgrown pastures split into between 2 and 6 acre plots. I was wondering if I should approach one of...

This might be just a South Yorkshire thing. All the local roundabouts are turning into jungles, used to be mown every few weeks but now plant with hedge row type plants & rewilded. This is fine if the roundabout has traffic lights, but medium sized roundabouts are a death trap now.

Morning everyone. Could I have some suggestions for establishing clover (white and or red) in mature grassland. I'm looking for alternative methods what don't cost much. I could graze it tight and drill it but timing, cost and weather really are big factors as I wouldn't have more than one...

McCain tv advert says their farmers are growing potatoes using regenerative farming methods. Is that possible?