drainage

  1. Skimmer

    EA a National Disaster

    5 months after storm babet we're still flooded 90 acres of summer grazing 4ft deep I am currently pumping, 1k a month just in electric, most land in the Idle Valley is either flooded or waterlogged. The Idle is pumped into the Trent at 36cumec unfortunately flow diwn the river is 11cunec...
  2. P

    Certificates required to operate 360digger on a new road construction site?

    I am asking the above on behalf of someone I know. Thanks
  3. R123

    Kuhn Quantron S2 Variable Seed

    As the title suggests, is the Kuhn Quantron S2 terminal capable of Variable Seed Rate (from plans i.e SOYL) in its standard form? Are there any users of the S2 with any advice/experience of this? Or is it only possible to achieve variable seed rate sowing through ISOBUS? Drill in question is a...
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    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Machinery
  4. Surgery

    How much isn’t getting planted

    Another soaking yesterday and not looking like any planting in the next two weeks with 170 acres unplanted which might not get done , how much is left to do , I recon most people around here are 1/2 to 3/4 planted at best.
    • Surgery
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    • Replies: 115
    • Forum: Cropping
  5. Mad Farmer

    NFU claiming credit for 25% SFI cap

    Received an email today from NFU welcoming SFI cap and was a result of their lobbying. Can you believe it. !!
    • Mad Farmer
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    • Replies: 180
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  6. spin cycle

    SFI....FUBAR

    starting a new thread so i can have a 'rant' sfi.....Fekked Up Beyond All Recognition what happens now?,,,,are we? 1/supposed to put 25% of land into conservation then take that money and subsidise food ergo putting it mr tesco's pocket? 2/ have 'bird cover entitlements' been created so...
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    • Replies: 110
    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  7. Yale

    New limits to SFI.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-ensures-food-production-remains-primary-purpose-of-farming
    • Yale
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    • Replies: 834
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  8. O

    Wet heavy clay ground could be helpful info

    Hi this wet weather. I watched Glen rabenburg, on you tube he is selling a product to floculate heavy soil .I have resurched what it could be and I am quite convinced it is calcium chloride which could be sold in other chemical mixed in uk.
    • Old apprentice
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    • application calcium chloride drainage hydrogen magnesium mole plough plough sulphate sulphur sustainability weather
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Cropping
  9. Laggard

    Mole draining gone wrong

    Looks like lots of sink holes where the moles have collapsed?
  10. E

    New entrant looking for advice on slatted sheds for sheep and cattle

    We are looking at buying a farm steading and part of our business plan includes constructing a new shed and converting an existing shed looking for advice on things to consider and a sounding board on whether our plans sound reasonable. Converting existing earth floor shed to slatted sheep...
    • Emilym
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    • bedding calves cattle cows dairy development disease drainage electricity ewes family finance financial grass grazing handling lambing lambs management market milk nutrition organic position residual security sheep silage slurry storage stress tmr tup tupping weather
    • Replies: 45
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  11. D

    The RPA grant funding stupid questions time

    So we’ve put in for a grant under the FETF scheme and now the RPA are wanting to know how we intend to fund it before they decide if there going to pay there bit or not! Now bear in mind this is for something where not only hasnt the grant been approved yet but the supplier has been told that...
    • Drillman
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    • application calf cattle cctv direct drill drainage drills farmyard finance financial grass handling hedge overdraft rpa savings sheep technology variable rate
    • Replies: 56
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  12. Ant0912

    Land drainage

    Hi , I posted in here last December -about land drainage & possibility the council may have culverted an old ditch they ran to Well National Highways inspected the culvert and it’s full of mud. Chambers & pipes. they thought it was running from the road to a farmers ditch , the land is no...
    • Ant0912
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    • development drainage environment agency environmental family flooding grass hedge land drain land drains maintenance planning permission roots sheep
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  13. Johnnyboxer

    River Wye Pollution

    BBC News story this morning, on BBC Breakfast Government in court over chicken poo in River Wye https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68221223
    • Johnnyboxer
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    • Replies: 76
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  14. T

    Silage Pit, Permitted Development?

    Id like to build a new silage pit, away from the main stedding to allow the farm to grow. It would be 180'x60'x30' Roughly where that line is. I have tried to follow the rules but theyre not easy, the road to the left is not classified, but ibelieve the bottom on is, so id have to stay 25m...
  15. Wigeon

    Winter cover crops on heavy land... what a disaster

    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...
    • Wigeon
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    • Replies: 232
    • Forum: Cropping
  16. JD6920s

    Stone cart/gravel trailer

    As above, looking for a stone cart with side conveyor for drainage gravel. Thanks
  17. C

    Muck Store Size

    Does anyone know how the RPA/Natural England calculate the size of muck store you can get a grant for? I was told that it was based on the average number of cattle on the holding but can’t seem to find the actual calculation.
  18. S

    RP5 Cross drains

    We have to put some cross drains in a RP4 stone track across 2 fields which has a slope in it. Has anyone used ready made concrete drainage channels with a grid on that they can recommend for this purpose.
  19. JP1

    Outpourings from Ben Goldsmith recently

    Too many deer in East Anglia justifies re-introduction of lynx and wolves .......... BBC report on floods on Somerset Levels that may make farming impossible amplified by Goldsmith to become as iconic as the Camargue in France : Wolves thriving across Western Europe, time to bring them...
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    • Replies: 202
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  20. Defra Farming

    Blending private and public finance

    Blending private and public finance Written by The Green Finance Team Credit: cattan2011 We want farmers and land managers in England to confidently and securely access payments from both the public and private sector for the environmental benefits and food they produce. In March 2023...
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    • Forum: News, PR, Shows and Events
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