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  1. M

    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
  2. G

    Bps/sfi

    All this talk of no one taking up sfi how many can actually say they banked 100% of there bps and will be able to manage on zero sub going forward
  3. teslacoils

    Wakeful Sleep - How Common?

    Mrs teslacoils has, for the last month or so, kept waking up at random points through the night. And finds it difficult to get back to sleep and subsequently is feeling very tired. Is this common for others? I occasionally wake up, but tend to drift back off and it doesn't spoil my sense of "a...
  4. 9

    Ceres 95x Diffllock is stuck

    My diff lock lever is stuck and wont pull up to turn on has this ever happened anyone before?
  5. T

    Massey Ferguson 500 series hydraulics

    I am coming to the end of sorting out the hydraulics on my own 590. I have found these boards and those elsewhere, along with videos, highly informative but jeepers it has been a long slog with many false leads and blind alleys. I have the official workshop manual, parts list and operator...
  6. CPM RSS

    Research Briefing: Waxing advantage

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Research aiming to explain the impact Avadex has on weeds from follow-up herbicide treatments has found how it links to its mode of action. CPM learns more about the science. By Mike Abram Any grower who’s used Avadex (tri-allate) over...
  7. TelesnaAg

    Tow behind or 3pl sprayer???

    Hi everyone, i have to buy a boom sprayer, 12m or maybe a bit wider, 1,000 tank..i have 8.5ha paddocks so have soare room for foaming to do 90-100l ha. As i rotational graze rarely do all farm at once, 99% of time will be after work. Torn between 3pl new, or tow behind 2nd hand, ive never used...
  8. Jackov Altraids

    Surviving or Thriving? Farms

    Interesting program on Radio 4 this afternoon; https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001pm37 I appreciate it may be the way it is edited, but Minette Batters seems awfully concerned that food must be affordable without mentioning how.
  9. B

    OSR this year ?

    So is Osr still part of your plan, with some decent rain around conditions good. Is osr worthwhile, bit weary of slugs and csb...
  10. jon9000

    Grain store debugging

    Any recommendations... I've got creepy crawlies in the roof and everywhere
  11. Agriland RSS

    More barley and oilseed rape sown at expense of wheat in UK

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The United Kingdom (UK) will harvest less wheat due to more barley and oilseed rape (OSR) having been sown. This is according to the latest planting and variety survey from the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB). The survey...
  12. J

    Might buy a hedge cutter?

    Hi I'm toying with the idea of buying a hedge cutter. Would be to tidy up some banks, along side a banked driveway and tidy up hedges as and when needed. I've never used a hedge cutter before.... stupid idea?? Can go on a 80hp, 120hp or 160hp tractor. If it's not too much of a stupid idea...
  13. bickersd

    up date

    You may recall I put details about my Free-Flow System which reduces blockages at an affordable price, I have a picture which shows a Nozzle working with a much more complicated system which reduces the blockages very effectively but if I was to put this on the market it would be very expensive...
  14. CPM RSS

    Cereals Event: Technology – Endless possibilities

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Cereals is a show of many colours – it’s not just about seminars, seed breeders, ag-chem companies, or machinery manufacturers. Cereals is also about possibilities. CPM discovered what this means in terms of advancing technology and...
  15. D

    The Right Policy

    @Jackov Altraids I hope you don’t mind me quoting you here to start this thread but your reply above in the vertical farming thread struck me as absolutely spot on at describing what’s presently wrong with policy and what the government should be doing about it. The right policy would for...
  16. Precision AG RSS

    John Deere Acquires Smart Apply

    Written by Matt Hopkins from Precision Ag Smart Apply technology virtually eliminates over spraying. The post John Deere Acquires Smart Apply appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative. Continue reading on the Precision Ag Website...
  17. Bayer CropScience

    Keep revised WRAG guidelines in mind when managing stubbles ahead of autumn drilling

    Keep revised WRAG guidelines in mind when managing stubbles ahead of autumn drilling Farmers need to maximise efficacy minimise resistance risks when using glyphosate to eliminate weeds ahead of drilling according to Matt Siggs of Bayer. Roundup (glyphosate) is a vital control tool on many...
  18. Oldmacdonald

    Is something affecting my onions?

    Other than a slight bit of spray drift. Spray was over a month ago so thought those affected would have been long dead.
  19. W

    Cutting after forefront spray

    Silage field was sprayed this past with with forefront, been assured it’s safe to cut it won’t forefront as the much from the resulting silage will only ever be used back on grassland. But what I was wondering how long after spraying is it safe to cut it ?
  20. D

    Removing a big pulley from a shaft.

    I need to remove a 14” diameter V belt pulley from the 30 mm shaft that drives my combine straw walkers. I have managed to get the gib key out with a tapered punch but the pulley is still very tight indeed. It’s cast iron. My hydraulic puller kit isn’t big enough to span the diameter. Are hub or...
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