drilling

  1. H

    which combine?

    hi looking for a combine and been offered these what are users views on output etc john deere w540 hillsider 18ft header claas tucano 320 5.4m header
  2. E

    Num 3 Legume Fallow

    I'm a little late to the party with SFI, so playing catch up! NUM3 legume fallow if drilled this March/April 2024 will have to stay in the ground until Auguest 2025 to meet its aims?
    • Eric68
    • Thread
    • baling blackgrass drilling forage grass legumes num3 ryegrass second wheat seed seeding sfi wheat winter wheat
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  3. P

    Winter wheat gross margin

    Anybody actually done a winter wheat gross margin recently vs sfi?
    • Pottersfarm
    • Thread
    • ahl1 ahl2 application barley beans blackgrass break crop break crops cover crop cover crops defra direct drilling drilling drought establishment fertiliser flooding grass harvest insecticide ipm4 irrigation management market num3 osr pollinator potato potatoes rainfall rpa sam2 security seed sfi storage stress urea wheat winter wheat yielding
    • Replies: 59
    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  4. W

    Latest drilling for Skyfall

    How late have people been drilling skyfall in the spring. How many seeds m2 do you put down. TIA
    • Whistler
    • Thread
    • barley beet drilling wheat
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Cropping
  5. C

    Fodder beet growing advice...

    Having a go at fodder beet for first time in my "career"... South coast, dry sandy free-draining soils. Beet is for grazing store cattle over winter. Have bought a grazing variety. Any useful advice for a first-time grower? Thanks in advance 👍
    • crashbox
    • Thread
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    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  6. J

    Sunflowers?

    Has anyone grown them on a field scale? Wondering about seedrates, nutrition, varieties, that sort of thing.
    • JLLM
    • Thread
    • barley cctv coulter cover crop deere drilling drills establishment fire grass harvest maize nutrition plough seed slugs varieties weather weed control
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Cropping
  7. B

    Maize

    What seed rates would people recommend maize is drilled at ?
    • Benji Smith
    • Thread
    • beet drilling fertiliser fertility foliar forage maize manganese nitrogen organic roots seed slurry soil test sulphur varieties variety vigour
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Cropping
  8. skye @ bofin

    Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Project

    What has already been done? Last year, a project to establish the level of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in arable soils across a range of locations, soil types and management systems was carried out. The project, led by Dr Tom Thirkell of the Crop Science Centre, complemented work...
    • skye @ bofin
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    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Soil Circle
  9. Chae1

    Fendt 724, heavy rear mounted implement.

    Right, @KB6930 warned me about this!🤦🤣 Having trouble keeping the front wheels on the ground when I lift plough. Got a stone fork on front with 3 sets weights hanging off it and on steep bits at ends the front wheels are still wanting to lift. It's fine in flat fields. Fendt mechanic today...
    • Chae1
    • Thread
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    • Replies: 299
    • Forum: Machinery
  10. CPM RSS

    Reminder of drill-date cut-off

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine With growers looking for alternatives to spring cropping including late drilling winter seed, regulation regarding dates should be front of mind. The last official day of the winter drilling window was 31 January, with any crops planted beyond this...
    • CPM RSS
    • Thread
    • adama barley cereals drilling harvest herbicide pendimethalin seed tower variety weed control wheat winter wheat
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: News, PR, Shows and Events
  11. onthehoof

    Why are so many contractors in Lancashire packing up

    Cheffins seem to have a sale every other month with nearly new kit, have they overstretched themselves or are too many chasing less work, doesn't appear to be a shortage of buyers for the kit
    • onthehoof
    • Thread
    • beet drilling finance flail fuel grass haulage hedge hoof seed silage slurry weather
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Machinery
  12. nelly55

    Do we need Mr Clarkson

    Do we need Jeremy to lead us into battle on the media front ,and protests .Surely they wouldn’t lock him up.With all the protests in EU are UK farmers in the eyes of this goverment a push over,a happy content lot ,or simply what’s the use the goverment don’t listern ,don’t care and are too busy...
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