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...
Hello, I have a question about why nobody is using seeders like this in Europe, the UK, or the US, I can't find any seeders like this in those countries, in my country we are using seeders like this a lot almost every seeder are like this with single disc and I'm curious why is nobody using it...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
In Ireland we are favoured with a large number of companies offering tillage equipment covering all systems and situations.
Yet, there is newcomer waiting in the wings by the name of Nardi which is set to launch this summer with a range of implements...
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine
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Innovation never stands still and with focus moving towards environmentally conscious management, the drill and planter section of the machinery industry is no exception. CPM takes a look at some of the newest products and updates...
Lemken 3m drill/ power harrow
Advert added by: George Stirling @Hillside
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Category: Tillage Drills Price: £8000 Condition: Good
Description
Discs 40% and tines 60%
Markers mounted on power harrow
Good order
Grain only
How to make contact with the...
Have bought a 4m one pass with tank on front. First time doing our own. What do I need to know / would be usefull hints?
One of my first questions is how many headland runs to do? We are on 28 m tramlines and have had some contractors do 5 and some do 6 dependent on the field. Are people just...
Have been looking over the last couple of years at the more simple direct drills from Moore, Erth and Weaving.
Main jobs would be stitching in grass, sowing stubble turnips and maybe the odd field of cereals if conditions are right.
Just looking for any advice or people's experience of the...
Looking at getting a rake for this autumn, using the FETF grant. It looks like some of them come with discs on the front as an option. It will be working in front of a tined direct drill and as well as spreading out the residual straw I am interested in the fact that it may chop the straw up a...
So who will be the 1st in the UK to buy one of these? 830hp (boosting to 913hp) and a ballasted weight of 38 tonnes. There'll be some here in Lincs no doubt. I suspect the bigger announcement by Deere yesterday though was the autonomous tractor capability being built into many of their new...
Perception and perspective are very different things. Generally individuals and old farmers see food security as an existential threat eg if we had a major war (see WW2) and we struggle to have enough food in the UK. Retailers and governments see food security along the lines of “are the supply...
Not wanting to depress folk but another one or two big rains and looking around a lot of spring stuff won’t be going in , Europe in pjaves can’t be much different , fert and chemicals not gone on on a lot of winter crops and gone backwards in places , what’s folks farms looking like and what’s...
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