drought

  1. CPM RSS

    Project to unveil the TRUTH about soils

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Cutting-edge UK agri-tech tools are coming together with research and development expertise to help farmers discover more about the role roots play in maintaining healthy soils. Soil degradation currently costs England and Wales £1.2Bn every year, but...
  2. J

    What to do when the cows are gone

    Firstly, sorry I keep disappearing on here without replying, particularly to those who have sent messages, I do appreciate it, Im just not up to speaking to anyone at the moment, I will get back to you at some point but it may take a while, sorry Anyway, everyone around me is pushing for me to...
  3. Agriland RSS

    UK sheepmeat imports from NZ and Australia total 37,900t in 2023

    Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland In 2023, UK sheepmeat imports totalled 37,900t from New Zealand (NZ) and Australia. According to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), NZ and Australia provide the UK with the majority of its sheepmeat imports. While trade deals with...
  4. T

    Tow and Fert

    Hey, just a question for Tow and Fert users. Are they worth it?
  5. P

    Fertilizing winter cereal

    Whats everyone elses position. The wheats looking really hungry now and its so wet wondering whether just go and make a mess or be patient?! Must be loosing yield surely.
  6. K

    Should you buy a new tractor?

    I’m a new farmer, been farming in my own right for 10 years now. Successfully grown a good business through contracting and growing our sheep flock. The time has come that I have paid my current tractor off. I have never like the idea of buying a new tractor as they depreciate so much! I have...
  7. The Guardian RSS

    Risotto crisis: the fight to save Italy’s beloved dish from extinction

    Risotto crisis: the fight to save Italy’s beloved dish from extinction Written by Ottavia Spaggiari from the Guardian After drought devastated prized arborio and carnaroli harvests in the Po valley, new rice varieties offer a glimmer of hope. But none are yet suitable for use in the...
  8. Kernowkid

    Intensive cell grazing cattle

    As the title suggest considering going down this route with the cattle. Mega simple system, no breeding stock, one stock class. 12 month old bought in 400kgish animals, groups of 40 grazed from March to November on good free draining ground. Fresh cell every day, grazing herbal lays, no corn...
  9. S

    Answering questions about western Canadian sheep industry

    Hello, i am a pasture manager / sheep worker from Saskatchewan, Canada. I care for approximately 3200 head of mixed ewes, that are brought to me from many different ranches, for about 6 months on 6240 ac of native prairie / mixed grasslands on what is know as "crown agriculture lands". During...
  10. Mythoughts

    Food security is a silly argument…

    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...
  11. W

    Claydon twin tine kit!

    Well I have succumbed and spent day crawling around under the drill swapping it over to wet weather kit. I moved all my land to become spring barley after harvest as combines made a bit of mess and needed to reset. Hoping the twin tune kit will get a bit of air in the soil without peeling up...
  12. Surgery

    5-6 weeks till cuckoo song

    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...
  13. D

    SFI from a dairy perspective

    Feel like i need to make a decision on what to do with this SFI. What are your plans? There are quite generous payments on offer. I have heard of several local farmers putting everything into SAM3, £360ish/Ha, buying some seed and throwing it around and thinking it's easy money. Even the...
  14. Wigeon

    Broadcasting spring corn.....

    This is written in the hope that it will induce drought like conditions... But anyway, anyone regularly broadcast and harrow spring corn in? I have barley and oats to go in, and the spring tine is going to be the only machine that will go, if it carries on anything like this.. I know, I...
  15. Wood field

    Sheepy musings

    Just wondering, one block of farm with main buildings and sheep yard . Normally bale the 15 acres ( 12+3 )and also a 4 acre field of the bit marked 16. We get nice short cut sweet green hay but not so much of it , so you wise sheep men and women … to buy in fodder and rotate the sheep or to make...
  16. D

    Hay prices

    what are people paying for 2023 hay ?
  17. R

    What variables cause lamb twins/singles/triplets

    As the title says, what causes triplets singles etc.. is it alot to do with food quality/quantity. Or is it mostly breed? Thanks
  18. Sonoftheheir

    Farmers treated the same worldwide.

    Protests in India - Farmers' protest: Delhi turns into fortress as thousands march to India capital https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-68271356
  19. le bon paysan

    Drought in Spain

    Told they will have to cut livestock numbers https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/6/worst-drought-recorded-hits-spains-catalonia-sparking-fears-and-ingenuity
  20. B

    Outwintering in the floods

    How's everyone getting on keeping sheep and cattle outside. Pretty biblical round here. Thinking will have to house the multiples for a month to give us half a chance of getting through to spring.
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