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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...- Mythoughts
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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... -
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... -
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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...- DairyNerd
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- Forum: Dairy Farming
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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... -
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...- Wood field
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Hay prices
what are people paying for 2023 hay ?- Downing1996
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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- rhysjj
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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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- Sonoftheheir
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- beef carbon cattle dairy death diesel drone drought fertiliser financial fuel gps lambing learning maintenance maize mapping market pesticides rpa seed sfi software soybeans trading weather
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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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- le bon paysan
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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.- beardface
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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Spring establishment: Springing forward
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Following what’s been a miserable autumn season, the pressure is undoubtedly on to ensure spring crops successfully overcome potential weather extremes that come their way. CPM looks at some of the options on the table. By Janine Adamson...- CPM RSS
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Tb are we(the English) winning the war?
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/incidence-of-tuberculosis-tb-in-cattle-in-great-britain/quarterly-tb-in-cattle-in-great-britain-statistics-notice-september-2023 Not sure when these figures became available. But given the good news for English farmers I’m surprised how little news this...- lazy farmer
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- Forum: Dairy Farming
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Bit wet now
Wettest I've seen it round here I recon!- beardface
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- compaction docks drilling drought flooding forecast gate grass grazing quad rainfall roots sheep silage storm weather wheat
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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What happened to perennial wheat?
Some twenty years ago I remember reading how we wouldn't need to plant wheat every year by about now, it would grow back every year they just needed to perfect the breeding. What happened? -
Protest cancelled due to lack of interest
Two weeks ago I asked for volunteers to help organise a farmers protest. To make the risk-reward of farming worthwhile. JUST ONE FARMER STEPPED FORWARD! In the face of this level of apathy I give up on trying to get (English) farmers to do anything. Indeed, the vast majority of comments on...- Panicnow
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Applied Innovation: Prioritising margin over yield
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF In a year where cereal crops will be hungry thanks to suboptimal conditions, plus continued nervousness around conventional input prices and supply, interest in alternative products continues to rise. CPM learns how biostimulants can help...- CPM RSS
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no farmers no food
whos actually involved in this and does anyone know who set it up?- graham mc
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Defra now looking at capping SFI
https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/business-management/agricultural-transition/defra-minister-hints-at-elm-cap-to-maintain-food-production?utm_source=hometopstories- jackrussell101
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- Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
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Do we need to alter the landscape of wales?
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