drought

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

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.

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...

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...

Wettest I've seen it round here I recon!

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?

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...

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...

whos actually involved in this and does anyone know who set it up?

https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/business-management/agricultural-transition/defra-minister-hints-at-elm-cap-to-maintain-food-production?utm_source=hometopstories

Anybody actually done a winter wheat gross margin recently vs sfi?

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 👍

Or is it a must to have those drip irrigation? I heard some farmers would water it every day, some would water it once a week. I'm from a tropical climate region, sometimes it'll rain everyday, sometimes like 3 to 5 times a week and i read that you can't over water maize/corn plant as the roots...

Straw price in n.ireland

EU delays biodiversity rules amid rising protests from farmers Written by Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels from the Guardian Requirement to leave 4% of land fallow waived for a year in light of cash squeeze caused by flooding, drought and heatwaves Europe live – latest updates Farmers protesting...

can someone help me , bort this tracter from auction yard because i felt sorry for it and im stupid, probably should have been in a wrecking yard 3 owners ago but its to late now so will have a crack at fixing it.going by eng plate pretty sure its european[ french ] model, chassis stamped with a...

Worth a watch - I watched part one tonight and it focused on Shirebrook pit & village and the division in the community at the time Some parallels from 20th Century mining, with farming in the 21st Century Break the dominance of the miners and then close the pits (despite those pits sitting on...

I have some gravely land which has had sheep outwintered on. I have spring barley and oat seed on farm. I’m leaning towards barley as it should make malting but will the oats do better on gravel and subsequently yield more?

Posted elsewhere but might as well post it here too. FT today. Bit of a read, but just shows how utterly fekked up all of this is. One bit stands out: Smith, the University of Aberdeen professor, says carbon sequestration can buy food suppliers “time to decarbonise the rest of their supply...