drought

Spring calving herd, grass from early feb to mid november. My dairy nut is very expensive. We are in a drought prone area in east of Ireland, feed 350-500kg of dairy nut and same of PK. Im hoping to swap dairy nut for rolled barley or maize meal. Feed acid buffer and minerals with PK at feed...

Love reading the posts of winters gone by , I think 96 had a fair snowfall At the time I was working “ away” on various short term contracts whilst still engineering, my son was born in the November . I recall ( south lakes ) a real long spell of cold easterly weather , usually we got mild...

The budget for SFI is the same as when SPS first started. It was about £100/ acre then, which would be worth about £55/ acre now. So if everybody that claimed BPS, claimed SFI on the same area as before, and on similar value options, that is what we would all get paid. This would probably not...

Has anyone done this and what was the best way to establish herbs into an existing ley

As above. A question,If you’re a farmer with children, a youngster interested in farming,a farmer’s son/ daughter just started farming at home on parents farm/ estate, and anyone in their 30s’ to 55’s actually running a farm for themselves or someone else( by running a farm/ estate I mean you...

It will kill the processing sector. Then in 5 years time when the money tree is turned off there will not be the infrastructure in place to ramp production back up.

Ch 5 now

Even the quad is making a mess now. Be glad when this year is gone🙈

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Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF The impact on soil biology of a small deviation from target Ph levels can have a significant effect on the environmental as we move to a more sustainable future, CPM investigates By Rob Jones Maintaining soil at optimum pH will be an...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Modern wheat breeding is constantly advancing, bringing yield and agronomic improvements to the table every year, but could looking back at old varieties bring something new to the table? CPM explores at how one scientific project is doing...

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As the weather is pants in the UK , I'm searching for decent weather harvests , On watching the scale of operation is massive , 2 farms I found are Lock Valley Farms north of Adelaide , about 4000 acres half crops half sheep . decent ground but just father and son ...

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland Irrigation has been the determining factor in the success of harvesting crops in the region of Aragón in northeastern Spain in recent years. The area of Montesusín in the region Spain and the community there say that despite two years of drought, through...

Has this been banned by eu?

Heavy rainfalls in Queensland bring cattle prices back up to ‘expected’ levels Written by Aston Brown from the Guardian ‘The dry weather probably panicked a lot of people who flooded the markets with cattle, but now things are changing, says one breeder Sign up for the Rural Network email...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland UK farming unions have issued a joint statement calling for support for farmers to facilitate sustainable agriculture ahead of COP28. The unions are comprised of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), NFU Cymru, NFU Scotland and the Ulster Farmers’...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The UK government has today (Monday, November 27) announced £16 million in funding for research into climate and pest resilient woodlands. The government said woodlands are facing “unprecedented challenges” from the impacts of climate change and...

Firstly can I say this is for suckler cows, but thought id get more replies here. We made very dry 1st cut pit silage back in the middle of june. I haven't had the analysis back for this 1st cut but its more like chopped hay. They are eating it ok ish. I am thinking of adding some water to...