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OSR this year ?
So is Osr still part of your plan, with some decent rain around conditions good. Is osr worthwhile, bit weary of slugs and csb...- buttercup
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- agronomist agronomy ahdb application arylex avatar bank account beans beet belkar blackgrass boom boron break crop break crops bydv cabbage carbon cattle cereals claydon cleavers clomazone combi coulter coulters cover crop cover crops cranesbill csfb cultivate cultivating cultivation cultivations cultivator defra diesel direct drill direct drilling disc dressing drift drilling drills drought dsv electricity erucic erucic acid establishment family fat hen fertiliser fertility financial fire flock fodder foliar forecast fuel fungicide fungicides gas gate genetic glyphosate grain store grass grass leys grassweeds grazing handling harrow harvest herbal herbicide hoof horsch insecticide insecticides irrigation kuhn lambs learning lely malting management manganese market mart mzuri nitrogen num3 oats organic osr parts peas pests pgr plough ploughing polysulphate ppe pre-em pulses rainfall rapid repair residual roots roundup ryegrass sam2 sam3 second wheat seed seeding sfi sheep silage sip slug slug pellets slugs soil sampling soya sprayer spring beans sprinter storage storm stress stubble sulphur teb triticale vaderstad vaderstad rapid varieties variety weather weaving weed control wheat winter wheat yielding yields
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Establishing clover in grassland
Morning everyone. Could I have some suggestions for establishing clover (white and or red) in mature grassland. I'm looking for alternative methods what don't cost much. I could graze it tight and drill it but timing, cost and weather really are big factors as I wouldn't have more than one...- Davy_g
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- analysis application beef boots break crop calves calving carbon cattle cereals chickweed compaction cows cultivating cultivation dairy dandelion defra direct drill direct drilling disc docks doxstar drilling drills drone drought elms establishment ewes fat hen fertiliser flail fluroxypyr fodder forage forecast fuel gate glyphosate gps grass grass leys grassland grazing harrow health herbal herbicide hoof insurance lambing lambs legumes leystar lice lick liming loader maize management market mcpa milking mower nettles nitrogen num2 nutrients organic organic farming organic matter paddock peas peatland pig plough ploughing potash potato quad rapid reseed residual roots roundup rpa rust ryegrass sam3 sandy seed seeding seedling sfi sheep silage slug slurry soil health soil test storage stubble thistle thistles thistlex tillage varieties variety vicon weaning weather weed control weighbridge wheat yielding yields
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Toppers - educate me please !
As we increasingly become more “park keeper” thanks to SFI and CSS and have more cover crops and margins than in the past we have options that need management involving cutting Having never owned a topper or mower bigger than a garden ride on I find myself confused by what i should buy...- Clive
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- abbey bednar biodiversity brome carbon cattle claas clamp combo cover crops cows cultivation dairy defra diesel disc docks drilling drills environmental fastrac fat hen fendt fendt 824 fertility financial fire flail forage forage wagon front linkage fuel gate glyphosate grass grassland grazing harvest hedge herbal insurance jd 6215 kuhn lambs learning legumes maize management market methane mounted mower mzuri nitrogen oats orchard organic paddock parts potato pto rapid rear tyres repair seed seeding sfi sheep silage slug sustainability sustainable farming teagle thistle thistles tractor tyres transport weaving wheat wild oats
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Grass to grass reseed
Does anyone get any problems with going grass to grass reseed? Any advice on making sure it is successful. We put in stubble turnips last winter then reseeded this spring, worked well but would like to do more this year but have no real use for the extra break crop, we didn't spray last year but...- DairyNerd
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weed wiping
We've just bought a weed wiper and want to clean up thistles & docks in a herbal ley, there's also a lot of fat hen What are the best chemicals to use ? Should it be just glyphosate or can we use something with a quicker kill like thislex / Pivotal / Prevail etc- Bruce Almighty
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- death docks environmental fat hen glyphosate grass grassland herbal market roundup silage thistles thistlex
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Pineapple weed, what to do?
One of our field has come up with loads of pineapple weed. Someone told me it is a sign of ground compaction, is this true? And what to do to get it back to grass?- Turnip
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- ahdb compaction disc docks family fat hen gate grass herbal legumes mayweed pesticide plough seed
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Stubble Turnips
5 days and up Amazing what a bit of rain does The stones arnt as bad as they look- Derrick Hughes
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- agronomist agronomists agronomy azoxystrobin baling beet blackgrass broccoli brother bydv cabbage cattle cereals chickens clamp clopyralid compaction corteva cover crop cows csfb cultivate dairy death direct drill direct drilling disc disease docks dow drainage dressing drilling drone drought establishment ewes fat hen fertiliser fertility first cut fodder fodder beet foliar forage forecast fungicide fungicides gate glyphosate grass grazing harrow harvest health hedge herbal herbicide insecticide insecticides lambda lambs limagrain maize management market mcpa milk minerals mounted needle nitrogen nutrients nutrition oats organic osr pests phoma plough ploughing potatoes pre-em prothioconazole quad rainfall reseed residual roots roundup ryegrass seed seedling sheep silage slug slug pellets slugs slurry soil health soil test sprayer stress stubble su sulphur swine tmr tup turnout varieties variety water logging weather wheat wild oats wormers worms yielding yields
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Sustainable farming incentive - handbook for 2023 has been published
Afternoon all, Today we've published a handbook containing all the detailed information about the sustainable farming incentive offer for this year. The handbook is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfi-handbook-for-the-sfi-2023-offer An overview blogpost is here...- Janet Hughes Defra
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- adblue af agronomist agronomists agronomy ahdb ahl1 ahl2 ahl3 ahl4 alliance analysis anglian anthelmintics aphids application autonomous avatar bank account beans bedding beef beef cattle beet biodiversity blackgrass boom boots bovine break crop break crops broccoli brother buffer bvd bydv calf calves calving caravan carbon carbon capture carrots cattle cereals chickens children co2 compaction cover crop cover crops cows cultivate cultivating cultivation cultivations cyber dairy deadweight death deere defra diesel digital direct drill direct drilling docks downland drainage dressing drift drilling drills drought electricity elms environmental establishment ewes family farmyard fat hen fcn fendt fertiliser fertility fertilizer finance financial fire first cut flail flock flooding fodder fodder beet forage forecast fuel futures gas gate gates genetic glyphosate gps grass grass leys grass weed grassland grassweed grassweeds grazing groundswell gusto handling harrow harvest harvesting haulage health healthy soils hedge herbal herbicide hoof horsch horticulture hrw1 hrw2 igl1 igl2 igl3 injury insecticide insecticides insurance integrated pest management interest rate ipm ipm1 ipm2 ipm4 irrigation lambing lambs land rover learning legumes lexion liability lig1 lig2 lloyds maintenance maize management mapping market methane milk milking mounted mower natural capital needle nettles nitrogen num1 num2 num3 nutrients nutrition oats oilseed oilseed rape operator organic organic matter osr paddock parasites parts pcn peas peat performance pesticide pesticides pests pickup pig platform plough ploughing pollinator pollution potato potatoes poultry ppe premium pulses rainfall red tractor rejections repair repairs reseed roots round bales rpa rural payments agency rye ryegrass sam1 sam2 sam3 sandy satellite savings seed seeding sequester sequestration sfi sheep silage slug slugs slurry software soil assessment soil health soil sampling soil testing soil tests soya sprayer storage storm stress stubble supplement sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive teat thistle thistles tillage trading training transport tup turnout urea varieties variety water quality weather wheat wild oats winter wheat woodland worming worms yields
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Harvest 2023
Let’s start a harvest 23 thread! So how far do we all think we are from starting? Winter barley rapidly ripening here early start is on the cards. First week of july maybe, rape just starting to lose its greenness also!- APJ
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Harry`s Farm AB6
Whats this AB6 he was on about, leaving stubble over winter and get £522 pounds a hec. Been trawling through dozens of gov. uk pages where they say a lot but typicaly tell you nothing. :rolleyes: :facepalm:- colhonk
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- ahdb ahl2 ahl3 application baling beans beet biodiversity blackgrass break crop break crops broadleaved weeds brome cattle cereals coulters cover crop cover crops cultivate cultivation cultivations cultivator death defra direct drill direct drilling disc dressing drilling drone elms environmental establishment fat hen finance fire flail fodder forage forecast glyphosate grass grass leys grass weed grassweed grassweeds grazing groundsel harvest harvesting herbicide insecticides legumes maintenance maize management market milking oats oilseed oilseed rape organic osr parts peas pesticides plough ploughing pulses roundup rpa rye ryegrass sandy seed seeding sfi sheep soya sprayer storage stubble t2 thistle thistles triticale water quality weather wheat yields
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Sugar beet price 2024
What do you think the price will be for next year. Following at 48% increase for this harvest how big a drop are we expecting.- Laminated
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- Forum: Root Crops and Vegetables
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Old drain keeps flooding Yard in deluges
Want to block/stop a drain from flooding car park. We dug out an area from a woodland for a car park. The ground level of the car park is 5ft below the woodland GL. Halfway up the created perimeter bank we came across a some Georgian drains which drain a sandy soiled woodland. They spill out...- Fat hen
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AB9 Redrilling. How do you decide with an inspection perhaps due.
I redrilled two year AB9 mix last May and am about to redrill it with a one year again because I don't think there's enough kale etc survived to pass the inspection. It came up perfectly last year with favourable rains but now mostly weeds. It's such a hassle to fiddle around with these plots...- tullah
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Docks in kale
I have a game keeper friend who has asked is it possible to control docks in brassica / kale ? -
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AB15 2 year legume
Have 6 weeks from when you can destroy in 2nd year to hopefully drilling wheat - last year presumably like toast & you could bale up for bedding. In a wet year topping off a 2ft high mass could leave a thick mat & long stubble under the tyre tracks. What have people done- SamB
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- agreena baling bedding blackgrass broadway star brome carbon cattle cereals cover crop cows cultivate dairy dff direct drilling dressing drilling drought establishment fat hen forage glyphosate grass grassweed grazing harvest harvesting lambs learning legumes maize mounted nitrogen osr pdm plough pre-em rpa rye ryegrass seed sfi sheep silage stubble sustainability thistles varieties weather weaving wheat winter wheat
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Maize 2023
Started drilling today and seems about right as it’s not been overly warm- Bald Rick
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DD into a grassy mess, post Roundup?
I have been a busy bunny over the weekend, spraying out some of last years Bumblebird mixtures where they never really got going properly because of the drought, and need redrilling asap. Quite a lot of the heavy soils has seen AMG appear, so hopefully the herbicide will do the job on it and the...- steveR
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Growing For The Environment [Wales]
Question For @Nielo I expect but anyone who knows Undersown Cereals with Legume Herb grass mix ,do you know how much Barley and Peas per acre , Sorry I know I'm being lazy I should look myself Thanks And Happy Easter- Derrick Hughes
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Ab8/15 drilling dates
Got the above to put in.ab8 for 6 metre margins and ab15 legume mixes in fields.when is best time to drill.paper work says early summer but I’m thinking April for the margins and late April or May for the legume mixes.would like to get it in in reasonable time in case we get a drought...- nick...
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Reseeding Question
As I have done for a few years now, I sprayed off a grass field and direct drilled in a forage brassica mix. What I normally do once it's grazed off is, leave it a few weeks and spray glyphosate. Once that's had enough time to work I disc it, sow straight away and roll. This year I am planning...- scrubbuster
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- agronomist amazone beans boots break crop brome cereals chickweed corteva cows direct drill direct drilling disc docks drilling drills establishment ewes family fat hen fertility fluroxypyr forage glyphosate grass grass leys grass weed grassland grazing harrow hedge herbicide lambs learning leystar maize market mcpa milk nozzles nutrients opico peas pests pig plough ploughing rainfall reseed residual residuals roots ryegrass sandy seed seeding seedling sheep silage slug slug pellets slugs soil resilience stubble thistle thistles weather weed control wheat
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