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  1. J

    Spring OSR

    How do people get on growing Spring OSR? Has anyone had any recent experience with it? Following end of August combined S.Barley and felt it was too late to drill WOSR, kicking myself because as it turned out we probably would have been fine with the open Autumn we have just had. Heavyish land...
    • James Ream
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    • barley bayer beans beet break crop break crops cereals desiccation establishment fat hen grass grassweed insecticides maize oats osr pod shatter roundup sandy seed varieties variety weed control wheat wild oats yields
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Cropping
  2. Janet Hughes Defra

    New information about local nature recovery and landscape recovery

    Morning all and happy new year. Further to the information we published about the Sustainable Farming Incentive in December (see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainable-farming-incentive-how-the-scheme-will-work-in-2022), today we're publishing information about the 2 other new...
    • Janet Hughes Defra
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    • accident agronomist agronomy ahdb aicc alliance ammonium analysis anglian animal feed application autonomous autosteer baling barley barn owl bedding beef beet blackgrass break crops brewing buffer calcium calves calving camping candidate caravan carbon carbon capture carrots cattle cereals cover crop cover crops cows cultivating cultivations cultivator dairy death defra direct drilling disease docks drainage drilling drills drone drought earthworms elms environment agency environmental establishment fat hen fertiliser fertility finance financial flail flock flooding fluke forage gas glamping glyphosate gps grass grass leys grassland grazing groundswell harrow harvesting health health and safety healthy soils hedge horticulture insecticide insurance integrated pest management investment fund lambing legumes liability liming liveweight loader magnesium maintenance maize mapping market methane milk miscanthus natural capital nettles nitrogen oats oilseed oilseed rape operator orchard organic organic farming organic matter parts peat peatland performance pesticide pesticides pig pollinator pollution potash potato poultry premium red tractor regenerative agriculture renewal repair reseed resilient risk mitigation roots roundup rpa rural payments agency rye ryegrass sandy satellite savings seed seedbeds seeding sequester sfi sheep silage slug slug pellets slurry soil assessment soil carbon soil health soil sampling soil test soil tests soya sprayer spraying storage storm stress stubble supplement sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive telehandler terravesta thistles tillage trading transport urea varieties variety water logging water management water quality weaving wheat winter wheat wormers yielding yields zetor
    • Replies: 1,632
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  3. Bigjon44

    Winter beans

    Anyone's beans come through the ground yet??!! Planted ours back at start of November and still not showing!
    • Bigjon44
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    • agronomist amistar application azoxystrobin baling barley beans beet blackgrass break crop cattle cereals claydon coulter disc disease drilling drought elatus establishment fat hen fertiliser fungicide fungicides gas glyphosate grass hallmark harrow harvest herbicide insecticide malting manganese nitrogen oats peas pendimethalin podstick polysulphate pre-em prosulfocarb rainfall roundup rust second wheat seed signum slug slugs sprayer spraying spring bean spring beans storage storm stubble t1 t2 teb variety weaving weed control weighbridge wheat wild oats winter wheat yielding yields
    • Replies: 336
    • Forum: Cropping
  4. Chris F

    Metribuzin and Potatoes

    Could anyone explain what metribuzin is used for on potatoes and its application time and windows please? It's not a product I am familiar with. I have found these product names in the UK Acorix 70 WG Generic Manufacturer: GLOBACHEM nv, MAPP: 18755 Discus Parallel Manufacturer: RAAT...
    • Chris F
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    • adama agronomist ahdb amistar application carrots clomazone diquat fat hen fertiliser glyphosate grass herbicide mcpa parts potato potatoes pre-em pre-emergence residual sandy thistle trading tubers varieties weed control wheat winter wheat
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Cropping
  5. I

    Am I a twit

    Put my name down for sludge to go on my linseed ground Will it mean I will be combining on Christmas day?
    • idle git
    • Thread
    • barley beet break crops cereals chekker combi fat hen glyphosate harrow herbicide insecticide maize nutrients oilseed osr parts seed wheat yields
    • Replies: 50
    • Forum: Cropping
  6. Sir loin

    Barley pea mix .

    Just thinking aloud for next spring cropping. A barley pea mix would need no nitrogen !!!. Would be high yielding and a high protein feed for the cattle. A win win there but there are downsides that I am well aware of: A) Rats will love it B) Could this be cut with a mower without...
    • Sir loin
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    • baling barley beans cattle clamp cover crop cultivator dairy direct drilling drilling fat hen fertility forage grass grass leys grassland harvesting mower nitrogen oats peas pre-em reseed rolled barley round bales ryegrass seed sheep silage single purpose stubble su wheat yielding
    • Replies: 61
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  7. chipchap

    Potato Price Tracker

    Now that the AHDB potato council has been kicked into touch, does the Forum have a place in providing a resource for price information?
    • chipchap
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    • abbey agrii agronomist agronomists ahdb amistar analysis aphids application baling barclays barley beans beef beet biostimulant blackgrass blight boom boots boron broccoli brome brother bydv cabbage carbon carrots cattle cereals chafer charlock chickens co2 cover crop cover crops cows cultivation dairy death defra diesel diquat direct drill disc disease drainage dressing drilling drills drought electricity environmental establishment family fat hen fendt fertiliser fertilizer finance fire flail flooding forecast fungicide fungicides futures gas gate genetic genus glyphosate grass grass weed hail handling harvest harvesting haulage health health and safety heat stress hedge horticulture injury insecticides insurance irrigation jcb kerosene lambing levy maintenance maize malting management mapping market merlo milk mounted nematode nematodes new holland nitrogen nozzle nozzles oats orchard organic osr parts pcn peas peat performance pesticide pig plough ploughing potato potato harvester potatoes premium quad rainfall red tractor rejections repair repairs reseed roots roundup sandy satellite sclerotinia seed seed treatment self propelled sfi sheep silage slug slug pellets slugs slurry soyl sprayer spraying stock feed storage storm stress stubble sulphur t2 taurus trading transport tuber tubers tups upl urea varieties variety warranty weather wheat worms yara yielding yields
    • Replies: 3,245
    • Forum: Root Crops and Vegetables
  8. G

    Wheat into orbit

    Up£3.75 today!!!
    • glasshouse
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    • ahdb ammonium application avatar barley beans beef beet biofuel blackgrass boom break crop buffer carbon cattle cereals combi cows cultivator death deutz disease disease resistance docks drift drills drought establishment fat hen fendt fertiliser fertility fertilizer finance flooding fungicide fungicides gas gps grass harrow health herbicide hilux insurance legumes maize malting market nitrogen oats operator organic organic matter osr parts peas pesticide pesticides pickup pig potash poultry premium red tractor repairs residual risk mitigation roots roundup rust rye second wheat seed sfi silage soil tests soya spring bean stubble syngenta thistle trading transport urea varieties variety wheat wild oats yara yielding yields
    • Replies: 480
    • Forum: Cropping
  9. R

    How much Soya would be grown

    If there were no livestock to eat it? Are we so dependent on it now that as much would still be grown? Would we save the planet as we are told? or would we grow even more to replace meat, cooking fat, etc.
    • Raider112
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    • accident animal feed barley beans cows dairy drilling fat hen fertility health lexion market milk peas pig platform poultry seed silage soya
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  10. YorkshireTom25

    Thoughts on loosing BPS and replacing with ELMS?

    What are people’s thoughts and what are you doing to get ready for the change
    • YorkshireTom25
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    • ahdb alliance analysis carbon cattle clamp cover crops dairy defra direct drill elms fat hen fertilizer flail flock glamping grazing groundswell haulage horticulture hse immune insurance interest rate maintenance maize market nitrogen operator organic organic matter parts pesticides poultry quad red tractor renewable energy repairs resilient rpa satellite savings sfi sheep slurry spraying storm supplement thistles wheat worms yielding
    • Replies: 240
    • Forum: Tenant Farming, Subsidies, BPS & Legal Issues
  11. R

    So who has started drilling ?

    Normally try and drill first ten days of October but last two years have been caught by heavy storms just after drilling that has gone on for months, thinking of going early this time, what's are others doing ?
    • robs1
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    • agronomist ahdb avatar baling barley beans beet belkar blackgrass break crop brome bydv carrots cereals claas combi coulter cover crops csfb cultivating disease drilling drills fat hen fertiliser gleam grass grass weed harrow haulage herbicide horsch hybrid rye insitor kws loader maize oats osr peas pickup potatoes pre-em puma reseed residuals roots rye ryegrass sclerotinia second wheat seed slug slug pellets spraying spring bean sprinter storm stubble syngenta urea variety vigour weed control wheat yields
    • Replies: 142
    • Forum: Cropping
  12. bobk

    Is linseed a good break crop

    Not growing beans , although ideal as a break , horrible to combine and not much better to sell , rape would be good but circumstances have ruled that out
    • bobk
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    • agronomist beans beet break crop cover crops dairy death deere fat hen fertility fodder forage grass harvesting health herbicide lexion maize market osr peas premium seed sheep stubble variety weed control weighbridge wheat yields
    • Replies: 50
    • Forum: Cropping
  13. Fat hen

    How to Remove chopped straw

    We have too much to chopped straw in a couple of fields which have already been LD flatlifted. Thinking about borrowing a rake to drag it to the margin Any suggestions on legal ways of removing it please?
    • Fat hen
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    • barley drilling fat hen grass harrow legumes lexion nitrogen seed tillage wheat
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Cropping
  14. C

    Herbal leys for dairy cattle grazing

    Moving over to herbal leys here for dairy cow grazing (holsteins on conventional system). Drought prone soil and low summer rainfall are main reasons. Lots of advice out there but seems more beef/sheep than dairy focus. So for dairy cows... Who's got them? What do you put in them? Are the...
    • crashbox
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    • application barley beef break crop buffer cattle compaction cows dairy direct drilling disease disease resistance docks drilling drought establishment fat hen fertiliser flooding fodder forage grass grazing harrow health holstein legumes maize management microbes milk milking minerals nitrogen organic paddock platform quad rainfall repairs reseed residual residuals resilient roots rye ryegrass seed seedbeds sheep silage soil health sprayer spraying stress umbilical varieties variety weed control worms yielding yields
    • Replies: 203
    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  15. daveydiesel1

    Roundup onto cuttin ground

    Going today to put roundup onto some ground were cuttin silage off was wonderin what was the quickest i can cut it after sprayin as dont want to wait til its startin to change colour
    • daveydiesel1
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    • adjuvant application barley cereals chickweed cultivating direct drill elms fat hen fertiliser forage fungicides glyphosate grass grassland harvesting herbicide insecticides maize malting nitrogen organic pesticide pesticides roundup seed silage slug slug pellets spraying wheat yields
    • Replies: 55
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  16. G

    The Anyone finished yet thread

    WELL
    • Gedd
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    • agronomy application baling barley beans calves cattle cereals claas cover crops cultivations direct drill drilling fat hen fendt glyphosate grain store grass grassweed laureate maize malting oats osr peas pedestals rejections roundup rye seed silage soya splendor spraying spring bean stress stubble triticale varieties wheat winter wheat yielding yields
    • Replies: 289
    • Forum: Cropping
  17. W

    Extase potential problems

    I have heard from my agronomist today that someone not far from me PE9 postcode, has been harvesting extase with a yield of about 2 t/ha. Apparently KwS are looking into this. Has anyone else had any problems.?
    • willy
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    • agronomist agronomists agronomy ahdb ally max amistar aphids application baling barley beans beet blight break crop bydv cereals combi direct drilling disease drilling drills establishment eyespot fat hen fertility fodder foliar fungicide fungicides fusarium gatekeeper gleam gps grass grazing harvesting health herbicide insecticide insecticides insitor kws levy maize market oats organic osr peas performance potatoes rainfall red tractor registration revystar roots rust rye sdhi second wheat seed seedbeds septoria shabras slug slurry spraying storm stress t0 t1 t2 teb tebuconazole variable rate varieties variety vigour water logging weighbridge wheat wild oats winter wheat yellow rust yielding yields zypar
    • Replies: 475
    • Forum: Cropping
  18. Kidds

    Roundup Ready Ryegrass

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2021-08-12/paraquat-resistance/100370332?fbclid=IwAR24EHg7tLorhpP_ovff2iG-Ayqm_78_Mpo8pmWA3WRb66Xo3EdoCA5mDvY The surprising bit is it is also Paraquat ready. Paraquat is banned now but having used it extensively when it wasn't I am surprised to see resistance...
    • Kidds
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    • adjuvant agronomist aphids barley blackgrass carbon charlock compaction dairy direct drilling docks drilling fat hen forage glyphosate grass grassland grazing market mart oilseed oilseed rape quad rapeseed roots roundup rye ryegrass seed sheep silage slugs spraying su tillage wheat
    • Replies: 64
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  19. Fat hen

    Moving a 20ft high Steel bin w/o dismantling??

    Got a few corrugated steel bins (20ft high 60t capacity, I think). Wanting to move them out of a dutch barn a short distance perhaps for glamping. Do you think it is possible to move them without dismantling - say hoisting them up with a long telehandler arm??
  20. Fat hen

    Making meat production illegal - yikes

    https://protecttheharvest.com/news/animal-extremists-coming-for-oregon-next-to-criminalize-animal-husbandry/ You've heard about the lab-grown meat future that the Davos/WEF lot want for us. It seems a distant prospect to most of us. But maybe not. Like a co-ordinated pincer movement they are...
    • Fat hen
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    • accident beans calcium carbon cattle cereals dairy death fat hen fertility grass grazing health market meat methane milk minerals nutrition pincer premium pulses resilient sheep soil carbon soya supplement sustainability vitamins wef wheat yields
    • Replies: 101
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
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