fertiliser

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Land prices in Northern Ireland are currently averaging £13,500/ac. This figure was confirmed by Ulster Bank’s head of agriculture, Cormac McKervey at the launch of this year’s Balmoral Show. McKervey said: “There is a strong demand at farm level to...

What’s the longer term view of what is going to happen with prices? I’ve been around a few dealer yards over the last week or so and generally they all seem to be trying to reduce stock levels. They are reluctant to trade things in and the amount of times I’ve heard ‘you’d be better off selling...

Is it too late to plant now ..diablo variety , field very different in the fact one end is quite shallow and stoney , other half wet and heavy?

Looks like a window opening up end of week, weekend to get sprayer out. OSR beginning to flower, have Fungicide,PGR, boron to go on. Have had spray recs for about a month and never got it on. It's had 110kg/N already but normally like to get last application on as flowering starts. Winter...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said that “unrelenting” wet weather means farmers are facing continued financial pressure. Lockhart, who is the Democratic Unionist Party’s (DUP) environment, food and rural affairs Westminster representative...

Read a snippet in the Farmers Weekly this week that seemed to imply that the new rules regarding urea and the 1st of April were a Red Tractor thing. Is it just for farm assurance or is it a defra thing, and if it`s a defra thing then what can they do if you do spread after the cut off date??

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Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Banks in NI are confirming that they recognise the impact of the continuing bad weather on farm cash flows. Ulster Bank agricultural manager, Cormac McKervey said: “There are financial pressures coming on numerous farm businesses at the present time...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Agronomist, Richard Owens, has confirmed that continuing wet conditions are hampering cereal growers form getting on with critically important field work. “Some areas were hit that little bit harder with the weather than others. As a rule of thumb...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The latest UK crop update from the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) paints a very downbeat perspective regarding the harvest prospects for 2024/25. The information in the crop update was captured up to Tuesday, March 26, 2024...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Machinery companies such as Claas have been busy jumping aboard the digital revolution, believing that bringing IT to tractors and farming will offer its customers huge benefits. This, so far, has led to a myriad array of systems and applications that...

Hi all, We have a home made osr drill, it is a 10 leg subsoiler using heva stealth legs then followed by a crumble bar then Metcalf points. The seeder is a techneat multicast. I'm thinking of adding a tank to apply liquid starter fert. Has anyone made an applicator before? We have some old...

Got a red tractor inspection next week ( on lambing so no spare time ) what are the new hot things to do Help appreciated

looking at the amount suddenly for sale it could soon turn into a dutch auction.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is seeking “forward-thinking” English and Welsh arable growers to join its combinable crops board. The closing date for applications is Wednesday, April 17, 2024, and candidates may be invited to an interview...

Might need to change the fert spinner in the near future, most options now seem to be hydraulic opening so might need to upgrade the mighty 148! Tractor currently only has tipping when put into constant pumping on the lift lever. A quick Google has brought up two options below, can anyone...

In the past 2 weeks alone I've lost a good part time job at local distillery because of SEPA rules on the spreading of Pot Ale on land. It was a well paying job 2 shifts a week for me giving a welcome boost to my income. Few days later muirburn has effectively been banned in Scotland although...

Does bedding with straw rather than slats lower or raise the emissions calculations when the production, haulage and disposal of the extra organic material created is taken into account

Production of some crops has been decimated due to the loss of insecticides over the last 20 years, sorry 45 years. Has the bee population increased, if not why not?

Anyone using this compost on grassland ? I make haylage every year and have no livestock, I'm very reluctant to import Slurry or Dung as in the past I've found that it's a great way to import weeds /docks etc. It seems that at times this compost can be obtained FOC, so just thinking it might be...