fertiliser

  1. N

    Lowland Fen Grade 3 Agricultural land

    Hi all just looking for some advice I have land that is classed as above grade 3 but natural England have noted it as lowland Fen ? I want to plant some of my acres for vegetable planting ? Can I plough the grazing land ? I own It but worried I am not aloud to plough it …..
  2. Agriland RSS

    Court: Farmer pleads guilty to water pollution causing fish kill

    Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland A Co. Down farmer has pleaded guilty in court to a water pollution incident which resulted in a fish kill in the River Lagan. Alan Wilson from Lurgan Road, Dromore was convicted yesterday (Tuesday, February 6) at Craigavon Magistrates’ Court for a water...
  3. jackrussell101

    Defra now looking at capping SFI

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

    Changing their minds?

    https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24101112.norfolk-farming-conference-hears-defra-minister-mark-spencer/
  5. spin cycle

    feck me...they've won

    EU backtracks on net zero..... where does this leave our shambolic 'union' after they signed us up🙄
  6. B

    Year end valuation

    I had a chat with a mate today about year end valuations. Both of us despite being 30 years in the job are pretty niave doing this. As I expect to make a £ I wonder if I am doing it to my benefit or not. For growing crops it's contractor costs plus variable costs to date. For crops in store...
  7. milkloss

    Binning RT

    Bit of a tongue in cheek poll
  8. Headless chicken

    what price have you contracted at?

    Curious to see where others have fixed feed for autumn 24-spring 25. we’ve not covered anything yet and suspect wheat can’t get any lower. Don’t want to have my pants pulled down
  9. CPM RSS

    Recovery for waterlogged soils

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine A rarely used form of nitrogen could help to bring waterlogged winter cereal crops back into contention, suggests a ‘smart’ fertiliser pioneer. Application of an amine nitrogen reflects research that shows not all nitrogen is equal as far as crops are...
  10. Bald Rick

    Protests: what do YOU want?

    I see there appears to be some momentum to protest but @delilah is right... what are YOU going to protest about? I suspect we all want something different as we are often divergent from each other even within each sector. If I was in Cardiff with a banner, it would be focused on the dash to net...
  11. P

    Winter wheat gross margin

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

    Maize

    What seed rates would people recommend maize is drilled at ?
  13. Cruiser_79

    Bredal spreaders

    Over here lime spreading is not really a big thing. Only some gypsum is spread over heavy clay. Usually 2 spreaders and an excavator go to the field for spreading only 5 tons/ha. In future I would like to have a tractor with mounted crane for chipping, loading roadside hay etc. and during...
  14. Chae1

    Fendt 724, heavy rear mounted implement.

    Right, @KB6930 warned me about this!🤦🤣 Having trouble keeping the front wheels on the ground when I lift plough. Got a stone fork on front with 3 sets weights hanging off it and on steep bits at ends the front wheels are still wanting to lift. It's fine in flat fields. Fendt mechanic today...
  15. A

    Fertiliser costs etc

    Hi This is a very general question I know . I’m trying to work at a figure for something we are working on ,we would love to know what is the average cost of an acre to be fertilised per year on average . We are working on something that may be able to produce This at no cost to the farmer ...
  16. E

    Need some advice on Maize/Corn plantation

    Hi all, I'm from Malaysia, just came back from Singapore around November last year and started this Maize/Corn plantation in my hometown here in Ipoh. Im just a 27 year old who have absolutely no farming experience, I just plant some seeds and it grew but I noticed that some grew well and...
  17. ladycrofter

    SNP thieving from farmers again

    Another ring-fenced £46 million gone from the farming budget, on top of last year's £33 million theft. Unless I'm missing something. https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/politics/humza-yousaf-face-angry-farmers-32011628
  18. cowboysupper

    Topdressing winter crop with digestate

    We have been ploughing digestate down prior to sowing winter crops for years and have occassionally topdressed spring crop in May with digestate as well, however we have very little experience of applying it on winter crop in early spring. We normally retain most of our digestate for grassland...
  19. Bury the Trash

    Will No till put paid to the plough ? asks a piece in the FT.

    https://www.ft.com/content/9b819b0c-663a-46f0-86a8-5e570913317a we havnt had a good ploughing vrs DD dust up for awhile :sneaky:it all seems dominated by the politics of rt nfu et al :rolleyes:
  20. Agriland RSS

    New chair of Scottish Quality Crops appointed

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Fife arable farmer, John Hutcheson, has been appointed the new chair of Scottish Quality Crops (SQC), with Mark McCallum being appointed SQC’s new vice-chair. The organisation operates Scotland’s Quality Assurance Scheme for combinable crops...
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