fertilizer

I'm looking for a Pacer pump with electric motor for filling my sprayer with liquid fertilizer, but a bit bewildered by the pump numbering. Can anyone recommend one? 415v 500 to 750 lpm.

Hi all, We are a high school research team looking into potential ways of improving farm run-off treatments and we were wondering about the runoff systems on your farms, where does it lead and how does waste water get transported around? PS. Hypothetically speaking, in the stream coming from...

McCormick / Amazon / Krone / McConnell closed yesterday I've heard some speculation but won't publicly comment All I know is it's closed permanently

I need to lift 500 kg fertilizer bags, do you think a 55 hp tractor will be enough?

Dear Farmers, I have had my eye on farming for a few years now, due to family ties (my dad's a trained agronomist but made his money elsewhere and my mum comes from an active farming family but wasn't involved in the day to day affairs of the farm, a fairly largescale operation in south of...

Anyone use the above with just 4 sections for liquid fert?I wanted to try some this spring but hear I may struggle to push fert up to the end of the section if only 4 sections on 24metres. Any advice welcome thanks.

what are people paying for 2023 hay ?

The team at Central Injection Agri know their sh!t! Turn your waste product into fertilizer GOLD! Correctly managed, the slurry and manure output on your farm can be a cost-effective way of fertilizing your paddocks while also being environmentally friendly. Here at Central Injection Agri we...

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Hi, I am a student from the University of Glasgow, who is developing a drone for agricultural use alongside a team of fellow students. Our drone is called the CropCopter and employs AI to plant, fertilise and harvest crops with complete autonomy as well as many other features. We would greatly...

We are forever being told to price things and shop around to try and run our business more cost effectively but these salesmen don't seem to like it when people try something different and they might lose a sale. They will have to get back to their bosses and sharpen their pencil, but then I...

Having a go at fodder beet for first time in my "career"... South coast, dry sandy free-draining soils. Beet is for grazing store cattle over winter. Have bought a grazing variety. Any useful advice for a first-time grower? Thanks in advance 👍

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...

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 ...

Does anyone have a rough idea what the cost of growing broccoli / ha or acre? what sort of spraying regime would usually occur? I'm assuming pre em - post em herbicide and regular insecticide / fungicide sprays at a higher water rate? what sort of fertilizer rate would be standard ? Thanks in...

Please feel free to correct me but where is the sense in spring cropping now? Does it makes more sense to put in a wild flower mix or some other rotational SFI action? Grow Spring Barley £/Acre approx. 25 - plough 25 - power harrow 40 - seed cost 30 - Drill 10 - Roll 10 - Pre em 30 -...

Not farming, but railways crop up on here quite often. The above film shows lots of history & the fields are in the back ground. I remember as a boy sleeping over at Grandma's house, counting the coal trains going to Manchester all night long. Its all ripped up now & a busy footpath, The...

After a meeting with an advisor it reads as though you could establish AHL2 winter bird feed after harvest, it then has to be in place for the winter months, nov, dec, jan and feb. After this could you then follow with a spring crop? If you were to do this and add the no insecticide payment you...

I thought I’d just start this off as something to think about during cold dark winter days, so please feel to add to the list: Lundell forage harvester Lundell seed drill Bamford Wuffler Cock Pheasant Tedder Kidd Rotaflail Taskers Fertispread

I have to remove the lift cover on our MF168 to replace the seals in the lift cylinder piston. Mechanic tells me I should do the hydraulic pump and fit new lift control valve while the tractor is open. Rang MF to get a rebuild kit for the pump, how do I figure out if its a 6 spline or 10spline...