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fertilizer

  1. onthehoof

    Fertiliser woes

    Not a big user, only ordered 8x600kg bags of 20.10.10, delivered12th April and kept in shed till today, first 2 bags had set almost solid all the way through not rock hard and managed to break it up enough to get it out of the bag with a piece of 3x3 wood but took about 20 mins. Next 2 bags...
  2. Pilatus

    Hope you like the attached, if you like trees.

    • Pilatus
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    • chickens family fertilizer grazing minerals seeding variety wheat woodland
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  3. Dman2

    Urea rules

    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??
    • Dman2
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    • adblue ahdb ammonium avatar basf beef dairy defra diesel drift environmental fertiliser fertilizer fuel gas grass grassland hail health management markets microbes nitram nitrogen nutrients organic performance phosphorus pollution position premium red tractor sfi sheep slurry sprayer technology urea yields
    • Replies: 66
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  4. BRB John

    FYM on grass

    As above what's the best way to break up any lumpy bits? Tine harrow or chain harrow? What would a tedder do....
    • BRB John
    • Thread
    • cattle clamp cows dairy diesel fertilizer flail grass grazing harrow mower potash sheep silage slurry tedder weather worms
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  5. Badshot

    SFI 24 no till payment

    Just wondering if there's any further information out yet as to what constitutes no till in the eyes of SFI? Is it a dts/mzuri/claydon direct into stubble? Or is it going to be lower disturbance tine or disc? Supposedly a claydon grain and fert meets the grant spec with the leading tine applying...
    • Badshot
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    • ab8 agronomist ahdb ahl1 ahl2 anglian application avatar barley beans beet biodiversity blackgrass boom break crop brome carbon cereals children claydon cleavers co2 combi compaction coulter coulters cover crop cover crops cross cutter cultivate cultivating cultivation cultivations cultivator defra development diesel digital direct drill direct drilling disc distilling drainage drilling drills drought elms environmental establishment fertiliser fertilizer financial fire foliar fuel fungicides glyphosate grass grassland groundswell hail harrow harvest harvesting health hedge herbicide insecticide insecticides insurance ipm1 ipm3 ipm4 land agents learning maize malting management market mounted mzuri ndvi nitrogen num1 num2 nutrients online operator organic organic matter osr parts peat pension performance pesticide pesticides pig plough ploughing polysulphate potatoes pre-em rainfall roots rpa ryegrass sam1 sam2 sam3 satellite savings seed seeding sfi sheep slug software soil management plan soiler sprayer spraying spring beans sprinter storage stubble supplement sustainable farming tillage trading transport vaderstad variable rate vra water quality weather weaving weed control wheat worms yielding yields
    • Replies: 397
    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  6. Tha Ulsterscot

    Recycled Brown Bin Compost.

    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...
    • Tha Ulsterscot
    • Thread
    • analysis blackgrass diesel docks fertiliser fertilizer gas grassland haulage loader needle nutrients organic organic matter seaweed slurry spraying testing
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  7. unlacedgecko

    Scottish Sub Calving index 410 days

    https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/scotland-new-calving-interval-of-410-days-added-to-ssbss.407024/ Current Scottish calving index figures
    • unlacedgecko
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    • analysis banking barley beef buy cattle bvd calf calves calving carbon cattle co2 continental cows crime dairy development diesel disease drainage environmental ewes family farmplan fertiliser fertility fertilizer finance financial flock forage fuel gas genetic genetics genus grass grazing handling health hedge immune lambs landowners liability limousin loader loader tractor management market mastitis methane milk milk powder minerals nutrition pension performance sheep silage slurry software soya storage stress sulphur teat testing turnout udder weaning weather
    • Replies: 340
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  8. W

    Spring drilling

    Anyone managed to grab bits? I grabbed some real light bits but any clay and it’s a wet shitty mess. Not sure when to throw the towel in and go for sfi
    • willy
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    • adblue agronomist ahl2 amazone application barley beans beet boots carbon cattle cereals children claas claydon combi coulters cover crop cows cultivation cultivator death disc drilling drills drought family fastrac fertiliser fertilizer fire fodder fodder beet forage forecast foxtrot fuel fungicide gps grass grassland grazing hail harrow harvest harvesting herbal herbal ley herbicide horsch lambing lambs laureate liberator loader maize malting manganese mounted mzuri nettles nitram nitrogen oats openers opico organic osr overdraft parts peas pension pgr plough ploughing polysulphate potatoes pre-em propino quad rain gauge rear tyres roots roundup rye ryegrass sandy seed seedbeds seeding sfi sheep silage slug slugs sprayer spraying spring beans stubble t0 t1 technology tillage topdown tractor tyres trading transport urea valtra varieties weather weaving weed control wheat yielding yields
    • Replies: 612
    • Forum: Cropping
  9. W

    Australian Whites

    Anyone know if these are available yet in the UK? I heard rumours someone had imported embryos in 2022? Vowed i would never touch sheep but having seen them delivering superb results in Albury Wodonga when visiting if i can get my hands on some here ill swap some of my cattle for sheep. They...
    • Wishanger1
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    • anthelmintic anthelmintics australian whites beef beet brother carbon cattle co2 cows dairy deadweight death diesel dorper dressing easycare electricity ewes exlana family fertiliser fertility fertilizer financial flock fodder forage friesian fuel gas genetic genetics gold grass grazing hair sheep health immune lambing lambs management market methane microbial milk organic parasites parts performance pig poll dorset poultry rainfall rapid rumen ryegrass sheep technology transport tupping tups wiltshire horn worms
    • Replies: 70
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  10. A

    Metric hydraulic fitting v regular bsp

    I have a hydraulic ram which has a metric end on it to attach the hydraulic hose. I need to modify the hose pipework. Metric fittings are same as those fitted on power washers, they have rubber seals in them. See pic Should I remove that metric end and replace with bsp or is there a reason...
    • aidan
    • Thread
    • accident boom cattle death disc environmental family fertilizer gates gold health health and safety hse injury insurance liability loader maintenance market operator parts performance platform premium quicke repair repairs roundup spraying testing training transport warranty
    • Replies: 78
    • Forum: Workshop Projects
  11. Grassman

    Wet the new normal

    If the wet weather we have experienced for the last nine months was to be the "normal" I think I would have to pack in. It's just too miserable and hard work! Hopefully it's a one off season.
    • Grassman
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    • agronomist barley beans calving cereals claas co2 cows death deere diesel drainage drilling drought environmental fertiliser fertilizer financial fire flooding forecast gas grass grassland harvest health herbal irrigation lambing land rover landowner learning loader maize market markets osr parts ploughing potato quad rainfall resilient roots round bales seed sfi sheep silage storm tillage tup weather wheat winter wheat yields
    • Replies: 160
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  12. Ffermer Bach

    Poultry, pollution and The River Wye

    How cheap chicken ran rampant across Britain Poultry farming boom blamed for housebuilding delays and turning rivers green Daniel Woolfson17 February 2024 • 12:00pm Related Topics Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Environment Agency, Chicken, Pollution, Farming...
    • Ffermer Bach
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    • application avian biodiversity boom buffer builders chickens defra developers disease dressing environment agency environmental fertiliser fertilizer flock flooding genetics grassland health land rover maize management nitrogen parts phosphorus pollution potash potatoes poultry rainfall red tractor soil testing sustainable farming water quality weather
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  13. W

    Are we a communist state through the back door

    Listening to general public interviewed yesterday after the budget, all the younger (well they sounded it) were saying taxes should go up to pay for services etc. one older Irish guy said let people decide what they spend their money on. Made me think the younger generation would rather have...
    • willy
    • Thread
    • analysis avian beans beet boom brother builders cattle chickens children claas crime death development disease family feed wheat fertilizer financial forecast gold gps health housebuilder injury insurance learning maintenance management market milking parts pension planning system potato rapid security sfi sheep software technology theft trading training transport weather wheat
    • Replies: 277
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  14. A

    Best way to protect fertiliser spreader

    Just swapped my fertiliser this time and was just wondering how do people stop the paint corroding?
    • Allsorts
    • Thread
    • application derv diesel fertiliser fertilizer kuhn maintenance rust storage vicon
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Machinery
  15. T

    Will ground maze run out of a fibreglass bin ? Or will it bridge?

    As above
  16. T

    Tow and Fert

    Hey, just a question for Tow and Fert users. Are they worth it?
    • trev1
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    • ammonium application beef boom cows dairy drought fertiliser fertilizer foliar grass grazing herbicide mounted nitrogen npk nutrition omex platform sandy savings sprayer storage su sulphate sulphur urea weather yields
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  17. P

    Fertilizing winter cereal

    Whats everyone elses position. The wheats looking really hungry now and its so wet wondering whether just go and make a mess or be patient?! Must be loosing yield surely.
    • Plough on
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    • agronomist agronomy ammonium aphids application barley bateman beans brother bydv carbon cattle cereals co2 cultivate cultivating cultivation defra diesel direct drilling disc disease dressing drift drilling drone drought environmental establishment fastrac feed wheat fertiliser fertility fertilizer financial forecast front linkage gas gate genetic grass grassland grazing harvest herbal herbal ley herbicide insecticides jcb lambing lambs landowners legumes loader luximo malting management manganese market mounted ndvi nitrogen nutrients nutrition osr parts plough pollinator polysulphate potash quadtrac rainfall red tractor reseed roots sandy satellite second wheat seed self propelled sfi sheep silage slurry software soil tests solar sprayer spraying stress stubble sulphate sulphur supplement technology telehandler tillage trailed sprayer urea varieties vra water logging water quality weather wheat yara yielding yields
    • Replies: 336
    • Forum: Cropping
  18. 010101

    Is This Bad Husbandry?

    Recently bought some tenanted land. On visiting it today, I found this ewe clamped over a lamb. She had no water. There was no-one on site. This looks completely unacceptable. Who better to ask than TFF.
    • 010101
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    • abortion application avatar barley beef calves candidate cattle claas clamp crime dairy death disinfectant ewes fertiliser fertilizer flock flystrike forage gate gates grass grazing handling health hedge lambing lambs land agents landowner landowners liability market milk nutrients online parts pickup planning permission plough renewal repair repairs sfi sheep silage teats trading worms
    • Replies: 442
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  19. neilo

    Arable FBT soil testing

    Chatting with my agronomist this morning and he was telling me how some FBT agreements, down in more arable areas, had clauses in them requiring the land to be soil tested at the beginning and end of the term with a full spectrum analysis, with a charge to put right any degradation. I've heard...
    • neilo
    • Thread
    • agronomist analysis cover crop docks drainage family fertiliser fertility fertilizer forage glyphosate grain store grass herbicide land agents landowner landowners maintenance maize management organic organic matter rye sandy seed soyl triticale wheat
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Cropping
  20. B

    Herbal ley silage

    Beef finishing here, grass diet with barley and blend to balance. What is people’s opinions on adding herbs and legumes to 3-5 year cut and graze mixes. Could just go for NUM2, but obviously SAM3 is more money. We do 2 cuts first around 20th may which is clamped. 2nd is generally 7-8 weeks...
    • Beefcattle
    • Thread
    • barley beef dairy fertilizer grass grazing herbal legumes management nitram num2 reseed ryegrass sam3 seed seeding sfi sheep silage slurry
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
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