fertilizer

  1. workin f nowt

    Kale

    Going to grow a bit of kale. Can anyone who's grown it before tell me how much fert it'll require. Tia
  2. cows sh#t me to tears

    Cant you mob do anything right?

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-04-18/inmarsat-i-4f1-satelite-outage-asia-pacific-gps-farms/102234678 More quality British engineering 🙄🤣🤣🤣
  3. V

    Spreading fert on headlands

    So I’m getting a new fert spinner going to set it at either 18-20 m spread (all grassland ) . It’s not coming with a border control thing . Rep said just hedge side shutter of first time round . Will this work out okay ? Also my gps records the area covered so unless I tell it we are only on...
  4. TFF

    Helping Farmers Solve Tricky Fertilizer ChallengesShare

    Nitrogen fertilizer is vital to achieve optimal crop growth, but it can also pose unique challenges to farmers. If not properly applied, nitrogen fertilizer can also be a threat to the environment. ARS scientists explain how farmers can use nitrogen while both saving money and protecting the planet.
  5. TFF

    Overcoming Weather Limitations with Greenhouse Farming

    Overcoming Weather Limitations with Greenhouse Farming Faced with increasing weather unpredictably, many growers are erecting greenhouse structures to grow their crops and even raise animals. When combined with farm management software for highly efficient operations, new technology in...
  6. TFF

    Investing in Digital Agriculture Technology and its Payback Period

    Investing in Digital Agriculture Technology and its Payback Period Supply chain disruption, rising input prices and labor costs, geopolitical uncertainty together with overall climate change challenges are currently influencing global corporate farming sector. According to the recent McKinsey...
  7. TFF

    Farmer Engagement Is the Key to Digital Adoption

    As agribusinesses increase investment in and focus on farmer engagements, reimagining intelligent and frictionless farmer-centric digital experiences becomes critical for scaling their core business models. A holistic approach—with farmer engagement at its core—focused on both getting digital...
  8. F

    Vicon vari spreader

    Just got this vari spreader want to spread 1cwt / 50 kg acre, 27-0-0 any idea settings and travelling width and height at 6 MPH or is it guesswork?
  9. L

    Sulky "High Resistance" spreader vanes?

    Has anyone used the optional HR vanes? They seem to be about twice the price but do they last long enough to be worth it? Also is there any rule of thumb for which length to use? For some fertilizers we use we are right at the top end of the width which Fertitest says is spreadable with the...
  10. SheepTerrier

    Summer grazing

    Looking for idea on rent for summer grazing as land lord wants to put up the rent this year. It is all old permanent pasture with no fertilizer applied 3 out of the 4 fields need fencing and now need water as they have had leaks in the yard and won't be renewing pipes to the field water troughs...
  11. D

    The cartel are coming for you.

    I have been posting about this pincer movement on other threads but you haven't been reading it. You do need to. https://foodmanagement.today/new-collaboration-with-8-uk-supermarkets-to-drive-action-on-cutting-climate-impact-of-uk-food-and-drink/ The cartel have planted Dave Lewis in WWF UK...
  12. Humble Village Farmer

    The science behind the Sustainable Farming Incentive

    https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2023/03/08/the-science-behind-the-sustainable-farming-incentive/
  13. T

    How did UK Farmers Adapt to the high price of Fertiliser?

    Good Evening everyone, as part of my final year project at Harper Adams University i am looking into How farmers across the United Kingdom adapted their business techniques in response to the High price of Nitrogen fertiliser. I would be very grateful if you could spend a few minutes completing...
  14. TFF

    The Case for Regenerative Agriculture in Germany—and Beyond

    In a world where the effects of global warming are on the rise and where pressure to mitigate them is growing rapidly, the global agri-food system faces a major problem. It is, of course, vital to the survival of the world’s billions of people as a source of both food and livelihoods. But at the...
  15. Humble Village Farmer

    Minnette Batters on Radio 4 this morning

    No mention of the supermarket dominated food system. Using the term: "producers aren't able to pass these costs on" and: "the last thing anyone wants is for consumers to have to pay more" and best of all "We must keep poduction levels up" Not a word on her non farming paymasters paying more for...
  16. Ramrod

    FYM and the Vat man

    If buying in delivered and spread, should I expect to pay vat on it?
  17. icanshootwell

    Wet enough!!!

    Starting to get on my nerves now, putting ewes and lamb's out then bringing them back in due to wet weather. Silage supplies getting lower but cows still in sheds, no way they can go out until it drys up. Wanted to roll some wheat ground but that won't get done now, it's even to wet to put the...
  18. T

    Land prices

    Hi people, Has anyone got the up to date John nix book and could tell me the current price for renting land for sheep? Ideally per acre per year not per sheep. Thanks
  19. TFF

    The science and strategy of increased yields—no matter where you farm, no matter what you grow

    Thirty years ago, Ben Rentsche’s 16,000-acre Iowa operation yielded 150 bushels of corn per acre. Ten years later, yields had grown to 180 bushels. Since 2012, Rentsche has averaged 200 bushels per acre, with his best crop coming in at 226. It’s a pattern seen on farms all over the world. Each...
  20. TFF

    How to Solve Soil Erosion and Improve Fertility with Contour Farming Methods

    Thomas Jefferson was a farmer who famously had a few good ideas, but part of the secret to his success was that he wasn’t afraid to occasionally borrow one as well. When he wasn’t helping to start up a new country, he lived on his 5,000-acre plantation, and one day after a devastating rain, he...
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