fertilizer

3 tidy days forecast and plenty of staff about, why wouldn't you ?

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?

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

Place to have a good old RANT ...... not necessarily to elicit any responses Anyway, I have been sat on the phone for the last 20 minutes waiting for someone from APHA to answer to explain a letter they have sent me. I emailed and got an auto response saying if it's urgent, to ring the number...

Have a 6150r and anytime any work gets done you can't see put the back window. The mudflaps do nothing for keeping down the dirt. Sent the tractor back to the dealer and they fit larger mudflaps. Only issue with these is they're so large the fertilizer spreader hits them when raised to the top...