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Seen the latest proposals and I think it's better to be in than out , also learnt today mid tier will be incorporated in to SFI So what are you doing , think I'll have a pop .

As the title. We normally drill Italian. We have 30 acres that won't need grass cut before Maized is drilled. Will also aim to Simba and drill rather than plough prefer not to leave it bear. Could use Italian but that does tend to leave quite a tight surface. What are peoples suggestions.

I hired a 16 ft redrock silage trailer out to a farmer a few months ago , he still hasn’t returned it , what should I charge him for the hire of it. Anyone got any idea of the going rate for such a trailer .

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Ulster Grassland Society recently hosted a successful visit to the Kilkeel farm of James, and Brenda Henderson. The business is managed by the couple and a number of family members. Their farm extends to 150ac; 135ac are in grass, the remainder is...

Basically, I bought and planted a ley last year that was meant to contain white and red clover as part of the mix, however once it had germinated and grown it was obvious that the red clover hadn’t grown at all, with the only explanation being it was never in the bag in the first place. Company...

Don't do many normally but this year could have done loads , must bale straw where my old welgar fails badly

Got 15 acres of Lucerne to bale. Been told best to round bale and wrap it. Would suit me better to do it in 4 string square bales and wrap it. Just wanted to know if anyone square bales Lucerne had problems wrapping it due to the spiky stalk ends? How many layers of wrap needed to seal a bale...

What's the most the high yielding people on here have fed to their cows? I've gone up to 13kg before but was wondering how much more I could push it? Will be for cows doing 50-60 if not more litres They'll be having 3-4kg rolled wheat, 4kg soya hulls and 1.5kg of hipro soya through the parlour...

Evening all, just finished another slow and painful day of chopping mix of light 3rd cut, wet 3rd cut seeds and overgrown 2nd cut. My issue is, I’ve got a 1995 Claas jaguar 860 self propelled. I brought it secondhand spring 2022. Last year it mauled through 3 cuts. Since it was put away...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said the “relentless pressure” put on farmers from processors over the last number of weeks is unacceptable. The union said farmers across Northern Ireland are losing confidence in the future of farming as high...

How is everyones milling wheat quality this year. we cut some last week of july/first few days of august, all that is full spec just sent some laid cut last week and waiting for results.

Finally managed to cut our new red clover rye grass ley today. Just wondering if anyone has any tips on making a good job of it. It’s going to be put into round bales. Is there any difference to straight grass silage. TIA.

I think I'm a bit like a prisoner of terrorists gone native, I'm starting to enjoy it. I feel ashamed but the same happened in the spring of 1983 when we could not plant potatoes, I soon got back to normal. I'm really enjoying walling and fencing between the showers, wholesale veg orders to...

I didn't want to hijack the current thread on a similoiar topic. I am going to have 10-12ha of S Oat stubble that is earmarked for Bumblebird mix next Spring. (Not CS or SFI) In the past I have been very happy to drill some of the "spring sown) mix in the Autumn and have an early start on some...

Was on a Superg farm walk this week talking about over seeding grass and clover https://www.super-g.eu/ It was interesting to see very little difference between the 3 plots on both farms. Control v slotseeding v rotor seeding. In terms of yields, protein or energy. There was a rise in the...

Forage For Knowledge contributor case study: Phil Asbury at Clive Hall Farm. Phil holds the tenancy to Clive Hall Farm in Cheshire and has been contract farming with Grasslands Farming since 2007. There are 210 Kiwi Friesian spring block calving cows on 63 ha of grazing platform with 33 ha of...

We have a 50 ac block of arable land that we are going to grass down for 2/3 yrs We normally take 3 cuts, will it be worth putting clover in the mix and how much would you be able to reduce nitrogen per cut if we did What else do i need to look for in a seed mixture as i normally just take the...

Machinery costs seem to be going up big time.

We put half of 3rd cut in the pit yesterday, it came In fairly dry everything considered, the pit was pretty high I’d say like 7 sheer grabs deep. It’s slipped basically where the first cut face was, planned to put the rest of 3rd cut ontop, will it be ok?? We’ve had to do it in 2 goes because...

How have people seen baling and wrapping charges change this year. just paid 7.50 for baled and wrapped including fuel. We supplied the plastic , so worked out £11.50 per bale plus vat.