flooding

  1. bobk

    Looking grim .......

    10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .
  2. Pushdyke

    It looks like it could be a dry time

    With high pressure to the North and Easterly winds setting in, are we in for a dry spring. It might last to early summer or even St Swithens.
  3. 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...
  4. JP1

    Even if your crops are in or out of the floods don't get your gas banger reported - District Council

    https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=821825753322075&set=a.318152997022689 South Holland District Council 6 h · 📣 It is planting time of the year for our local farmers! However, bird scarers safeguard our farmer’s crops but overuse can be a disturbance to our residents 🏡 If you're...
  5. B R C

    Turnover vanity profit sanity….what a load of tosh

    Heard this said plenty of times, but really if you have a small farm turning over a relatively small amount say £1-200k you are only ever going to be able to make so much money no matter how efficient you are or how well you sell your produce. The only way to increase profits is to increase...
  6. Agriland RSS

    Scotland: 10,000ha of peatland set as part of rewetting journey

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has set 10,000ha of peatland as part of a recovery journey through the rewetting of sites. It is estimated that, when fully recovered, the 10,000ha will permanently bring about emissions savings of 87,800t...
  7. Kevtherev

    Reduction in arable acreages

    Just a thought Straw shortages for the livestock industry Less cereals for feed Less acreages for the spraying contractors Less agronomy and chemicals Les’s fertiliser sales And so on Hearing big acreages of SFI
  8. Agriland RSS

    High-risk crops can lead to pollution and flooding – Environment Agency

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Environment Agency has launched a campaign to highlight the risks of growing high-risk crops in the south west of England. The agency said the high-risk crops, which include maize, fodder beet and potatoes, can lead to pollution and flooding...
  9. L

    Water in fuel -quad

    Yamaha 350 grizzly, we’ve managed to get water in the fuel tank and now she won’t start. Turns over but won’t fire up. So far- all fuel drained out of tank and up to carburettor tanks been taken off and cleaned and replaced, New clean fuel in Spark plug is sparking Heated spark plug and used...
  10. Bury the Trash

    " We can do both .......

    https://www.farminguk.com/news/former-mp-neil-parish-launches-new-farming-podcast_64254.html https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/we-can-do-both/id1733057691 Neil has just been on the local radio about that , sounded well .
  11. Agriland RSS

    NFU calls for stability for farm businesses in spring budget

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for the spring budget to increase the ability of farm businesses to deal with volatility and build stability. The union wrote to Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, who will present his spring...
  12. Cruiser_79

    Yamaha kodiak 400 carb

    Some guy that tried to fix my carb haven't succeeded yet, and now my kodiak is still not running.. The man is quite old and has some health issues so I can't push him too hard :rolleyes: But finally the weather is getting better so hopefully I can go in the field for surveying within a few...
  13. D

    Reduction in Combinable Crops Output as a Result of SFI

    One for combinable crop growers.
  14. onthehoof

    Bonkers EA river management

  15. Environment Agency

    Environment Agency Q&A - Agricultural Regulations

    Welcome to the Environment Agency Q&A event on The Farming Forum. For the next two days, this thread will be open for questions for our team at the Environment Agency to answer farmers questions on agricultural regulations. The Environment Agency are aiming to engage with the community on the...
  16. Vader

    GFC was to go ahead - now not going ahead

    Just seen in FW that RT plan to press ahead. RT(and so NFU) have now come out with it. So that's the battle lines drawn.. If you want GFC, then stay in nfu If your again it, join BFU Also looks like we need to talk with NSA Anyone with contacts at top of NSA? Updated on 8th March following 2...
  17. D

    SFI from a dairy perspective

    Feel like i need to make a decision on what to do with this SFI. What are your plans? There are quite generous payments on offer. I have heard of several local farmers putting everything into SAM3, £360ish/Ha, buying some seed and throwing it around and thinking it's easy money. Even the...
  18. Corteva Technical

    Arable farmers need to rethink herbicide strategies following 2024’s wet start

    Arable farmers need to rethink herbicide strategies following 2024’s wet start With some fields still under water following widespread flooding in January, farmers will need a robust herbicide plan in place as they battle to catch up this spring. A wet autumn delayed drilling of many winter...
  19. D

    Rewetting - What it really means.

    I’m next door to a rewetting project that’s a combined effort or “non effort” between the Forestry Commission, Natural England and the Wolds Chalk Stream project or something like that. And I’m fairly angry about it as fetid stinking water is sometimes pouring across their plantations onto the...
  20. Agriland RSS

    NFU seeks support for British farming ahead of General Election

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is asking which political party will back British farming and deliver the right plan for British food ahead of a General Election at its annual conference. The union’s annual conference kicks off today (Tuesday...
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