grass leys

  1. G

    Farm assurance again

    Had an inspection booked for weeks now she the inspector rings this morning and asks if her boss is ok to come with her and inspect her i told her no its bad enough having 1 of you she seemed a bit put out what am i going to tell him the truth i said said she will have to rebook when i have time...
    • Gedd
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    • ahdb beet carbon cattle environmental ewes financial grass grass leys harvest insurance maintenance nroso organic premium red tractor repairs sfi sheep soil test sprayer spraying stress training wheat
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    • Forum: Cropping
  2. H

    SFI issues and complaints

    This thread is for folks who have real problems with SFI to explain those problems with others.. That way the SFI threads which support SFI can be kept that way.. Please post constructively and dont make it personal please as we all have a view point or personal experience.. thank you😊
    • Huno
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    • ahl3 ahl4 application beans beef biodiversity break crop cereals dairy defra elms first cut forecast gate grass grass leys grassland grazing hedge herbal ipm2 ipm4 legumes lig1 maize mapping osr rpa ryegrass sandy seed sfi sheep silage stubble weather wheat winter wheat woodland yields
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    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  3. snipe

    What % of winter crops not planted or destroyed

    What % of your intended winter crop have not been planted or damaged by flood/slugs/ flee Beatle?
    • snipe
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    • accident agrii agronomist agronomists agronomy ahdb ahl1 ahl2 ammonium analysis aphids application atlantis avatar axial baling barley beans beet belkar belmont blackgrass boots break crop break crops brome brother buying group bydv carbon carrots cattle cctv cereals claas claydon combi combo compaction corteva coulter coulters cover crop cover crops cows cranesbill cultivating cultivation cultivations cultivator death defra dff diarrhoea diesel direct drill direct drilling disc disease downland drainage dressing drilling drills drone drought dual wheels earthworms environmental establishment eyespot family fendt fertiliser fertiliser spreader finance financial fire first cut flooding fodder fodder beet forage forecast fuel fungicide fungicides futures gas gate gates gleam glyphosate grain store grass grass leys grass weed grassland grassweed grazing groundswell handling harrow harvest harvesting health healthy soils hedge herbal herbicide hilux holstein honda hoof insecticide insecticides insitor ipm2 irrigation kawasaki kuhn kws lambs landowners laureate learning lely levy liberator liming loader loader tractor maize malting management manganese market milk minerals mounted nettles nitrogen num3 nutrients nutrition oats online organic organic matter osr overdraft paddock parts peas pgr pig plough ploughing polaris potash potato potatoes poultry pre-em premium prilled quad rain gauge rainfall rapeseed rapid red tractor repair repairs reseed residual residuals resilient roots roundup rpa rtk rye ryegrass sandy savings sdhi second wheat security seed seed treatment seedbeds sfi sheep silage slug slugs slurry soiler solar sprayer spraying spring bean spring beans storm stress stubble sulphate sulphur syngenta t0 t1 t2 t3 theft third wheat tillage triticale urea vaderstad variable rate varieties variety vibrance vicon vigour water infiltration water logging water management weather weaving weed control wheat winter wheat worms wosr yamaha yara yielding yields zypar
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    • Forum: Cropping
  4. W

    RIGHT OR WRONG DRILLS

    With this extreme weather bursts we get now, its got me thinking what is the right drill for all weather conditions? We have all been led to believe direct drilling or min till is the best for your ground? but what is best for your income? After all this wet all us direct drill boys are now...
    • WOODCHIP
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    • avatar barley bayer beans blackgrass bydv combi coulters cultivate dff diesel direct drill direct drilling disc drilling drills environmental family fertility forecast glyphosate grain dryer grass grass leys grassweeds harvest hatra hedge horsch kuhn maize mounted nettles osr pdm peas plough ploughing pre-em pto rainfall rapid rtk seed sprayer sprinter stress stubble vaderstad vaderstad rapid vicon weather wheat winter wheat yields
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    • Forum: Machinery
  5. bobk

    Is it possible to make hay from a herbal ley ?

    A thought came to me
    • bobk
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    • accident agronomist baling barley carbon cattle cereals clamp dairy dandelion defra docks establishment ewes fertiliser fertility flail fodder forage forecast grass grass leys grazing hedge herbal kuhn lambing lambs legumes maize management milk mower nettles paddock ploughing rye sam3 seed sfi sheep silage tedder thistles varieties variety vicon yielding yields
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  6. Jsmith2211

    2019 all over again?

    Starting to get a little worried now. Spring seed might be short... Weather doesnt look great on the forcast - given how sh!t harvest was, could we be in for just as bad an autumn?
    • Jsmith2211
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    • agronomist agronomy ahdb analysis aphids application avatar avian baling barley bateman beans beef beef cattle beet blackgrass boom boots break crop break crops brother bydv cabbage calcium carrots cattle cereals children chloride claydon combi compaction coulters cover crop cover crops cows cultivation cultivations cultivator dairy death derwent diesel direct drill direct drilling disc disease down to earth drainage dressing drilling drills drought establishment ewes family fertility financial fire flail flock flooding fodder fodder beet foliar forage forecast fungicide fungicides gas gate gleam glyphosate grass grass leys grass weed grassland grassweeds grazing harrow harvest harvesting hedge herbal herbicide horsch insecticide insurance ipm ipm4 lambs learning loader magnesium maize malting management manganese market milk minerals mzuri nitrogen nozzles oats oilseed oilseed rape orchard organic organic matter osr paddock parasite parts pgr pickup plough ploughing polaris potash potatoes pre-em quad rain gauge rainfall rapid red tractor repair reseed residual roots round bales roundup rye ryegrass sandy savings seed seedbeds seeding sfi sheep silage slug slug pellets slugs soya soybeans sprayer spraying spring beans storm stress stubble sulphur sustainable farming thistles tillage treated seed triticale vaderstad variety water logging weather weather station weaving wheat winter wheat worms yields
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    • Forum: Cropping
  7. Stephensonlouis

    AHL2 - Winter Bird Food

    Has anyone ever autumn established SFI AHL2 after a crop off winter wheat, grown fast seeding crops such as mustard and then gone into a spring barley late March early April? Probably a good reason why it isn’t being done!
    • Stephensonlouis
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    • ab8 agrii agronomist agronomists agronomy ahdb ahl1 ahl2 ahl3 analysis application avatar barley beans beef beet biodiversity blackgrass boots break crop break crops buffer buying group bydv carbon carrots cattle cereals children clamp claydon cleavers co2 combi combo corteva cover crop cover crops cultivate cultivation cultivator dairy death defra desiccation development diesel direct drill direct drilling disc disease docks drilling drills drought environment agency environmental establishment ewes family farmdeals fat hen fertiliser fertilizer finance financial fire flail fodder fodder beet forage forecast fuel fungicide gate gleam glyphosate grain store grass grass leys grass weed grassland grassweeds grazing groundsel harvest harvesting health hedge herbal herbicide hoof insecticide insecticides insurance integrated pest management ipm ipm1 ipm2 ipm3 ipm4 knight kuhn lamma landowners learning legumes levy loader loader bucket maize management market mayweed milk miscanthus mower natural capital nfu mutual nitrogen num1 num2 num3 nutrients nutrition oats ofc oilseed oilseed rape organic organic matter osr parts peas peaty performance pesticide pesticides pests pig platform plough ploughing pollinator pollution poppy potato potatoes pulses rapid red tractor renewal reseed residual roots roundup rpa rural payments agency rye ryegrass sam1 sam2 sam3 sandy satellite savings second wheat seed seedbeds seeding seedling sequencing sfi sheep silage slug slugs slurry software soil health soil test sprayer spraying spring beans storage stores stress stubble su sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive t3 teat thistle thistles triticale urea varieties variety water logging weather weaving weed control wheat wild oats winter wheat worms yielding yields
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    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  8. yellow belly

    SFI - Self Help and Tips

    Starting a thread with solutions to application please keep it to practical solution there are other threads for rants and complaints
    • yellow belly
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    • agronomist agronomists agronomy ahl2 ahl3 ahl4 analysis application barley beans beef beef cattle blackgrass boots break crops brother buffer carbon carbon capture cattle cereals cleavers combi cover crop cover crops cultivating dairy death deere defra digital direct drill disc drainage dressing drilling drought environmental establishment family fertiliser fertility fertilizer financial flail fodder forage fuel fungicides gate glyphosate gps grass grass leys grass weed grassland grassweed grazing harvest harvesting health hedge herbal herbicide hoof horsch horticulture hrw1 hrw2 hrw3 igl3 insecticide insecticides ipm ipm1 ipm2 ipm3 ipm4 lambing lambs lig1 lig2 maintenance maize management mapping market milk nettles nitrogen num1 num2 num3 nutrients oats online operator orchard organic organic matter osr paddock peas peat pesticide pesticides plough ploughing pollinator poultry pre-em renewal reseed roots rpa rye ryegrass sam1 sam2 sam3 satellite security seed seeding sfi sheep slug slug pellets slugs soil assessment soil health soil sampling soil test soil testing sprayer storage supplement sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive technology testing thistles triticale turnout varieties variety weather weed control wheat wild oats woodland yields
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    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  9. CPM RSS

    How tine drills can make soils more workable

    Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF Increasing awareness surrounding soil health has meant many farmers and contractors have taken the decision to change their drill. CPM hears how tine drills have made soils more workable in the South West. By Rob Jones and Melanie...
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  10. 4

    sfi you can now apply

    5.45 am this morning rec email from defra saying as youve registered your interest you can now start your application. ok thinks me will try . First thing to do will be go get some more ink and a couple of reams of printer paper as will have to download the 40 pages of the new guidance of how...
    • 4course
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    • agronomist agronomists ahl2 ahl3 aphids application barley beans beef beet biodiversity blackgrass break crop brome buffer bydv carbon carbon capture cattle cereals combi cover crop cover crops cultivation death defra dff diesel digital diquat direct drill direct drilling disc docks drainage drift drilling drought elms environmental establishment fertiliser fertilizer finance financial fire fodder forecast fuel fungicides gate gates glyphosate gps grain store grass grass leys grassland grassweed grassweeds grazing harrow harvest harvesting hedge herbal herbicide hoof hrw1 hrw2 hrw3 igl1 igl2 igl3 insecticide insecticides ipm ipm1 ipm2 ipm3 ipm4 lambs learning legumes liberator lig1 maize management mapping market methane milk mor1 nematode nematodes nettles nitrogen num1 num2 num3 nutrients nutrition oats oilseed oilseed rape organic osr parts peas pesticide pesticides pests pig platform plough ploughing pollinator pollution poultry premium reseed residual roots roundup rpa rye ryegrass sam1 sam2 sam3 satellite seed seeding sfi sheep silage slugs software soil sampling soil test spraying spring beans storage stress stubble sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive technology thistles tillage trading training triticale varieties variety vra weather weed control wheat wild oats winter wheat woodland yields
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    • Forum: Tenant Farming, Subsidies, BPS & Legal Issues
  11. D

    Docks in grass seeds

    Put grass seeds in about 3 weeks ago, they are up and away. Sprayed with roundup first, should I be spraying for docks again now or wait until Spring. I can see the little buggers there starting to grow. Our two Spring reseeds were not sprayed at all, tried to be clever, it didn't work, now...
    • DairyNerd
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    • agronomist break crop chickweed corteva cows docks fluroxypyr glyphosate grass grass leys grassland grazing herbal maize mcpa minerals nettles roots roundup rye seedling slurry spraying su thistles weed control wheat
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    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  12. bobk

    SFI the verdict .....

    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 .
    • bobk
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    • agronomy ahl2 antibiotic application autonomous barley beef beet biodiversity blackgrass boots break crops calf calving caravan carbon cattle cereals cover crops cows cultivation dairy defra diesel direct drill direct drilling docks drilling drought elms environmental establishment family farmyard fertiliser fertilizer finance financial first cut flail flock forage fungicide gas gps grass grass leys grassland grazing handling harvest haulage hedge herbal herbicide hoof igl2 insecticide insecticides insurance jcb knight lambs learning legumes lig1 lig2 maintenance maize malting management mapping market milk natural capital nitrogen num2 nutrients oats organic organic matter osr parts pesticide pig plough rpa rye ryegrass sam2 satellite seed seeding sequestration sfi sheep silage slurry soil test soil testing soil tests storage storm stress stubble sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive teat technology thistle tillage trading training vra weather wheat wild oats woodland yielding yields
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  13. W

    AB8 Drilling

    How late is too late to drill AB8? got a fair amount to put in…
  14. Robert

    How Best To Manage Dirty 'No-till' Stubbles Post Harvest Pre Drilling /Also Breaking the BYDV Green Bridge?

    Thinking about our bean stubbles in particular which have a fairly weedy understory this year. Some of the weeds if left will set seed imminently (groundsel being our particular nemesis nowadays), but don't want to be too reliant on more than one pre-planting roundup. Also - thinking about...
    • Robert
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    • Forum: Cropping
  15. B

    OSR this year ?

    So is Osr still part of your plan, with some decent rain around conditions good. Is osr worthwhile, bit weary of slugs and csb...
    • buttercup
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    • agronomist agronomy ahdb application arylex avatar barley beans beet belkar blackgrass boom boron break crop break crops bydv cabbage carbon cattle cereals claydon cleavers clomazone combi coulter coulters cover crop cover crops cranesbill csfb cultivate cultivating cultivation cultivations cultivator defra diesel direct drill direct drilling disc disease dressing drift drilling drills drought dsv electricity erucic erucic acid establishment family fat hen fertiliser fertility financial fire flock fodder foliar forecast fuel fungicide fungicides gas gate genetic glyphosate grain store grass grass leys grassweeds grazing handling harrow harvest herbal herbicide hoof horsch insecticide insecticides irrigation kuhn lambs learning lely malting management manganese market mart metazachlor mzuri nitrogen num3 oats organic osr parts peas pests pgr plough ploughing polysulphate ppe pre-em pulses rainfall rapid repair residual roots roundup ryegrass sam2 sam3 second wheat seed seeding sfi sheep silage sip slug slug pellets slugs soil sampling soya sprayer spraying spring beans sprinter storage storm stress stubble sulphur teb triticale vaderstad vaderstad rapid varieties variety weather weaving weed control wheat winter wheat yielding yields
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    • Forum: Cropping
  16. D

    Deadly Nightshade

    Is this it? How do you get rid of it out of grass leys without making it palatable to sheep.
    • DrWazzock
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    • cattle fluroxypyr grass grass leys grassland maize potato sheep varieties wheat
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  17. Davy_g

    Establishing clover in grassland

    Morning everyone. Could I have some suggestions for establishing clover (white and or red) in mature grassland. I'm looking for alternative methods what don't cost much. I could graze it tight and drill it but timing, cost and weather really are big factors as I wouldn't have more than one...
    • Davy_g
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  18. Sid

    Overseeding

    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...
    • Sid
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  19. L

    Frit Fly after 1 year Grass

    Morning all, Has anyone had any issue with frit fly after a 1 year grass ley? Was looking to sow early-mid September but ideally would like to graze right up to that point. We are in Scotland if the latitude makes any difference.
    • Lothian
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    • dressing grass grass leys plough ploughing seed sheep vigour wheat winter wheat
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    • Forum: Cropping
  20. YELROM

    2/3 year cutting grass seed mixtures

    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...
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    • Forum: Dairy Farming
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