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Do cover crops count as a break crop
Looking at dropping oats from the rotation, as they are the only reason we are farm assured. All wheat and barley goes to local farms or our cattle Plan is 2 wheats, a barley, followed by a cover crop then spring barley -
How much Winter Wheat is established with a plough?
What % of Winter Wheat is still established with a plough? We farm in Cumbria and my guess would be as a county 90% will still be put in with a plough, what about in other parts of the country? Is there a national figure?- stablegirl
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Cover crops for sheep on an arable farm
We're putting in more cover crops this year to carry all sheep on over winter 700 2th/4th and 600/700 REL. This winter we have been grazing stubble turnips with one mob of REL and then cover crop for the other mob of REL. Cover crops made up of: Vetch, tillage radish, rye, volunteer cereals and...- roseshep
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New chemistry – Hidden gem to market leader?
Written by cpm from CPM Magazine Download PDF A promising new product with a new mode of action could be about to shake up the cereal herbicide market. CPM takes a first look. Luximo’s efficacy is inherently stronger than flufenacet By Mike Abram + Charles Abel It’s not often something put...- CPM RSS
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Bloody hell Clive!…..
….you jammy bugger! On TV with the lovely Rebecca Wood.- Cab-over Pete
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State of your crops -2022
Well seeing as it’s new year and last years thread on this topic ram to 80 pages, thought it time to start a new one for this year’s harvest. I don’t have a lot of winter corn in but what I have is looking ok. The warm December certainly did no harm. A selection as off today. Graham after...- Jerry
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Durham farm trials put solid science into biological farming
Durham farm trials put solid science into biological farming Spring barley profits from improved soil biology and structure Detailed trials assessing a broad range of regenerative farming strategies on a progressive Durham farm are putting some solid science into efforts to improve arable...- Direct Driller Magazine
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Lucerne
Just curious to know what peoples thoughts are on Spring vs Autumn (August/September) drilling of Lucerne. To date we have only established in the spring, but no rain in May really slowed it down, the flip side is grass weed competition in the Autumn, being organic we don't have the option of a...- Graham.T
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Rye grass as an arable weed
We’re looking to speak to growers who are struggling to control rye grass an arable weed for an upcoming focus group. It would be great to get insight on this topic from British growers so if you’re interested in being involved, please let us know.- Oonagh Davies
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Sustainable farming incentive details published today
Morning all Today we'll be publishing some information about how the sustainable farming incentive will work when we start rolling it out from next year in England. I'll post the links here as soon as they're online, and will be here on this thread over the next few days to answer your...- Janet Hughes Defra
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Best straight from stubble tilth seed bed maker?
Has anyone any advice on which machine is best at making a perfect tilth for sowing after wheat or barley? Only have a small acreage of 100 acres and s T5.105 tractor. Sowing is with a 4m air drill.Had a contractor come in and make a seed bed in one pass straight from bean stubble. Now... -
Potato Price Tracker
Now that the AHDB potato council has been kicked into touch, does the Forum have a place in providing a resource for price information?- chipchap
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Pre ploughing and pre emergence spraying
Quick question for advice . Agronomist want to spray off stubbles before ploughing ,where there is very little weeds , and then spray again with pre -em after drilling . I'm not sure whether this is right or not as I can't see the point in spraying twice with the expense of sprays . Also I want...- Hfd Cattle
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Can No-till /Regen Agric survive without glyphosate? if not we are DOOMED!! I think it can..
Just my thoughts!- richard hammond
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Bandur Herbicide
Anybody used this before? https://cropscience.bayer.co.uk/our-products/herbicides/bandur/- Steevo
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Added reasons to not rush into winter cereal drilling this year
Written by William Kellett from Agriland It may be tempting to drill winter cereals promptly as soon as conditions allow, but there are multiple reasons not to drill too early this season if you have grass weeds, says Paul Gruber, regional technical manager for agronomy firm, ProCam. High...- Agriland RSS
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Fert prices vs fallow ?
So at what price point for N do you fallow your farm ? early bought N which seemed expensive at the time now looks cheap, how about selling it on and taking a year out ?- Clive
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LIVE - DEFRA SFI Janet Hughes “ask me anything” 19:00-20:00 20th September (Today)
Hello, I’m Janet Hughes. I’m the Programme Director for the Future Farming and Countryside Programme in Defra – the programme that’s phasing out the Common Agricultural Policy and introducing new schemes and services for farmers. Today (20 September) between 7pm-8pm, I and some of my...- Janet Hughes Defra
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Winter linseed drilling
Just wondering when others with experience of winter linseed think is the best time to drill? I know some will have got theirs in already but I’m in Kent so was thinking mid-September? @Flintstone was early last year but don’t recall seeing how it performed.- moretimeforgolf
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Warm weather brings threat of BYDV for cereal growers
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The current spell of warm weather will be welcomed by almost every farmer throughout Ireland, but if it were to continue for the next few weeks, it would increase the risk of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus – BYDV – becoming a real problem within newly...- Agriland RSS
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