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Can the plan be done by a recently retired basis advisor ? It's not like they have forgotten what pests etc are and it says nothing about current ones . My old agronomist would do it for me for a small fee

Not seen any yet, normally here around the 6th

Trying to work costings for this year. Been weighting bales of hay and some haylage. Hay ave 260 kg, haylage 200 kg. Trying to work which is the cheapest and best value. Just want peoples thinking...

Is it too late to plant now ..diablo variety , field very different in the fact one end is quite shallow and stoney , other half wet and heavy?

So much in the news on this doesn’t make sense: Trying to keep prices down for the hard pressed public etc etc has anyone drilled into where the profits come from within the business?

wanting to claim on existing herbal leys hoping 1/may start date but some of them are to plough out sept 23 some sept 24, can I claim the the herbal payment in the same scheme year that I am ploughing them out? they'll still be down for 4/5 months of the scheme year where as if I was...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (CAFRE) has just published a crops update for Northern Ireland. It relates the continuing impact of the poor weather on winter cereals, while also reflecting on the 2024 spring planting opportunities...

We have a batch of a 100 Shearlings that have just started lambing that are causing a concern. Unusually we can trace the history of these since birth, so all home bred. First 12 months after weaning grazed away on a farm with no other sheep. They did have an issue with wormer resistance but...

This forum popped up several times as I have been doing research on planning permission and you lads and lasses seem to know the ins and outs of these matters. If I buy a plot of land somewhere looking for as far away from neighbours what could happen? I am self sufficient in my van for all...

Looks like a window opening up end of week, weekend to get sprayer out. OSR beginning to flower, have Fungicide,PGR, boron to go on. Have had spray recs for about a month and never got it on. It's had 110kg/N already but normally like to get last application on as flowering starts. Winter...

Looking for advice for feeding ewes and lambs as grass availability is getting tight at the moment... ewes started lambing 1st of march. Is it worthwhile grouping ewes together on a few fields and creep feeding them and their lambs for a month or so to rest other fields up so that i can have...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has said that “unrelenting” wet weather means farmers are facing continued financial pressure. Lockhart, who is the Democratic Unionist Party’s (DUP) environment, food and rural affairs Westminster representative...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A Somerset farmer has been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling nearly £5,000 after silage effluent polluted the Fivehead river close to his farm. 44-year-old Daniel Macey of Underhill Farm, Staple Fitzpaine, near Taunton, was ordered to pay...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for other Rock Review recommendations to be taken forward, including the creation of a tenant farming commissioner. The union welcomed the launch of the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Code of...

Heavy rain again last night. Can not see the blocks being dry enough for at least 2 weeks if we get no more rain. If it stays wet, when is it to late to drill? Would you still get paid if not redrilled if it's not possible?

50 acres. 6 fields but would split into 12 paddocks. Old PP but flat and decent ground. How many store lambs could you finish from mid June to 31st October? Obviously depends on weather but rough idea.

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland A ban on glyphosate could lead to an increase in weed abundance and a decrease in the yields of some crops, according to a new modelling study carried out at Rothamsted Research. Although the environmental risks associated with this herbicide would be...

Read a snippet in the Farmers Weekly this week that seemed to imply that the new rules regarding urea and the 1st of April were a Red Tractor thing. Is it just for farm assurance or is it a defra thing, and if it`s a defra thing then what can they do if you do spread after the cut off date??

Any recommendations/ avoid for a 3 metre machine for a 120 hp tractor. Mainly for barley stubbles to put back into grass, ploughed leys into forage roots and to bust up root stubbles in preparation for spring barley. TIA.🙂