Just had the route to change. Future Scottish Gov. intentions for Farming.
The fine print to follow after a few months and probably a change of Scottish Government.
Farmers Weekly went to a farm in the Netherlands to report on how a one man dairy operation makes top quality multi cut / crop lasagne silage in a time efficient way...
Only 6 weeks in to his new post as CEO of AHDB , Graham Wilkinson finds time for a key trip (read jolly) to meet USDA in America
Back at the ranch , Red Tractor today laud an initial review commissioned by AHDB from the Birnie Consultancy on key beef and lamb assurance differentiators . a 77...
Evening all, at work, we are looking for an accurate guidance, rtk or close, as we are drilling our own maize with a 3m powerharrow with a mounted maize drill. The tractors aren't guidance ready but a new one in the future will be so will be following a lightbar for now. We already have a...
The rainfall and flooding that has hit the UK recently have posed farmers up and down the UK with unprecedented challenges setting usual progress back immeasurably. Grant James, Business Development Manager at Sea2Soil says regenerative farming - which harnesses the natural capabilities of fish...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Welsh Beef producers can take centre stage and showcase the sector’s sustainability credentials during Great British Beef Week, Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has said.
Great British Beef Week will take place from April 23-30, 2024...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) is aiming to inform the public of the “essential role” that livestock farming plays in looking after the environment.
Ahead of World Earth Day on Monday, April 22, HCC said it wants to highlight the...
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As increasingly technical sprayers become mainstream in the market, the future of widespread spot spraying looks set. CPM pinpoints some of the latest technologically advanced products to hit the market for a flavour of what’s around the...
A wet autumn followed by a very wet spring means weeds are thriving and giving grassland farmers yet another problem to grapple with.
Many pastures were left unsprayed in the autumn as the wet weather set in, allowing grassland weeds to become more established than ever.
Ryan Came-Johnson...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society is seeking the county’s top “progressive farmers” for its Baron de Rutzen Award.
Farmers must demonstrate their farm’s use of the latest technology methods to promote progressive and sustainable agriculture...
Webinar follow up: Uplands
Written by Becky Briggs
On Wednesday 27 March, we held a webinar on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship (CS) schemes for upland farmers. In this post, I’ll summarise what we covered and include links for you to learn more.
We were...
Webinar follow up: livestock and grassland
Written by Becky Briggs
We recently held a webinar for livestock and grassland farmers in England. A recording is embedded above.
In the webinar, we gave an overview of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer and how the scheme supports both...
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For this month’s topical cereal disease and agronomy feature, CPM reviews insights from AHDB’s re-run Early Bird Survey coupled with added reflections from agronomists and farmers.
By Janine Adamson
One thing’s for certain – this year...
Your basis membership just got better
Has anyone else had an email saying that the fee is going to go up by £55 per year?
I'm struggling to work out what last year's cost was but I think it was around £150 (basis + facts), does that make it a 30% increase?
They are trying to justify it with...
I've never got this right.
My criteria are:
Must be 4m min and pulled by 265hp.
Minimal moving parts & bearings
Must have reasonably priced tungsten wearing metal.
Needs to be able to work hilly heavy land to say 8 inches max, with both lift and mix.
Must also be able to work shallow and quick...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
The introduction of digital technology and the rapid growth of its capabilities over the past few years has given the impression of a shotgun approach to digitalisation, rather than a well-targeted implementation.
AGCO are the latest company to...
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?
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??
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