grassland

  1. E

    Situation Vacant Senior Conservation Grazing Officer in Essex

    Essex Wildlife Trust are the county’s leading conservation charity, committed to protecting wildlife and inspiring a lifelong love of nature; and we would love you to join our committed and enthusiastic team. Our values are Impactful, Collaborative, United and Proactive. We have an opportunity...
    • EWT
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    • application biodiversity calving cattle essex grassland grazing health lambing livestock management performance position sheep woodland
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    • Forum: Jobs Board
  2. Tha Ulsterscot

    Recycled Brown Bin Compost.

    Anyone using this compost on grassland ? I make haylage every year and have no livestock, I'm very reluctant to import Slurry or Dung as in the past I've found that it's a great way to import weeds /docks etc. It seems that at times this compost can be obtained FOC, so just thinking it might be...
    • Tha Ulsterscot
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    • analysis blackgrass diesel docks fertiliser fertilizer gas grassland haulage loader needle nutrients organic organic matter seaweed slurry spraying testing
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  3. steveR

    Fert applications

    With a supreme bout of optimism, I walked a couple of my grass fields today as I thought, foolishly as it turned out, that maybe I could travel with the baby compact tractor and the even smaller single rotor disc spreader. 100kg at a time. It really would be great to spin a bit of fert on to get...
    • steveR
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    • ammonium beef beet calves cows dairy disc drilling drought ewes fodder fodder beet forage forecast grass grassland grazing hedge herbal herbal ley lambs milking nitrogen osr parts polysulphate quad sheep silage sulphate thistles weather wheat
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  4. Badshot

    alternatives to shakearator legs

    I've taken on a few fields and want to subsoil due to past management decisions. I don't do any currently except where I've made a mess with a 16000 L tanker, and using the shaky legs is just to disruptive to the surface and structure. I'd like a leg that is much gentler in it's approach...
    • Badshot
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    • compaction cultivating direct drill disc grassland harrow horsch management mounted mzuri opico plough ploughing stubble weaving
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Cropping
  5. Mad Farmer

    NFU claiming credit for 25% SFI cap

    Received an email today from NFU welcoming SFI cap and was a result of their lobbying. Can you believe it. !!
    • Mad Farmer
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    • ahdb ahl1 application barley beans bedding beef beet break crops brome cattle cereals compaction coulters cover crop cover crops dairy defra development diesel direct drill direct drilling disease drainage drilling drought electricity elms environmental establishment family fertiliser fertility finance financial first cut flail forage fuel fungicide glyphosate grass grass weed grassland grassweeds harvest health herbal herbal ley insecticide ipm2 ipm3 ipm4 landowner landowners legumes levy maintenance maize management market markets methane milk mounted mower num3 oilseed oilseed rape omnia osr parasites peas pesticide position red tractor repair roots sam2 sam3 security seed seeding sfi sheep silage soil health solar soyl stress sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive telehandler tillage transport urea variable rate weather wheat winter wheat yields
    • Replies: 180
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  6. S

    Environmental Impact Assessment

    I would like to create a vineyard on what is currently a grass field. A quick walk over of the grassland suggests it has been improved at some point but there is no records to prove this. The site would be 2 acres or below. And would sit next to a current vineyard over the hedge. The site is...
    • Sunshine123
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    • application eia environmental environmental impact assessment grass grassland hedge vineyard
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Rural Diversification
  7. 4

    urea spreading date cut off fast approaching

    With the cut off date looming we have managed to spread most of the urea in store however we have a bit left that was destined for sp crops post emergence .We have a field of sp barley to go in and another of failed/drowned wheat to replace ,some has been ploughed and some cultivated earlier...
    • 4course
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    • ahdb ammonium animal feed application avatar barley cereals crime cultivation dairy defra drift drilling environmental fertiliser foliar forecast grass grassland harvest health liquid fertiliser maize market microbes nitrogen nozzles nroso operator pesticide pollution position potato poultry red tractor sheep storm urea weather wheat yara yields
    • Replies: 100
    • Forum: Cropping
  8. Steevo

    AIC welcomes Defra cap on SFI actions in move to sustain food production

    AIC welcomes Defra cap on SFI actions in move to sustain food production Farming Minister Mark Spencer MP made the announcement on SFI. The amount of land farmers in England can take out of food production under the Government's flagship environmental scheme will be capped, following concerns...
    • Steevo
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    • analysis application buffer defra environmental fertiliser gatekeeper grass grassland insurance management market red tractor savings security sfi soil tests sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive wheat yielding
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  9. Agriland RSS

    Limits to land use in SFI could be followed by ‘further changes’

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The decision to limit the impact of land being taken out of food production under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) could be followed by “further changes” in farming policies. This is according to the head of farm business at rural property...
  10. topground

    What should the replacement for SFI look like?

    SFI unravelling as the policy makers realise food might be in short supply and as of yesterday (25th March) not taking land out of food production is suddenly important to the government. Is it important to the population as a whole to have home grown food production subsidised? What should SFI...
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    • application barley beans bedding beef break crops calves carbon carrots cereals dairy defra diesel direct drilling drilling drought elms environmental ewes fertiliser flooding forage forecast fungicides glyphosate grass grassland grazing harvest hedge herbal herbal ley lambing lambs land agents landowner landowners maintenance maize management market milk organic osr pesticide pesticides plough position potatoes poultry premium pulses roots rpa sam2 security seed sfi sheep silage soya spring bean stress sustainable farming technology weather wheat yields
    • Replies: 156
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  11. Phil P

    SFI - What % have or where you going to taking out of production?

    Going off the back of the recent news from Defra and reading the current thread about it it would be interesting to see exactly how much land people where actually considering taking out of production. Thers a lot complaining about not being able to enter more than 25% into the 6 options that...
    • Phil P
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    • agronomist ahl1 ahl2 ahl3 application barley beans beef beet break crop break crops buffer calving cattle cereals corteva cpd defra direct drill direct drilling dressing drilling environmental establishment fertiliser grass grassland grazing harrow harvest health hedge herbal herbal ley igl1 igl2 insecticide insecticides ipm ipm1 ipm2 ipm4 lambing legumes levy maize malting management market milk num1 num2 num3 oats osr pesticide ploughing pollinator potatoes rpa ryegrass sam3 second wheat security seed sfi sheep silage soil health soil sampling soil test soil testing soil tests solar stress urea varieties weather wheat
    • Replies: 107
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  12. spin cycle

    SFI....FUBAR

    starting a new thread so i can have a 'rant' sfi.....Fekked Up Beyond All Recognition what happens now?,,,,are we? 1/supposed to put 25% of land into conservation then take that money and subsidise food ergo putting it mr tesco's pocket? 2/ have 'bird cover entitlements' been created so...
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    • accident ahl2 application barley break crop break crops buffer cattle cows crime defra drainage drilling environmental establishment financial grass grassland grazing harvest herbal herbal ley herbicide igl2 insurance ipm2 ipm3 ipm4 learning lig1 management manganese market milk num3 osr parts pollinator pollution rainfall rpa security seed sfi sheep silage stubble weather wheat winter wheat
    • Replies: 110
    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  13. C

    Will the rain ever stop

    Sorry for moaning but I'm fed up of the rain.. We have had one or two days where it's been nice. Land dries up then rain again and it's saturated.
    • cymyran easycares
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    • cattle drought fertiliser flooding forecast grass grassland hail irrigation lambing mcpa nitrogen oats position quad rainfall roots rpa sprayer spraying storm urea weather wheat
    • Replies: 70
    • Forum: Weather
  14. Defra Farming

    Why we’re putting area limits on some SFI actions

    Why we’re putting area limits on some SFI actions Written by The Team Credit: Andrew Whether you’re designing a new product or policy, testing and gradual rollouts allow teams to gather feedback, grow in understanding and make improvements in a controlled way. From the beginning — and for...
    • Defra Farming
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    • ahl1 ahl2 ahl3 application defra environmental fertility grass grassland igl1 igl2 ipm2 management num3 online parts resilient rpa rural payments agency security sfi sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive variety weather
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: News, PR, Shows and Events
  15. Agriland RSS

    Govt limits the amount of land farmers can take out of SFI ‘productive actions’

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland New measures announced today (Monday, March 25) will limit the amount of land farmers can take out of productive actions under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) also announced...
  16. ringi

    Changes to SFI to keep land in production (For all new applications)

    Breaking news: DefraGovUK says new applicants to SFI will only be able to put 25% of their land into six SFI actions that take land out of direct production The actions are: · Flower-rich grass margins · Pollen and nectar flower mix · Winter bird food on arable and horticultural land ·...
  17. Yale

    New limits to SFI.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-ensures-food-production-remains-primary-purpose-of-farming
    • Yale
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  18. Agriland RSS

    Lemken and Krone ‘combine powers’ to expand utility of field robots

    Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland The joint venture between Lemken and Krone to produce an autonomous tractor will be stepping up a gear this season with the companies appearing to have now thrown their full weight behind the project. Known as Combined Powers, the new joint division...
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    • Forum: News, PR, Shows and Events
  19. W

    Spring drilling

    Anyone managed to grab bits? I grabbed some real light bits but any clay and it’s a wet shitty mess. Not sure when to throw the towel in and go for sfi
    • willy
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    • adblue agronomist amazone barley beans beet boots carbon cattle cereals children claydon combi coulters cover crop cows cultivation cultivator death disc drilling drills drought family fertiliser fertilizer fire fodder fodder beet forage forecast foxtrot fungicide gps grass grassland grazing hail harrow harvest harvesting herbal herbal ley herbicide horsch lambs laureate loader maize malting manganese mounted mzuri nettles nitram nitrogen oats opico organic osr overdraft parts peas pgr plough ploughing pre-em propino quad rain gauge rear tyres roots ryegrass sandy seed seedbeds sfi sheep silage slugs sprayer spraying spring beans stubble t0 t1 tillage topdown tractor tyres trading transport urea valtra varieties weather weed control wheat yielding yields
    • Replies: 457
    • Forum: Cropping
  20. holwellcourtfarm

    Pay farmers to cut pollution?

    Piece in today's Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/17c78956-926a-4336-82b8-b7d03280abab?shareToken=b7c5cad963ae805bbdbe135f542df425 In case link doesn't work: FWIW, my thoughts are that farms DO need to cut water pollution. If the water industry finally sort their act out then...
    • holwellcourtfarm
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    • application calf children cows dairy development flooding gas grass grassland grazing harvest health health and safety hedge herbal herbal ley maize market methane milk milk powder nutrients parts pollution poultry rainfall roots sfi slurry solar storage stores storm water pollution water quality
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
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