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Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF The right cover crop mix can help improve nutrient management and provide an environmentally-friendly alternative to chemical pest control. CPM speaks to two growers who are making the most of Severn Trent’s funding scheme. By Rob Jones...

What's people's thoughts on rolling/harrowing fields after sheep grazing to spread the dung about for fertiliser ?, I'm a small time crofter new into it with 8 acres, just wondering if I should spread the dung over the field after grazing or just leave it be after grazing, not sure if spreading...

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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 Claire Sammon from Agriland The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is warning that farmers are caught in a perfect storm, squeezed between margin pressures, high feed input costs, and limited supplies of both forage and bedding materials. According to the organisation, the effects of...

Heaps of manure in pens cows laid in /on it. sh!t everywhere. Is this normal practice??

A bit hypothetical , but if it goes really dry how would you cope ? I'd be fine as I've written off this year .

so Its looking like I’m not going to get all my Spring barley in this year. What’s the best to plant end of April/may. Don’t mind if it’s to just graze lambs or to cut it. wondered about vetch and cutting it then grazing lambs on it over the winter. Any better ideas?

Reports the 970 acre 'Sibleyback farm' on Bodmin has been sold to rewilders....£10 million to turn it into native woodland and bog. Where does this all end?

Hi, is rape tge best drought hardy summer crop? I only feed dry silage in summer to weaners, its not great pasture at farm (started reno this year). The end of jan till end of April hurts me growth wise as its our dry period here. Margins are tight atm so need economical method of keeping...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The new non-executive commissioner of the Forestry Commission has been appointed for a three-year term. By Royal Warrant, His Majesty King Charles III appointed Arthur “Jo” Bradwell as the new commissioner. Bradwell’s three-year term as forestry...

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...

Written by Maeve Hennessy from Agriland The National Sheep Association (NSA) stated that traditional farming practices “could be threatened” as large landowners look to reclaim farmland for “economically, beneficial environmental” practices. The NSA added that at a meeting for NSA Northern...

Looking for examples of tenanted farms or land taken back in hand for SFI or other greenwashing. Press are interested

Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland The breeding season is fast approaching and getting cows grazing continues to be a significant challenge on dairy farms. On many farms, fodder supplies are now very much depleted. With breeding around the corner, it is vital that cows are being...

I've got about 7 acres that now about 6ft and in flower, it was too wet to graze all winter. Roots on a whole look good still, some gone rotten. Who this be ok to graze with some ewe lambs?

Acting on the recommendations of the Dartmoor Review Written by The Team Credit: Stuart Allen Dartmoor is one of England’s most loved landscapes, with wide open moorland framed by steep woodland valleys and rolling hills. People are drawn to Dartmoor to immerse themselves in its nature...

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...

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...