hail

Thunder storms around last night missed us again apart from a little piddly shower pastures ate burning up

Anyone close to putting roundup on there rape? Ours is turning rapidly.

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The first of seven ARCZero farm walks was recently hosted by Roger and Hilary Bell, who hail from Kells, Co. Meath and Co. Antrim. Approximately 150 people attended the event. Two fundamental drivers are now in place, which many believe will kickstart...

I can see why the thread was closed, some of the posts were quite rank, but why close it when this post is made? Oh dear, and men never have affairs while they have children, even if their wife is ill., or one I know of even pregnant, I just admire her energy. Why not close it when remarks...

friend of mine just posted this on FB massive hail storm swept through their farm ,mid france

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10864245/Boris-Johnson-brings-Crown-symbol-pint-glasses-Queens-Platinum-Jubilee.html It was never banned by the E U 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

Anyone milking sheep south west ? just dont hear of many doing it , my cousin is looking for a supply , very established cheese maker . any excess can be mopped up by neighbouring national cheese maker .

Who has decided to grow more in there garden and what are you growing? Salad crps are my first thought. WB

Anyone else think it's getting a bit dry? No rain for weeks, ground cracking, and no rain forecast.

With harvest values presently being enough to see outputs of over £1000/acre for OSR I have noticed we are starting to get a number of enquiries from growers about the cost of Insuring against hail. I think there were a number of losses last year in the Cambs/Essex area that may have made people...

Anyone had land fbt sold from under them by SADBF Advice and help needed ???

Saw on the news today that there’s a shortage of sunflower oil and the rest of the veg oils are in short supply too .

Apart from reducing your nitrogen usage in 2022 ;) I be interested to know how many have actually made change to reduce your carbon footprint over the past 3 years? Feel free to add what and why below. I always await these reports with a sense of dread for what it holds for farming. Generally...

Seemed like a worthwhile question given announcements of late.

Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland The Met Office has put a Status Yellow ice warning in place for northeast England and Scotland. The warning was put in place today (Wednesday, March 30) and extends until 10.00a.m tomorrow (Thursday, March 31). It affects parts of Sheffield and...

'Twas always thus - that 10-14 days in the run up to the start of lambing heralds the onslaught of TLD, prolapses, blown guts, abortions and the 1001 other things that can go wrong with sheep :banghead: Many moons ago, when I was young and keen, an old bloke once told me, "A farm or a piece...

I followed a bus through town the other day and on the back was a VIVA advert. The ad showed a picture of a Spaniel puppy and a piglet. The strapline read "Which is your favourite animal", then in much feinter print " to eat?" Now ,obviously I think that the answer in the UK is pretty obvious...

What the general thought on will it escalate in more countries going to war or will putin back down? Any fuel price predictions?

With glyphosate prices so high shall i just let the rape ripen naturally? I have the combine capacity to do it which i haven't in the past. its conventional so more at risk from rain and wind. crops looks good and even at the moment, are growing quick. Would probably still roundup any pigeoned...

Make the most of pre-em weed control in beet Pre-emergence herbicides will need to feature more prominently in sugar beet weed control programmes in order to mitigate the risks from poorer control later in the season, leading agronomy firm Hutchinsons says. While post-emergence chemistry has...