harvest

How many dd guys have gone cultivating? Out next door neighbours practices a full range of cultivating and has 95% crop cover after a hard winter we dd a majority of ours and a currently re drilling 50% .cultivating a fair bit as the top is solid from rain. Any one else feal like abandoning...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland UK Flour Millers’ first annual review has revealed that UK flour milling businesses generate a combined annual turnover of £2 billion. The trade body for the UK flour milling industry’s review also shows that, in 2023, the industry supplied 3.8...

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I've something advertised on Facebook Marketplace and someone is interested in buying it, He says he's British but currently in Poland. What is the safest way for me to receive the money (£40)? I will not have anything to do with Pay Pal.

Just thought I would share a picture of wild meadow flowers cheers me up. We used to spread bagged nitrogen on the farm until 20 years ago and had no wild flowers in meadows I remember my dad saying how when he was young the meadows were full of flowers. Now I know what he meant . Over 20...

Interesting To know what inventions people have turned their plastic drums into. we just have a sledge for moving a fresh calve but I bet theres more creative things to do with them

Hi all I'm approaching retirement over the next decade and, before I die, I always wanted to have a field and grow stuff, for reasons I can't really articulate. Am I mad? My thought is to rent a handful of acres on a long term lease, and grow some apple trees. I figure that I should get a...

Written by Brad Kish from Precision Ag Find out what the most expensive field and harvest robots are and what they cost. The post These Are the Most Expensive Ag Robots You Can Buy Today appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative. Continue reading on the Precision Ag Website...

Several fields of hybrid rye where the crop has only really survived on top of drains. Maybe 20% of field areas actually growing, so no point patching. No spring fert or autumn herbicide at all. What to do? Ground/soil is sadder than I’ve ever known it, and we’ve had some sad springs. Possible...

66k members. Safe to assume that many hundreds will be lesbian/gay. We know, for sure, that Muslims are members. Important posts made about keeping abattoirs going. Yet there is a constant dribble of homophobic and racist posts. Often presented as humour, or thinly disguised as political...

Have a small crop of potatoes which were a new variety released in Australia. Grown in spring they grew misshapen and had second growth. Appears the variety isn't suited to the warm climate, and its a European variety. Lost a few following 8 inches of rain a few weeks ago so not going to...

some pretty generous grants about, all seemingly based on reducing out put. we know from sheep and cattle prices, numbers are short, if they were not, prices wouldn't be where they are. the world is getting more dangerous by the day. And yet, politicians here, from all parties, think we can...

What snap bag do you have? Currently use a DeWalt rucksack but thinking of something like the JCB cool bag with plenty of pockets. A rucksack is ok but I m sort of thinking a bag that has stiff sides so my flasks don't fall over possibly with internal pockets. Need to fit two flasks a pop bottle...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland UK pig meat production has fallen 2.5% year-on-year, with production in the first quarter of 2024 totalling 227,000t. This is a decline of 2.5% compared to the same period last year and the lowest Q1 volume recorded since 2017. The figures from...

Has any one got any views on hm trailers?

Hi all, my winter barley never received a pre em and there is now meadow grass in areas of the field. Will anything touch it? Will need spraying for wild oats, will axial pro just knock the meadow grass and it will recover? Tia

How do Bergmann forage wagons compare to Krone, Pöttinger and Strautmanns? Do they have any bigger downside or is it just less bells and whistles. My feeling is that they dont have a big market share. Why is that?

Laying the hedgerow regulations Written by Richard Harrison Credit: 35mmMan In my last post on hedgerows, I outlined our approach to the future of hedgerow protections and summarised the responses to the consultation held last year. It was clear from responses that there was overwhelming...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops specialist, Leigh McClean highlighted a number of priorities for arable farmers in Northern Ireland. His advice reflects the prospects of high pressure building and the weather improving...

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...