harvest

Keep hearing mention of 40 years in farming in posts. Wondering the average age of posters.

“As discussed over the phone, parcel SD————- has actions larger than the eligible land. In the SFI application (————), SAM1 & IPM4 are for 2.8665 ha, but our mapping data shows the size of the eligible land cover is 2.8414 ha. As agreed over the phone, a reduction of 0.0251 ha will take place.”...

Wondered how other people were getting on with their SFI applications.

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine One of only five Group 1 varieties on the current AHDB winter wheat Recommended List, SY Cheer has now been confirmed as a full Group 1 variety by UK Flour Millers. Matthew Bull, seeds technical manager for the variety’s breeder, Syngenta, says as...

Hello, Having had a fantastic looking crop of Organic S Beans all year, the inset of Chocolate Spot has been a major hit on yield and seed size after harvest. Has anyone seen any trial work on treatments, varietal difference etc. etc. they can share?

Anyone getting close to harvest yet? I did some DM tests last Friday and they ranged between 25-27% We normally aim for 32%DM, so think we'll be 2/3 weeks at least. We're based near Coventry.

I supply small bales of straw but find my bale packer relatively slow. Im trying to think of a way to clear fields quickly with less labour and compaction at harvest. I think I've seen one or two members on here say they large bale straw or hay for convenience and speed and then rebale them in...

I didn't get much planted last season, don't want to get it wrong again Mine is ready to go, thinking I'll go after the weekend,16th Sept at 100 kg. Choice is Dawsum, Skyscraper, Champion. Toying with the idea of blending and adding some Gleam in too. Kind-ish land, good seedbeds, 1st wheats???

Any members knowledgeable on the types of first aid kits that are good farms? I would like to get a few and guess a standard first aid kit is not enough. Looking in the one we have it wouldn't be much good for anything other than minor stuff (the sort of stuff we wouldn't realistically worry...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural and Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed the potential for the upcoming grain harvest in Australia to be one of the largest on record. This projection is based on the figures released last week by the Australian...

I seen a few of the videos of harvesting in Montana and Canada, cutting a variety of crops, regularly yielding 10 to 20 bushel at best, the farmers say a bumper yield would be 40 to 50 bushels. Cutting with a 45ft header at 6kph would be around 20ac/hour or between 5 and 25t/ hour. Why are they...

Got one in on hire now, how close to ambient temperature do people cool down each batch, I usually go down very close but I do have cooling towers in the store....

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Nine new varieties have been added to the British Society of Plant Breeders’ 2025 Forage Maize Descriptive Lists.KWS Granturismo, KWS Bravo, KWS Kampinos, KWS Temprano, Papageno and Rejko from KWS, alongside Promise, AYA and Duke from Limagrain...

Does anyone know of any tractor mounted swathers in the UK? Looking for something belt driven as above?

As I posted on here a month or so back, my Trimble 750 screen had a meltdown at the beginning of harvest. I made it through harvest with it working ok, but now need put it all back as best as I can as it was before. I have some configuration files saved to USB - one for Combine and one for...

There are a load of late tillers in our spring wheat, meaning some of the grain is pretty much ready but a lot isn't, and the weather is slowing ripening. What do I do about this? Just wait it out? I am not keen on pre harvest glyphosate, especially as it is hopefully milling grade (although 3/4...

The wool discussion on here ends once the shearing season finishes and little more is ever thought about it. Yet the sales of this seasons wool have only just begun. The good news is that the price has increased and is now back to where it was 4 years ago and all new seasons wool has been sold...

Has any one had any new A W grain or root trailers how have they performed and reliablty

Anyone on here understand their workings? Not something we traditionally had to look at with 90" of rainfall, and water oozing everywhere. But seen them on chalk ground to the East. How do they fill? Is it the cooling air sliding over the brow of an evening, dropping into the pond sited to...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland According to the Andersons Centre, the UK cereals harvest continues apace against the backdrop of sliding grain prices. The value of UK November 2024 feed wheat futures reached the lowest point for the contract since March 2024, although spot prices...