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    Fresh Produce Waste and Loss

    My name is Holly, and I am a final year Product Design student at the University of Lincoln. As a part of my final year project, I am working on creating a product or service that can help reduce the waste of fresh produce after harvesting. While conducting my research, I came across the...
  2. paul&mandy

    Whole farm into SFI hedgerows

    I'm helping someone measure all the fields. There is about 130 fields to measure hedges. I'll be the 1 cutting and managing what and how it's cut. We have decided incremental trimming probably suites best so a light trim every year leaving 4inches every yr. Some might go every other yr. 1. When...
  3. Foxcover

    Thriplow Annual Report

    50th annual report, as always, honest, interesting and humerous. Thanks @dontknowanything https://www.thriplow-farms.co.uk/blog/v1ydbn1skqcou1a17225sny7g4n6ry-ea5gf-ww2jr-fwp6z
  4. TFF

    Prebiotics: A Solution for Improving Plant Growth, Soil Health, and Carbon Sequestration?

    Abstract Soil fertility and productivity are severely impacted by exploitation and degradation processes. These threats, coupled with population growth and climatic changes, compel us to search for innovative agroecological solutions. Prebiotics, a type of soil biostimulant, are used to enhance...
  5. bobk

    Has 2023 been a good year for you ?

    Personally it's been a total sh!t storm , everything from March went tits up , even now it continues to take Might go on the Wassiel in 2 days , burn a few virgins or whatever they do
  6. T

    Paying before receiving goods

    I paid for fodder beet upfront to help someone out with money issues, when the time came for it to be lifted it was rotten, where do I stand?
  7. J

    Standing Maize Price

    Looking for people’s thoughts on a reasonable price for Standing Maize. We grow maize for a couple of farms as it is a useful break for our arable rotation, the blocks vary from roughly 25 to 75 acres, the customers supply a varying amount of cattle FYM, not enough to see the crop through so...
  8. D

    Wish list from the SFI santa?

    What would you like from SFI for a late Xmas gift. I include CS because they will merge in time. My wish is an annual payment for a commitment to keep good drystone walls maintained. I've a feeling in my water that I'm going to be lucky. To be greedy (it is my thread) I'd like to see some...
  9. Henery

    Lady Carnarvon, “You Can’t Eat Trees” !

    http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1566/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/1566/pub/1566/page/61/article/NaN Hope this link works, at last …. Rewilding is NOT the answe
  10. Still Farming

    Christmas procedures /traditions

    Do you all do different things every year or stick to same routines? Christmas Eve get all ready, pub, Church Services??, telly, local village or town events etc etc ?? Christmas Day. Race round get stock checked and done and back in? Inaws,outlaws round or go to theirs for Dinner ? Open...
  11. Agriland RSS

    Agritechnica: Battle of the big boys

    Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland When over 2,800 suppliers to the farming and the agricultural machinery industry gather together at Agritechnica to show off their products, it becomes a struggle to absorb even a fraction of what is being shown. Yet, what is common to every...
  12. Agriland RSS

    Agritechnica: Battle of the big boys

    Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland When over 2,800 suppliers to the farming and the agricultural machinery industry gather together at Agritechnica to show off their products, it becomes a struggle to absorb even a fraction of what is being shown. Yet, what is common to every...
  13. W

    Feeding tup lambs over winter

    Hi, got some tup lambs that I want to keep growing on over winter, grass is getting short now so wanting to know what everyone feeds their tup lambs over winter without stuffing them. thanks
  14. Farm Classifieds

    Fyson Vector Elevator

    Fyson Vector Elevator Advert added by: @EAD Machinery Details Category: Combines Harvesting Equipment - Grain drying and handling Price: £8500 Condition: Used Description Fyson Vector 600mm wide belt elevator. 12.7m long, including 2.7m luffing head. Auto...
  15. S

    Largest Arable Field in England

    It’s a bit random, but I’m doing a local history on the British and World Ploughing Championships held in Shillingford, Oxfordshire and wonder if someone has any knowledge or point me in the right direction. The field used in these contests - 1956, 1993 & 1999 now known as Plough Field has been...
  16. graham mc

    following on from ahdb potatoes

    GB Potatoes The work begins now... We are here to work on your behalf supporting and representing the GB Potato Industry. We will be operating as GB Potatoes Organisation Ltd, incorporated as a business limited by guarantee and not for profit. ALL stakeholders will have the opportunity to...
  17. D

    How to stop the give away veg.

    Its a high price year for veg there is a shortage. Yet supermarkets are giving it away. It is not grower funded this is loss leading by supermarkets & must be costing a lot. As farmers we should clear all the shelves & feed it to our animals. Just spending a tenner would likely cost the...
  18. Suffolkfarmer82

    Unused holiday entitlements

    I’ve 18 days untaken holiday which I’ve no way of taking before the end of December , what does everyone do regarding untaken holiday entitlement ?
  19. F

    How can i find part time farm work?

    Hello!, I am 15 and live in essex and i am looking to find some part time farm work. I have no experience but do have some knowledge about agriculture. My problem is that i don't know where to find any part time work. I'd be happy for it to be part time work, volunteering or work experience...
  20. K

    Who said tractor manufacturers over price their spares??

    Agrotron heater/aircon pod well and truly broken for some time, fan switch replaced some time ago along with the air con on/off switch and more recently the heater tap cable is stuffed. checked the parts list and found they are still available from SDF for the princely sum of 260 pounds, also...
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