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  1. VegansSupportTheFarmers

    Vegans Support the Farmers!

    Vegans Support the Farmers! Hey everyone, we are a new project that aims to show solidarity with farmers and highlight current problems. We are holding our first demonstration in London this Friday. Details below! Join us for a powerful and symbolic event as Vegans Support the Farmers lays out...
  2. CPM RSS

    Early maturing Mojito maize

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine A new early maturing maize variety is showing promise for growers looking to offset the challenges of inclement weather. Mojito (MAS Seeds) is available in the UK from Elsoms Seeds and according to Toby Reich, it displays all of the ‘right’ agronomic...
  3. spin cycle

    show us your christmas tree

    our tree going up this afternoon🙂....I appreciate we're behind but @AftonShepherd sent me a picture of his so we thought we'd better try and catch up edit..maybe been @Sharpy 🤔
  4. cpsf

    Fodder beet sheep feed

    Good afternoon, I’m looking at ways of reducing me feed costs with me ewes pre lambing. I feed them 18% ewe nuts at present for 8 weeks prior to lambing raising 0.25 pound per head each week so by the final week they’re on 2 pounds of nuts per head (fed twice a day so 1 in the morning and 1 at...
  5. Grassman

    It cant get wetter!

    Even the quad is making a mess now. Be glad when this year is gone🙈
  6. Agriland RSS

    Machinery Focus: A brief history of New Holland and its rise

    Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland There are people of a certain generation who cannot see a blue and black tractor without immediately thinking it a Ford, which must frustrate New Holland, as Ford have not made a tractor for well over a quarter of century now. The well-known livery...
  7. K

    Situation Vacant Lead Operator/Foreman - Mid Lincolnshire

    Are you looking for that next step in your farming career? David Armstrong Farms has an opportunity for someone to become a key and valued member of the team as a Lead Operator/Foreman, in cereal and potato production. Key tasks in this role would include but are not limited to spraying (on a...
  8. L

    How do you really feel during harvest season?

    Calling all farmers. How do you honestly feel mentally and physically during the demands of harvest season?
  9. CPM RSS

    Real Results Pioneers: An honest approach

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF The risks of growing specialty crops like potatoes are on the rise and the mitigations available are decreasing, meaning tools to help growers maintain yield and marketability of crops are vital. CPM finds out how a Scottish grower is...
  10. CPM RSS

    LAMMA Preview: Machinery giants

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF LAMMA 2024 is shaping up to be a good one, with a host of big-name manufacturers returning to the show. CPM takes a look at what’s in store. By Melanie Jenkins LAMMA is once again set to kick-start the 2024 machinery show season. The...
  11. bobk

    Farming in Australia

    As the weather is pants in the UK , I'm searching for decent weather harvests , On watching the scale of operation is massive , 2 farms I found are Lock Valley Farms north of Adelaide , about 4000 acres half crops half sheep . decent ground but just father and son ...
  12. Agriland RSS

    How irrigation is sustaining agriculture in Spain

    Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland Irrigation has been the determining factor in the success of harvesting crops in the region of Aragón in northeastern Spain in recent years. The area of Montesusín in the region Spain and the community there say that despite two years of drought, through...
  13. Bossfarmer

    Farm Subsidies......expand or GET OUT???

    Given the fact that subsidy goes straight to the bottom line(net profit) how does everyone plan to replace this? im not asking can you "survive" without it, simply how will you replace it? or will you just accept that you will make less money? given the fact the general populations minimum wage...
  14. Q

    the big british beef battle

    on channel 4 plus one right now , what shower of b.........
  15. Agriland RSS

    UK first to have ‘world’s biggest’ vertical farm

    Written by Kate McMahon from Agriland The ‘world’s biggest’ vertical farm has been established in the UK for Fischer Farms by food and drink construction specialists Clegg Food projects. The 25,000m2 climate-controlled facility located in Norfolk, UK uses an energy-efficient, LED-based...
  16. L

    Pedigree Livestock Prices

    I am always astounded at the prices pedigree livestock can achieve . A texel tup for over £400k , etc , a lim heifer for £200k plus . I assume that its more than vanity , and that there is a return to be generated from this investment . Therefore how does one begin to pay back £400k for a Ram...
  17. G

    Whos got the snow then

    Couple of inches here (north west durham)
  18. G

    Pre harvest roundup banned

    Has this been banned by eu?
  19. D

    Tine drills.

    Weaving sabre tine, KrM Sola Drill SM-P there the ones I’m aware of That will go in direct but also on previously stirred ground. What other options are out there that are similar in layout etc? thanks
  20. Y

    Change at last?

    When I were a lad, some of the oldies (all gone now) would've referred to this as a brough (rhymes with sheugh) around the moon and it was a sign of colder more settled weather coming. Any other local expressions for it? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-67535849
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