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Im hoping to put in a slurry tower. It will be 100m away from the slatted tanks. Im trying to find a low cost way of automating slurry and dairy washings transfer. Doesnt have to be fast. I see criman sell a 2kw chopper pump. Would it work. Anyone have one. Anothet ideas

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland Welsh food and drink exports were worth £797 million in 2022, the highest recorded yearly value, Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths has announced. Griffiths said the industry’s exports increased by £157 million between 2021 and 2022, representing a...

Reducing risk and building resilience are two of the strategies being deployed by farmer Andrew Pitts to respond to the environmental and geopolitical challenges that the last five years have presented the agricultural industry. Andrew will be part of the Farmer Panel at Agri-TechE’s 2023 REAP...

Reducing ruminants could be the key in meeting national net-zero and biodiversity targets without negatively impacting farmers' livelihoods A recent call on social media from former Defra adviser and rewilding advocate Ben Goldsmith for sheep to be removed from national parks and other marginal...

Jamie Newbold, Linda Hanna, Phil McLachlan, Susannah Bolton, Nick Owens and Charles Godfray pictured at the dinner The second of the Alliance for the Natural Economy Forum dinners, convened by SRUC, was held on 28 March at the wonderful venue of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Deciding how to get the most from expensive nitrogen fertiliser is at the forefront of many minds this spring. CPM talks to two growers at the cutting edge of applied farm research to see how the knowledge they’re gaining from this is...

Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine ‘Backward’ crops will require a good early dose of nitrogen this season, and forward crops may well warrant the same, where soil nitrogen supply levels are low, as they could run out of steam very quickly. Rob Jewers This is according to...

Download PDF When it comes to adopting agroecological principles, the destination may be the same but the journey there is different for everyone. CPM attends Hutchinsons’ inaugural Agroecology conference to hear perspectives on how to plan the route. By Lucy de la Pasture As the UK’s largest...

Have a Massey 135 (upgraded) which I believe means it’s an industrial as there is yellow paint under red. Tractor is equipped with a tachometer which references speed but there is also a standalone speedometer, problem is I cannot find a place to connect said speedometer, can both be used at...

Written by Aniv Patel from CPM Magazine Throughout 2022, CPM has profiled the experiences of seven growers – thought leaders who have already started their journey to meet the challenging target of net zero emissions by 2040. See below for summaries of their achievements and links to the full...

Over-cultivating seedbeds, or cultivating them too soon after harvest, risks damaging soil structure and impairing following crop establishment, warns Hutchinsons. Speaking at a recent open day at the firm’s Helix West demonstration farm in Oxfordshire, Dick Neale, technical manager at...

As long as you really aren't bothered about the quality of what you eat apparently. I was recently pointed towards the RASFF site where European problems about imported food are highlighted. Do we have a UK version of this? It makes quite some reading on literally a daily basis. Here is just...

It combines the most comprehensive soil analysis with the most accurate soil mapping, and will be launched at the Groundswell Event in June. “TerraMap Gold is a premium service of TerraMap that will interest growers who want an even better understanding of why the soil behaves like it does and...

Aquired this a couple weeks back, never had much to do with IH tractors but fancied something a bit different to the classic fergi's that I am more accustomed to. Its an ex scraper that needs plenty of work, but engine starts and runs very well. Its an early B275, and at some point it seems to...

It’s clearly understood that improved farm productivity is good for business and more recently, for carbon ... But the challenge has always been how to measure the cost of producing a particular crop with regards to carbon. Hutchinsons new Omnia Carbon cost of production tool has been designed...

The world has a big fertiliser problem. Here’s how to fix it What was the most significant scientific breakthrough of the 20th century? You might say the invention of computers, the discovery of nuclear fusion or the DNA double helix. But one oft-overlooked technological breakthrough has...

Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine Over-cultivating seedbeds, or cultivating them too soon after harvest, risks damaging soil structure and impairing following crop establishment, warns Hutchinsons. Speaking at a recent open day at the firm’s Helix West demonstration farm in...

A whole farm approach to Agroecological farming practices is the premise of the Helix Agroecology Farm hosted by Harry Heath of Whitley Manor Farm, Newport, Shropshire ... As an industry we are still not in a position to be able to clearly define the benefits of many of the practices or...