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Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Carla Lockhart MP is urging farmers to prioritise their health and stay safe around slurry following a ‘near miss’ incident with slurry gas in recent days. The incident occurred near Larne in Co. Antrim and involved two men, one aged in his 30s...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland At first glance, the Ineos Grenadier is little more than a revamp of the old and much missed Land Rover Defender, but such an assumption is totally misplaced as becomes immediately apparent when encountering one in the flesh. The new vehicle does...

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Hi this wet weather. I watched Glen rabenburg, on you tube he is selling a product to floculate heavy soil .I have resurched what it could be and I am quite convinced it is calcium chloride which could be sold in other chemical mixed in uk.

Just seen an article on BBC about the cargo ship that’s had sails added. It said that the ship saved an average of 3 tonnes of fuel per day which resulted in a saving of 11.2 tonnes of CO2 emmissions per day. I’m not a chemist ! But how can 3 tonnes of fuel = 11.2 tonnes of CO2. I remember...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland ESB made post-tax profit of €868 million in 2023 according to its latest financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 which it published today (Thursday March 7). The results also show record capital investment of €1.7 billion in critical...

Perception and perspective are very different things. Generally individuals and old farmers see food security as an existential threat eg if we had a major war (see WW2) and we struggle to have enough food in the UK. Retailers and governments see food security along the lines of “are the supply...

Due Mid 2024, Toyota launching the new 2.8l diesel/electric invincible pickup More details here https://mag.toyota.co.uk/hilux-hybrid-48v-intro/?fbclid=IwAR2MTyyB4eZoDZeo41Z-FCyK9NHsCP3DcoCgYe96sn-DF5obQW1OC3gz1_0_aem_AXj_sJHkFIbD9SvBT9RParACmQVUGMdykf8LPVXIDz66EpcTSaZqpeGFgIpCIkNjBkU

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Mineral-oil-based fuels suffer a good deal of bad publicity, but the government’s enthusiasm for batteries as a universal method of energy storage means that alternative sources of diesel are overlooked. Carbon-based fuels, such as diesel, have several...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) is urging farmers to exercise care and vigilance when working with slurry as the open season for spreading gets underway. The closed season for spreading organic manures came to an end at midnight on January...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Managing crop nutrition is a nuanced subject at the best of times but add in net zero goals and it becomes a whole new ballgame. CPM explores how crop nutrition can go hand-in-hand with environmental goals. By Melanie Jenkins and Rob...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF One way to brighten up the dreary month of January, as it turns out, is to be surrounded by endless amounts of shiny new machinery, something LAMMA 24 had in abundance. CPM reports on some of the latest launches and UK debuts from the...

I've done a quick search on here and not found anything on this- Last year we had quite a few prolapses. I recall that this can be linked to low calcium. we home-mix barley for them, so I wondered if I could chuck a bit of calcium into the mix- if so, what sort? Can a high calcium diet do a...

Chewing the fat with a friend about older tractors glazing their bores when doing stationary work at tickover/fast tickover. He said that it wouldn't apply to direct injection engines, I'm not so sure, but willing to be convinced. Any mechanics who can give a definitive answer?

I see there appears to be some momentum to protest but @delilah is right... what are YOU going to protest about? I suspect we all want something different as we are often divergent from each other even within each sector. If I was in Cardiff with a banner, it would be focused on the dash to net...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Andrew Muir is Northern Ireland’s new farm minister, appointed with the task of heading up the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). The Alliance Party representative hails from Bangor in north Co. Down, and has a...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland There was a time when all of the talk of an alternative to the internal combustion engine (ICE) centred around battery-powered vehicles, whether it be cars or trucks. Yet, after several years of attempting to make electric vehicles work as well as...

https://thefarmingforum.realms.tv/tff/videos/05b28f68-b289-4093-a04b-37e9c32ed078 Kubota's Marketing Intelligence Manager within the Kubota engine section Daniel Grant, tells us all about their new hydrogen engine with Clive Bailye at this year's LAMMA Show 2024. The EU Stage V compliant...

Saw this at Lamma today Indian built, with some sort of tie up with a German car/van/truck/tractor manufacturer (allegedly) All electric 4x4 vehicle Hi/Low box 3 tonne towing limit 1 tonne payload (so vat reclaimable in uk) 150 mile range - that’s plenty of range for local & running around the...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd.), the Indian company that claims to be the third largest tractor manufacturer in the world, by volume, is another organisation looking at alternative fuels. In this case it is hydrogen, along with the now requisite...