Arable Soil Farmer of the Year - A farm walk with David Miller
Written by Emma Adams on behalf of The Farm Carbon Toolkit
The second in our series of farm walks was with David Miller in Hampshire. This year’s Arable Soil Farmer of the Year, David is keen to demonstrate how a regenerative...
After a very easy and early harvest, followed by a few stressful weeks of unbelievably dry conditions when most drilling and land work was impossible, we finally had the autumn we had all been waiting for. For us the rain fell little and often from mid-September until the beginning of November...
Do many of you apply an insecticide to grain , as it goes into your grain store at harvest?
When farming I used to apply Actellic Dust to grain as it went into the grain store , to control bugs while in storage, thereby solving a problem before it started, that was after applying insecticide to...
We have a mite problem in a store of wheat . The grain was probably not cooled enough. There is a hot spot in the shed.
The question is will propcorn kill the mite
Well I guess it’s time to start another annual thread about how peoples crops are looking at the start of the year.
All pics taken today.
Generally I’m pretty happy at present other than one but of rape that looks a bit thin in places thanks mainly to pheasants🙄
Wheats
Skyfall
Two year...
By Brian O’Connor originally published by No-Till Farming
Wisconsin no-till dairyman Chris Conley thwarts heavy rain and hills with no-till, covers and planting green.
No-tiller Chris Conley took two big steps where other farmers might take one.
Conley farms 120 acres for feed (silages, dry...
Seems to be a few news articles popping up about it.
First thought is SFI incentivises min-till. Is there going to be an unforeseen consequence. What other factors are there? Maize? Fungicide resistance? Fungicide timing? Weather (can't help that).
The Conversation: Fungal toxins are...
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