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  1. Yale

    New limits to SFI.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-ensures-food-production-remains-primary-purpose-of-farming
  2. L

    Thoughts please

    Apart from not grazing calving has gone well. very little mastitis none at all in the heifers. However we have around 8% with a blind quarters. I was unable to test seal the quarters in question before Christmas. Suggesting the problem had occurred earlier In their lives. thoughts on what...
  3. Wigeon

    Winter cover crops on heavy land... what a disaster

    I farm heavy silty clay with flints. No ditches, no land drains. Good strong wheat land, if unforgiving. I've been trying to grow cover crops on and off for the last 9 yrs. With one exception, they have all been disastrous. Summer cover crops in place of a spring crop, on the other hand, can...
  4. CPM RSS

    OSR weed control: Smooth operator

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF A difficult season for herbicide application is likely to have resulted in an unwanted bounty of weeds in oilseed rape crops. With the final window having arrived for mastering some control, CPM digs deeper into the role of water...
  5. CPM RSS

    Grain maize: Take a chance on grain maize

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Maize is fast growing in popularity with increasing numbers of arable farmers believing it capable of delivering significant production, economic and even environmental benefits. CPM evaluates its potential. By Rob Jones With the...
  6. CPM RSS

    BBRO BeetTech: Yield lag closing

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Growers learned about progress being made to find solutions to virus yellows in sugar beet at the recent BBRO BeetTech 24 event. CPM joined delegates to hear the latest updates. By Mike Abram The yield penalty from sugar beet varieties...
  7. bobk

    Looking grim .......

    10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .
  8. R

    SFI and Potentially not achieving aims

    If you've entered into SFI but potentially cant meet aims due to weather difficulties / ground conditions , what options do you have ? I've entered SFI with a start date of Feb this year and one of the options was no insecticide (IPM4) which is planned for fields coming spring barley. The...
  9. Billboy1

    no till

    if no till becomes a sfi option will we be able to claim twice a year ? for instance if doing over winter cover crop then a spring crop just a thought
  10. Kevtherev

    Reduction in arable acreages

    Just a thought Straw shortages for the livestock industry Less cereals for feed Less acreages for the spraying contractors Less agronomy and chemicals Les’s fertiliser sales And so on Hearing big acreages of SFI
  11. carbonfibre farmer

    Beet 2024

    Being as its the first of March. I'm sure British Sugar would like us to start drilling.....! Anyone started yet. (We haven't lifted last year's yet🤐) I know @Breckland Boy likes an early beet thread 😉😄
  12. D

    Reduction in Combinable Crops Output as a Result of SFI

    One for combinable crop growers.
  13. Mythoughts

    Food security is a silly argument…

    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...
  14. paul&mandy

    Sad looking farms

    As I finish off hedging for customers I found myself getting really depressed looking at all this cs and sfi sh!t. Once fields I mowed and baled in some fallow weeds. Fields I fert spread the arable on either fallow stubble or bird seed. The whole lot looks unloved. Then onto hedges. Got most...
  15. Agriland RSS

    French prime minister unveils new law to support farmers

    Written by Francess McDonnell from Agriland The French Prime Minister has told French farmers that their “heartfelt cry” has been heard as he unveiled details of a new law today (Wednesday, February 21) to support what he described as “those who feed us”. As some French farmers continued...
  16. S

    Runoffs from farms?

    Hi all, We are a high school research team looking into potential ways of improving farm run-off treatments and we were wondering about the runoff systems on your farms, where does it lead and how does waste water get transported around? PS. Hypothetically speaking, in the stream coming from...
  17. CPM RSS

    Crop nutrition: Zoning in on net zero

    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...
  18. Boomerang

    Who has dreamed up all this rubbish

    How many people are dreaming all this crap up. What are they being paid , ?? It's ridiculously complicated, unnecessary bulls**t , just finding themselves highly paid jobs whilst trying to f**k us up in the process. Agents will be laughing again. . Makes my blood boil , this country is...
  19. jackrussell101

    Defra now looking at capping SFI

    https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/business-management/agricultural-transition/defra-minister-hints-at-elm-cap-to-maintain-food-production?utm_source=hometopstories
  20. P

    Winter wheat gross margin

    Anybody actually done a winter wheat gross margin recently vs sfi?
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