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AHDB study into imported grain standards
The https://www.bfu.org.uk/ pushed for AHDB to do this piece of work. Project has now gone out to tender. Not sure what I think to the wording. Anyway, here it is.... https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/393981ef-6d21-4595-b149-0ce70cb1528e- Grass And Grain
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Over 10,000 farmers apply in latest round of SFI
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland More than 10,000 farmers have now applied for the latest round of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra) Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). As of today (Wednesday, February 14), one in eight farmers have submitted an...- Agriland RSS
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Whats the maximum you can claim
Per hectare on arable , if you claimed every last penny you could ?- Boomerang
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- ahl2 grass hedge insecticides ipm management sam1
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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- jackrussell101
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IPM4 - Over 2 cropping years?
Morning all! With an SFI start date of Jan 1st, do my declared IPM4 insecticide-free parcels actually now fall over 2 cropping years i.e. I am now unable to apply insecticide on that parcel for the 12 months? Or does it only apply to the crop in the ground on the agreement start / anniversary...- tjhooker
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IPM4, cropping or scheme year, that is the question?
I was just at the point of applying for SFI with the hope of a 1st March 24 start date. I had applied for IPM4 on parcels which would not receive an insecticide between 1st March 2024 and 1st March 2025. However having seen the webinar from Friday it would appear my insecticide free year should...- Reg
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- application defra harvest insecticide insecticides ipm4 rpa seed sfi
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Orion FT welcomes £45/ha for farmers undertaking pest management
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Orion FT has said it welcomes the government’s Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) providing an income of £45/ha to farmers taking an integrated pest management (IPM) approach. Biostimulant specialist James Kennedy of Orion FT said these...- Agriland RSS
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- aphids biostimulant biostimulants drought health insecticides integrated pest management ipm management nitrogen nutrients pests resilient sfi slugs soil health sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive tillage wheat
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Maximising Output Per Acre is The Way to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Well isn’t it? If you can grow 4t per acre of wheat then isn’t the carbon footprint per ton less by virtue of the fact you’ve spread the fixed part of the carbon cost in growing the crop over more tons. This fact begs the question of what to do with marginal land. It would suggest it should be...- DrWazzock
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- ahl2 application brother calcium carbon carbon sequestration cattle cereals co2 cover crop cover crops cultivations dandelion death defra diesel direct drilling drainage drilling drills drought earthworms electricity environmental family fertiliser fertility fertilizer finance financial forage fuel fungicide fusarium gas gate grass grazing harvest herbal igl2 insecticides ipm ipm2 liming management manganese microbial needle nitrogen nutrients oilseed oilseed rape organic organic matter parasite parts pesticide plough ploughing premium ryegrass savings security seed self propelled sequester sequestration sfi sheep silage soil carbon storage sustainable farming wheat winter wheat yielding yields
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It’s not Horticultural industrys fault, it’s the Farmers !
What do you think of Bunny Guiness and her campaign to stop the ban on the use of peat ? She says why should the horticultural industry be disadvantaged when they only have a small part in the problem, farmers and Agricultural practices are more to blame than them ???? Passing the buck ? @Clive...- Donna
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- carbon co2 defra dressing gas horticulture insecticides market methane orchard organic peat peatland seed sequester woodland
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sfi- the return of the barley baron?
With potential £229/Ha on the table for s barley under sfi, are we about to see the return of the barley baron. Been looking at sfi, i guess like many farmers, weigh up all the options, ipm1, sam1,2,3, num 1,2,3 …..hrw…..ahl… so on and so on , a bit of this and a bit of that, and it all starts...- Fish
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- ahdb ahl2 carbon carbon capture cover crop cover crops defra direct drilling drilling drought establishment fire grass harvest hedge herbal herbicide insecticide insecticides ipm1 ipm3 ipm4 management oats ramularia revystar sam1 sam2 seed septoria sfi sheep stress stubble weather wheat yielding
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SFI is NOT the answer
It will kill the processing sector. Then in 5 years time when the money tree is turned off there will not be the infrastructure in place to ramp production back up.- oil barron
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- beans biodiversity cattle cereals cows defra drought elms environmental financial gate grass grazing haulage herbal insecticides lambs management natural capital oilseed oilseed rape osr potato security seed sfi sheep sustainability wheat
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No Glyphosate on rented land
I have been asked to put a tender in for 65 acres on a 5 year FBT but the landlord will not allow Glyphosate to be used . The landlord wants to see the land farmed and not entered into SFI It is heavy land best suited to winter cereals and grass has BG and is over the hedge from me I... -
Top tips on searching for, interviewing and hiring new people
We are likely to be soon looking to hire a new full-time person to join our arable farming business due to retirement of existing people. Given how long our guys have stayed with us we haven't had to go through the process of finding someone new for decades. Long, long before my time. I was...- Feldspar
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- accident agronomist agronomists agronomy beef beet boots candidate caravan chainsaw cows cultivation cultivations drainage drift drilling drills establishment family fendt financial forecast fuel glyphosate gps grass harvest health hedge hse insecticides insurance learning management mapping operator parts performance pesticide pig plough ploughing potato ppe security sheep software sprayer stress technology training transport trinity weather wheat
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Bluetongue near Canterbury
Just had a message from APHA to let us know that they have found a case of Bluetongue near Canterbury with a 10km temporary control zone in place.- Red Fred
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- ahdb application avian beef calf calving cattle cover crops cows dairy deadweight defra disease disinfectant ewes family fcn flock forecast gates grazing handling health immune insecticide insecticides insurance lambing lambs market parts pig rapid sheep sprayer trading training transport vaccinate vaccination weather wheat
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What beetles are people finding?
So far I’ve mostly been catching a lot of common heartshields and purple plate jaws but this time I found a few much smaller sorts. Pin palps I think🤷 and a big eyed beetle. Worth checking before emptying out since they’re easily lost in the debris- Yapter
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- ahdb insecticides pests weather
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- Forum: The Slug Circle
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Red Tractor and Grain passports - which grainstore?
Had the attached email from Red Tractor today: Red Tractor Member Mailing Dear Red Tractor Crops Member, We are getting in touch to notify you of changes to the Combinable Crops Passports service. What is...- Steevo
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- ahdb application avatar beans beef beef cattle beet brother cabbage carrots cattle chickens claas cyber dairy digital elms fertiliser fuel gate glyphosate gps grain store handling harvest health insecticides levy loader malting market nitrogen oats pesticides potatoes premium red tractor seed sheep storage technology urea weather weighbridge wheat yields
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What % of winter crops not planted or destroyed
What % of your intended winter crop have not been planted or damaged by flood/slugs/ flee Beatle?- snipe
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- accident agrii agronomist agronomists agronomy ahdb ahl1 ahl2 ammonium analysis aphids application atlantis avatar axial baling bank account beans beet belkar belmont blackgrass boots break crop break crops brome brother bydv carbon carrots cattle cctv cereals claas claydon combi combo compaction corteva coulter coulters cover crop cover crops cows cranesbill cultivating cultivation cultivations cultivator death defra dff diarrhoea diesel direct drill direct drilling disc disease downland drainage dressing drilling drills drone drought dual wheels earthworms environmental establishment eyespot family fendt fertiliser fertiliser spreader finance financial fire first cut flooding fodder fodder beet forage forecast fuel fungicide fungicides futures gas gate gates gleam glyphosate grain store grass grass leys grass weed grassland grassweed grazing groundswell handling harrow harvest harvesting health healthy soils hedge herbal herbicide hilux holstein honda hoof insecticide insecticides insitor ipm2 irrigation kawasaki kuhn kws lambs landowners laureate learning lely levy liberator liming loader loader tractor maize malting management manganese market milk minerals mounted nettles nitrogen num3 nutrients nutrition oats online organic organic matter osr overdraft paddock parts peas pgr pig plough ploughing polaris potash potato potatoes poultry pre-em premium prilled quad rain gauge rainfall rapeseed rapid red tractor repair repairs reseed residual residuals resilient roots roundup rpa rtk rye ryegrass sandy savings sdhi second wheat security seed seed treatment seedbeds sfi sheep silage slug slugs slurry soiler solar sprayer spring bean spring beans storm stress stubble sulphate sulphur syngenta t0 t1 t2 t3 theft third wheat tillage triticale urea vaderstad variable rate varieties variety vibrance vicon vigour water infiltration water logging water management weather weaving weed control wheat winter wheat worms wosr yamaha yara yielding yields zypar
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Minette Batters NFU president
She's clearly biased towards the coporate members of the NFU compared to the farmer members. She's finishing naturally in February apparently but should she still be there today? When she first took over she was on the Red Tractor board and wanted to remain on it whilst being NFU president...- warksfarmer
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- accident adjuvant agreena agronomist ahdb analysis animal feed application avatar bank account beans beef beef cattle beet biodiversity boots bovine brother calving candidate carbon carbon capture cattle cereals chickens children co2 cows crusher dairy death defra disease docks electricity environment agency environmental establishment family farmdeals fertiliser fertility financial fire flooding fuel gas gate gatekeeper gates grass grassland grazing health hse immune injury insecticides insurance ketosis lambs levy liability lick liveweight malting management market methane milk mrl natural capital natwest nfu mutual nroso nutrients oilseed organic osr parasites parts peat performance pesticides pickup pig platform ploughing potato poultry premium rainfall red tractor repair resilient roots security seed sequester sfi sheep soil testing sprayer storage stress sustainability sustainable farming technology thistles trading training tup turbine urea wheat
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Machinery Focus: Industry looks at carbon, cultivation and computing
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland The back end of this summer saw a massive burst of marketing activity as the agricultural machinery industry laid on demonstrations of all their latest products before their appearance got swamped by the tsunami of news from Agritechnica. It was a busy...- Agriland RSS
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- agritechnica application carbon co2 cover crops cultivation cultivator deutz digital disc drills environmental establishment fertiliser fungicides gps insecticides kuhn kverneland management market mounted organic organic farming plough pottinger rapid rtk satellite sequestration software soya sprayer technology tillage turbine valtra weed control
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Adama appoints regional agronomy manager for the South West
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Adama Agricultural Solutions UK Ltd. has appointed Michael Farr as the company’s regional agronomy manager in the South West of England. In his role as regional agronomy manager for Adama, Farr will provide technical support and advice to...- Agriland RSS
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