5.45 am this morning rec email from defra saying as youve registered your interest you can now start your application. ok thinks me will try .
First thing to do will be go get some more ink and a couple of reams of printer paper as will have to download the 40 pages of the new guidance of how...
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Trial data suggests a short gap between spray off and drilling can leave a green bridge for aphids to survive and spread barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) to emerging crops.
The trials, conducted by Bayer, show lower infection rates from a nine-day gap...
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CropTec has said that seminars at this year’s show will equip arable farmers with the knowledge they need to meet the challenges faced by the industry “head on” and to maximise opportunities.
This year’s event will take place on November 29 and...
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A Group 2 winter wheat has bucked recent trends of low specific weights for milling quality to perform beyond expected for one Northamptonshire grower.
Emma Bletsoe says she’s ‘delighted’ with her first crop of Mayflower and as a result, plans to...
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Intercropping, bi-cropping, companion cropping – call it what you like, but interest is increasing. An EU project aims to transform this from a niche to mainstream. CPM reports.
By Mike Abram
It’s perhaps unlikely a workshop about a bi-cropping project would have attracted nearly...
There is a discussion on the livestock forum about the loss of BPS and rents which in theory should fall after BPS disappears and the small offering of SFI by my calculation in no way will compensate.
I have a block of 23 ha of Downland that I rent, it is very steep in places and not possible...
As far as I understand the rules for the above. I am entitled to spin some beans into my winter barley at drilling, leave them in until the spring, and claim for the £129/hectare.
Has anyone clarified this with the higher powers by any chance? It seems like a no brainer
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As wet conditions push slug pressure into the red, many will unknowingly be reaching for a biological control to protect their broadacre crops. CPM explores the evolution of ferric phosphate into the reliable crop protection product it is...
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The questions around applying pyrethroid-based insecticides aren’t new, with many feeling their use is severely limited and, in some cases, detrimental. CPM discovers whether they still have a place on farm.
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The hot topic this season has undoubtedly been grassweeds and the challenge they’ve become. CPM collates some of the latest expertise to help reinforce the message that best practice will eventually prevail.
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Pest control chemical manufacturer Lodi UK has urged farmers to be aware of the damage rodents can cause to farm machinery.
Every farm’s post-harvest rodent control strategy should be to protect storage and machines from rodents, the company...
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Hybrid barleys are well recognised for their high biomass potential. This is an evolving, good news story for Irish grain growers.
This has significant benefits in terms of grassweed suppression, but new data suggests that it also has a benefit...
Latest SFI update has now given option for NUM3 Legume Fallow to be rotational.
See screenshot of the guidance.
Non-rotated we have to establish within 13 months of agreement start date, so say we start agreement 1st Sept 2023, then we'd need to establish by 31st Aug '24, then leave it there...
Any ideas what might survive a pre em on wheat?
OSR volunteers may suffice on some but what else?
Is there anything or do we have to risk missing the pre em?
mainly ipm 3 + num 2
ipm3
companion cropping grass + clover?
num 2
legumes on improved grassland grass + clover?
SAM 3 HErbal ley? ipm3 companion cropping? ipm4 no insecticides?
these could all be claimed on the same land parcel? are you allowed to do that or is there some rule?
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The greater flexibility of the SFI 2023 makes it easier to fit around other farming activities than a Mid-Tier Countryside Stewardship agreement, but less lucrative in some situations, warn experts.
While payment rates for SFI actions largely mirror...
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