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  1. Bossfarmer

    Best Spring barley variety

    interested to see which variety everyones getting on best with
  2. Bossfarmer

    Is harvest 2019 getting desperate in Scotland??

    a lot of my crops are now going down with the heavy rain and after a drive down to central Scotland at the weekend i was shocked and felt my crops werent as bad, some fields are completely flat out and about how will farmers lift them? with Nov wheat at 144 and a high chance of rejected malting...
  3. ajd132

    Spring malting barley N - agronomics

    Having quite a good year on spring barley and generally getting good nitrogen levels. However we generally try and guess how much N the crop will need without going over and is very hit and miss. We use a lot of organic manures also. Obviously yield is an important factor. How else can we...
  4. bankrupt

    Harvest 2019

    Anyone started yet?
  5. Ormond

    Lush spring barley

    Ive a couple of fields of spring barley that's are very lush....what would be the best pgr to go in at and at what rate, ideally to thicken the stem and take a bit of future height of it. It's just started stem extention. I've canopy, moddus and cerone in store.
  6. News

    Cereals 2019

    Cereals 2019 Taking place in Boothby Graffoe, Lincolnshire on 12th & 13th June, the show promises to be the biggest yet, with more exhibitors, more speakers and more demos than ever before. Cereals also have a number of unmissable additions to their already packed schedule. This year’s edition...
  7. H

    Spring Barley Nitrogen

    I am planning on putting 120 kg of N onto spring barley in total. How much would people reduce this by for a SB crop following stubble turnips that we’re grazed by cattle over the winter. I was thinking of putting 20kg/ ha less on.
  8. F

    TGW of 40 in spring barley

    Got some new seed tgw is 40 ( rest has been high 50s) seed looks crap looks like seconds will it grow?! Don’t think the seed will have the energy in it to tiller?
  9. W

    Getting a little dry

    I know I know not as dry as Australia, but for growing good wheat 5 mm of rain so far this month following an exceptional dry winter is not go to be filling the barn, let's just hope we get a 15mm-25mm before the end of the month. Every year in the east mids we see to have a spring drought now.
  10. Northeastfarmer

    Seed barley

    I’m planning on sowing some spring barley and ringing around I was advised by one company (probably because that’s all they’ve got left) to use kws irina, after reading about it it’s saying it’s more a brewing variety....just spoken to another merchant and he advised using planet in this...
  11. Northeastfarmer

    Roundup and sheep grazing

    I want to spray a 30 acre section of a field off with roundup this week, the field currently has Hoggs in it....how long would I have to take the sheep out for after spraying before I could let them back In? Many thanks
  12. M

    Propino - Any Good

    In the past we have grown a small acreage of Planet spring barley quite successfully, this year can’t get seed but been offered Propino. Is it any good, are there any issues ? Many Thanks MGH
  13. Friesianfan

    Urea in spring barley seed bed

    ive just taken on some land which has been in grass (and weeds). Soil indexes are good. I would normally put something like 20. 10.10 in the seedbed but was wondering if urea would do the job as p&k are 3s and 4s? Any advice appreciated
  14. S

    Malting Barley Contracts.

    Is anybody thinking of increasing their spring cropping area for the coming season? Is Malting barley a consideration? Who is looking for a contract to secure a market and a premium? Saxon Agriculture have a wide range of contracts brewing and distilling for 16' and 17' for further details...
  15. Penmoel

    Today at work

    Just mentioned in Agricultural Matters it might be interesting if everyone just took a picture today of what you were doing, however mundane it maybe, would show the variety of work carried out, will start tomorrow.
  16. TFF

    Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

    Another thread to help TFF members track prices. The official AHDB prices can be seen here: http://beefandlamb.ahdb.org.uk/markets/deadweight-price-reports/deadweight-cattle-prices/ Please include sale location in all your prices if it differences from the location on your profile.
  17. TFF

    Fertiliser Price Tracker

    Welcome to the Fertiliser Price Tracker Thread from The Farming Forum. Please feel free you state what you have been quoted or paid. For further information you can see the latest report from the AHDB here: https://ahdb.org.uk/fertiliser-information To get a quote for your Fertiliser easily...
  18. Jerry

    Combinables Price Tracker

    Can we have a combinables pricing stcky here as was on BFF? Always found it a useful read. Thanks
  19. strip-till-phil

    Direct/Strip-till drilling photo gallery

    Just thought I'd make a start:) And yes they are this years crops;)
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