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Environment Agency Q&A - Agricultural Regulations
Welcome to the Environment Agency Q&A event on The Farming Forum. For the next two days, this thread will be open for questions for our team at the Environment Agency to answer farmers questions on agricultural regulations. The Environment Agency are aiming to engage with the community on the...- Environment Agency
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SFI from a dairy perspective
Feel like i need to make a decision on what to do with this SFI. What are your plans? There are quite generous payments on offer. I have heard of several local farmers putting everything into SAM3, £360ish/Ha, buying some seed and throwing it around and thinking it's easy money. Even the...- DairyNerd
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- ahdb analysis beef cattle cows dairy defra drought establishment first cut flooding forage fuel grass grass leys grazing herbal insurance lambs legumes management milk milking mower nitrogen paddock ryegrass sam3 seed sfi sheep silage slurry weather yields
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- Forum: Dairy Farming
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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...- paul&mandy
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- ahdb ahl2 bedding beet buffer carbon carbon sequestration cattle cereals dairy defra development docks environmental financial flail fodder gas gate grass grazing harvest health hedge herbal insecticide lambs landowners legumes malting management market milk milking mounted natural capital nettles nutrition pesticides plough pollution poultry pulses quad repairs ryegrass sam2 security seed sequestration sfi sheep silage slurry storage storm stress stubble telehandler weather wheat woodland yields
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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The role of biostimulants within production agriculture
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Driving the use of biostimulants within production agriculture, has been the identification of bespoke bacteria (endophytes) with the ability to fix nitrogen (N) from the atmosphere. The principles being played out are similar to those demonstrated...- Agriland RSS
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Any tenants applying for SFI?
After an introductory talk last week and Janet Hughes' webinar ,I'm looking at our options and pondering where to go with it, how it will affect rents and also fulfil the requirements of my tenancy. I have 160 acres on an AHA tenancy, half is tillable but half is flower rich floodplain which...- Red Fred
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- Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
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Sam 3
Thinking I'd like to reseed some permanent pasture with Sam3 herbal ley, but assume that I will need an EIA, was arable until 2002 when it went into arable reversion- onthehoof
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- ahl2 application boots break crop carbon cattle cultivate defra diesel drilling drills establishment ewes fuel grass grassland grazing herbal herbal ley insurance lambs legumes maintenance maize management microbes milk milk yield nitrogen num2 nutrition organic ploughing reseed rpa ryegrass sam2 sam3 seed seeding sfi sheep silage stubble varieties variety
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Legume companions and nematodes
My plan going forward is to use a 3yr cropping rotation of Winter wheat with companion, winter barley with companion, NUM3 or AHL1 as break crop. Volunteer beans in the wheats have shown to have a good effect so I’ll stick with that but what should I use with the barley, do I need to consider... -
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...- CPM RSS
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- agronomist agronomy aicc analysis calcium carbon carbon capture chickens compaction cover crop cover crops crop nutrition croptec drilling environmental establishment fertiliser fertility fuel gas harvest health herbal hydrogen insecticide legumes magnesium mycorrhizal nitrogen npk nutrients nutrition organic organic matter performance phosphorus platform potassium potato roots savings seed sfi slugs soil health soil test sulphur sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive technology tillage training water quality weather wheat winter wheat yara yields
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Biostimulant Survey: Building biostimulation
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF With the landscape of agriculture changing vastly over recent years, CPM explores the place for biostimulants in a new era of farming. By Charlotte Cunningham When you think about biostimulants as being any substance, other than...- CPM RSS
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- agronomy application beans biostimulant biostimulants cereals disease drilling environmental fertiliser foliar forecast fungicide genetic harvest health legumes management market microbial nitrogen nutrition oilseed oilseed rape peas performance pgr potatoes roots seed seed treatment soil health spring beans stress t0 varieties wheat
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A question for Ollybloggs Oliver Harrison
You are a cereal farmer so understand all the pressures farmers in general are presently under. Your videos over the last 2 years have highlighted things like high fertiliser prices, low market prices, high machinery prices etc and it gives your none farming viewers an understanding of what we...- Beefsmith
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- ahdb avatar beef biodiversity candidate caravan carbon cattle children co2 dairy death defra diesel direct drilling disease down to earth drilling environmental establishment family fendt fertiliser finance fire flock fuel gatekeeper grass haulage health herbicide lambing lambs legumes levy maize management market milk online osr parts pesticide pig platform pollution poultry premium red tractor roots roundup savings security sfi sheep slurry soya sprayer storage stubble swine trading training variety weather wheat
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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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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- ab8 accident agreena agronomy ahdb ahl1 ahl2 ammonium analysis application avatar bank account beans beef beet biodiversity blackgrass boots break crop break crops brother buffer calf carbon carbon sequestration cattle cereals children cows csfb dairy defra diesel direct drill direct drilling disease docks drainage drilling drought electricity elms environmental establishment ewes family fat hen fertiliser finance financial forage forecast fuel gas gate gates glamping glyphosate grain store grass grassland grassweed grazing handling harvest harvesting health hedge herbal hoof igl2 insecticide insecticides interest rate ipm3 ipm4 kwh lambs land drain legumes levy lig2 maize management manganese market milk milking mounted nitram nitrogen num3 nutrients ofc online osr overdraft paddock parts peas pesticides plough pollinator potash potatoes premium renewable energy renewal reseed rpa ryegrass sam2 sam3 sandy second wheat security seed sequestration sfi sheep silage slurry soil health sprayer storage storm stress sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive technology thistle thistles trading training turbine variable rate varieties water quality weather weed control wheat winter wheat woodland worms yielding yields
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- Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
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Protests: what do YOU want?
I see there appears to be some momentum to protest but @delilah is right... what are YOU going to protest about? I suspect we all want something different as we are often divergent from each other even within each sector. If I was in Cardiff with a banner, it would be focused on the dash to net...- Bald Rick
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- ahdb beans beef bovine brewing carbon carbon capture carbon sequestration cattle children co2 cows dairy defra diesel drainage electricity environmental family fertiliser fuel gas gate gatekeeper grass grassland grazing harvesting health hedge herbal hydrogen insurance kwh legumes maintenance maize market mart methane milking nitrogen osr parts peat peatland pollinator pollution premium red tractor renewable energy renewal savings security seed sequester sequestration sfi sheep slurry soya sustainable farming teat transport turbine variety weather wheat worming yields
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Num 3 Legume Fallow
I'm a little late to the party with SFI, so playing catch up! NUM3 legume fallow if drilled this March/April 2024 will have to stay in the ground until Auguest 2025 to meet its aims?- Eric68
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- baling blackgrass drilling forage grass legumes num3 ryegrass second wheat seed seeding sfi wheat winter wheat
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- Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Project
What has already been done? Last year, a project to establish the level of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in arable soils across a range of locations, soil types and management systems was carried out. The project, led by Dr Tom Thirkell of the Crop Science Centre, complemented work...- skye @ bofin
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- Forum: The Soil Circle
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Fibre-rich, with fewer farts: how the underrated mung bean could improve food security (and post-bean bloat)
Fibre-rich, with fewer farts: how the underrated mung bean could improve food security (and post-bean bloat) Written by Natalie Parletta from the Guardian The World Vegetable Centre in Taiwan is breeding varieties that will grow better and faster and could become a major crop in Australia...- The Guardian RSS
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SAM2 Mulitspecies cover, who is doing it and what's your plan?
I had previously been overlooking SAM2 mutlispecies cover. Is it really as simple as we drill autumn cereal crop as usual, give it a light sprinkle of some other species and claim it as Sam2? Seems to have the potentially to be the most reward for least cost/effort option of all SFI...- farmerm
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- Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
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Will No till put paid to the plough ? asks a piece in the FT.
https://www.ft.com/content/9b819b0c-663a-46f0-86a8-5e570913317a we havnt had a good ploughing vrs DD dust up for awhile :sneaky:it all seems dominated by the politics of rt nfu et al :rolleyes:- Bury the Trash
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- ab8 agrii amazone application avatar beans beet blackgrass break crop break crops brome cattle cereals combi combo cover crop cover crops crime cultivate cultivating cultivation cultivations cultivator defra diesel direct drill direct drilling disc drainage drilling drills drone drones environmental establishment fendt fendt 724 fertiliser fertility financial flooding forecast fuel glyphosate gps grass grass weed grassland harrow harvest harvesting health hedge herbal herbicide hse insecticide jcb kuhn learning legumes lexion maize management market mzuri nettles oats opico organic organic matter osr pesticide plough ploughing potash potatoes pottinger rainfall rapid reseed resilient roundup rpa second wheat seed seeding sfi silage slug slug pellets slugs sprayer stubble sustainability technology tillage topdown triticale vaderstad vaderstad rapid variable rate variety weather weaving weed control wheat wild oats worms yields
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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SFI for grassland dairy farm
Finding SFI slightly confusing in terms of its scope and requirements especially for a predominantly grassland dairy farm which is geared towards production. 65 acres, two fields of pp approx 15 acres total, the rest temporary grass in roughly 5ac blocks reseeded on 6-7 year rotation, one 5ac...- DairyNerd
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- agronomist dairy forage grass grassland grazing herbal hrw1 hrw2 hrw3 insecticide ipm ipm1 legumes management nitrogen num1 num2 roots rpa sam1 sam3 seed sfi sheep slurry soil testing variety
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- Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
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No farmers, No food
Anyone know who is behind this on twitter? Thryve picked up 25k followers in a few days and are saying they are planning some sort of campaign?- Jerry
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French protests
On bloomberg now- glasshouse
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters