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Optimising Soil Biology and Nutrition for Crop Production
Optimising Soil Biology and Nutrition for Crop Production Written by Joel Williams When we begin to unpack the complex world of soil, of course there are many factors that contribute to the optimum functioning of a ‘healthy soil’ – be that chemical, physical or biological. That said, it is...- Direct Driller Magazine
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- carbon cover crops fertiliser fertility gas health legumes minerals mycorrhizal nitrogen nutrition organic organic matter pesticides roots soil carbon soil health soil tests variety
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Featured Farmer - Julian Gold
Featured Farmer: Julian Gold Farm Manager Hendred Estate, Wantage, South Oxfordshire FARM FACTS FARM SIZE: 800 hectares MANPOWER: - 3 FARM TYPE: - Arable OTHER FARM TYPE INFORMATION: - Arable with sheep that graze cover crops and permanent pasture TENURE: - Owner occupied REGION: - South...- Direct Driller Magazine
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- aphids beans beet carbon carbon capture compaction cover crop cover crops cultivations direct drill direct drilling disease drilling drills establishment fertiliser fertilizer forage fungicide grass grazing health insecticide insecticides integrated pest management legumes mycorrhizal nitrogen oats oilseed oilseed rape organic organic matter osr potassium potatoes premium rainfall regenerative agriculture rust rye savings second wheat seed sheep slug slug pellets slugs soil carbon soil health spring bean sustainable farming varieties wheat winter wheat yielding yields
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Agriculture as we know it
Reading media reports and Facebook posts about tree planting and alternatives to meat on a daily basis. Vegan and save the earth types gathering huge momentum as every week goes on. Are we facing what can only be described as a farming endangerment? Could we as a switched on farming group on...- Kevtherev
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- ahdb analysis baling beans beef carbon claas cows dairy defra fertiliser fluke gas grass grazing health legumes market milk oats operator peas pig platform red tractor renewable energy roots sheep swine variety wheat worming yara
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UK Public now Eating Significantly Less Meat
The BBC in full flow this morning. The agenda is writ large https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-58831636- Farfrae
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- accident ahdb analysis beef calcium calves carbon dairy disease gas gps grass health legumes market milk nutrition pig poultry soya sustainability transport
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Nitrogen fixing bacteria.
With the recent escalation of Nitrogen prices it has occurred to me that growers are going to consider alternative sources of N. Having been involved with some initial work on N fixing bacteria I thought it might be useful to have a thread on here so that farmers can ask questions about some of...- Simon Chiles
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- agronomists agronomy analysis application beans biostimulant blackgrass cereals desiccation disease disease resistance drought establishment fertiliser fertility fertilizer flooding fungicide fungicides gas grass health herbicide insecticide legumes maize market minerals mycorrhizal nitrogen nozzles nutrition organic organic matter parts peas performance pesticide pesticides pgr phosphorus potassium registration roots seed sequester soil testing sprayer su sulphur t0 t1 transport urea variety warranty water logging wheat winter wheat yielding yields
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Fert prices and stocking rates
Are people thinking of cutting back on stocking rates due to fertilize prices and other rising costs??- Just because
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- application bedding beef beet buffer calf calves cattle cereals cows dairy direct drilling docks drainage drilling fertiliser fertility fertilizer finance flooding fluke fodder forage gas grass grassland grazing lambing legumes loader maize milk milking nitrogen organic organic matter paddock potash reseed residual rye savings seed sheep silage slurry soil test trailing shoe urea wheat wormer yields
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Carbon Neutral Milk
Meet the British dairy farmers fighting back against the vegan plant-milk boom The creators of a pioneering, carbon-neutral product hope to reignite the nation's thirst for cow's milk BySue Quinn4 October 2021 • 6:00am Francis Clarke, MD of Trewithen Dairy which is pioneering a carbon-neutral...- Ffermer Bach
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- ahdb analysis beans beet boom calcium carbon cattle cows dairy direct drilling drilling drought fertiliser gas gps grass grazing health irrigation legumes market methane milk minerals nitrogen nutrition oats organic organic matter pesticide pollution roots seed selenium sequester soil carbon soil health soya su sustainability variety wormer wormers yields
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Wheat into orbit
Up£3.75 today!!!- glasshouse
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- ahdb application avatar beans beef beet biofuel blackgrass boom break crop buffer carbon cattle cereals cows death disease disease resistance docks drift drills drought establishment fat hen fendt fertiliser fertility fertilizer finance flooding fungicide fungicides gas gps grass harrow health herbicide hilux insurance legumes maize malting market nitrogen oats operator organic organic matter osr parts peas pesticide pesticides pickup pig potash poultry premium red tractor repairs residual risk mitigation roots rust rye second wheat seed sfi silage soil tests soya spring bean syngenta thistle transport urea varieties variety wheat wild oats yara yielding yields
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Eating more dairy fat linked to lower risk of heart disease
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/eating-more-dairy-fat-linked-to-lower-risk-of-heart-disease-6sjl82fk8 Can't read the whole article as it's behind a paywall, but why aren't AHDB and NFU screaming this from the rooftops?- Barleycorn
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Conservation Agriculture as a System to Enhance Ecosystem Services 2021
by Somasundaram Jayaraman,Yash P. Dang ,Anandkumar Naorem ,Kathryn L. Page 2,* and Ram C. Dalal 1 - ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Nabibagh, Bhopal 462038, Madhya Pradesh, India 2 - School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane 4072, Australia 3...- MDPI
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Food Shortages
On radio today talking about it as a consequence of the labour shortage plus gas shortages talk of folk stock piling essential items again. Should we be more self sufficient again like the days in years passed?- Kevtherev
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- beans beef carrots cattle fertiliser forage gas harvesting horticulture interest rate legumes market osr seed storm transport
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Mating sheep on red clover swards field lab
We're investigating if grazing ewes on grass leys containing red clover affects their fertility as part of a new field lab with Innovative Farmers. After an initial meeting, one of our trial farmers could no longer participate so we are looking for another (preferably someone based in the West...- Brid @ ADAS
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- beef cows disease fertility forage grass grass leys grazing health lambing legumes levy market rumen ryegrass seed sheep silage transport varieties variety
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Clean stubbles?
Anybody else finding stubbles are almost perfectly clean this year? A month after harvest almost all stubbles are almost perfectly clean. Doubt I’ll need to be using much roundup this autumn which is one benefit given the current situation. -
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Organic Rotation Ideas for Finishing Suckler Calves
Afternoon All, We're exploring changing our system from conventional to organic and wanted to get some advice on organic rotations. We're looking to dedicate all our arable land (light chalk) to produce organic feed for finishing our suckler Angus X calves. Current thoughts are for a 9-year...- StormInATeaCup
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- bedding beef calves cattle cereals compaction cover crop cover crops cows crop rotation cultivations dairy direct drill forage grass grazing legumes livestock feed nitrogen organic organic farming peas pig red clover residual ryegrass sclerotinia seed silage slurry wheat winter wheat
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Farming without bagged Fertiliser
100 cows on 100 acres Cutting frequently to bales or zero grazing. Regular reseed rotation and import quite a bit of nutrients in feed. Not used any p or k for years just urea and sulphur for first 2/3 of the season going little and often. Gone to all umbilical/dribble bar and just put in a...- happycows
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- agronomist ahdb analysis application bateman bedding beef beet boom break crop calcium calf calves carbon cattle cereals chafer cows dairy direct drill disc docks drought fertiliser fertility fertilizer first cut fluke fodder foliar glyphosate grass grassland grazing harvesting health herbicide honda joskin lambing legumes loader lungworm lungworms macerator maize market milk milking mounted nitrogen nozzle nozzles nutrients nutrition organic organic matter parts pollution quad rainfall reseed roots rye ryegrass savings sclerotinia seed self propelled separator sheep silage slurry soil health sprayer storage sulphate sulphur teejet trailing shoe umbilical urea warranty wheat wormer wormers worming worms yara yielding yields
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New long term ley seed mix
Got a field that’s been grass since I was born that needs a fessed this autumn. Over summer it was sprayed of and redstart rape drilled to give it a break. Been grazed off once and will have a few more ewe lambs run over it again as a bit of regrow that showing and with today’s rain it should...- Jerry
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- agronomist ahdb avatar beef beet cattle cereals chickweed cows dairy direct drill direct drilling disc disease docks drilling drills drought dsv fertiliser fodder forage grass grass leys grazing harvesting legumes limagrain maize nitrogen performance rainfall rye ryegrass seed seeding seedling sheep silage slurry sprayer umbilical varieties variety weed control
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How to Remove chopped straw
We have too much to chopped straw in a couple of fields which have already been LD flatlifted. Thinking about borrowing a rake to drag it to the margin Any suggestions on legal ways of removing it please? -
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Herbal leys for dairy cattle grazing
Moving over to herbal leys here for dairy cow grazing (holsteins on conventional system). Drought prone soil and low summer rainfall are main reasons. Lots of advice out there but seems more beef/sheep than dairy focus. So for dairy cows... Who's got them? What do you put in them? Are the...- crashbox
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- application beef break crop buffer cattle compaction cows dairy direct drilling disease disease resistance docks drilling drought establishment fat hen fertiliser flooding fodder forage grass grazing harrow health holstein legumes maize milk milking minerals nitrogen organic paddock platform quad rainfall repairs reseed residual residuals resilient roots rye ryegrass seed seedbeds sheep silage soil health sprayer stress umbilical varieties variety weed control worms yielding yields
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Wholecrop questions
I’m an arable farmer looking to use wholecrop as a break crop, I’d like it to be quite diverse and have as many legumes in as possible. Ideally id like to drill it in September, have fairly minimal spend on it and then sell it as a standing crop and have it taken off in June before the...- ben__adamss
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N prices end UK milling wheat production?
Given current N prices my calculations say milling wheat is no longer viable vs feed unless premiums increase significantly anyone else thinking similar ? will everyone grow more feed ?
