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  1. CPM RSS

    Pulse Progress: Putting the ‘pea’ in predictions

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF In this special edition of Pulse Progress, CPM explores how the development of a new modelling tool could revolutionise the forecasting of maturity and yield in vining peas. By Charlotte Cunningham Anyone who’s grown vining peas will...
  2. CPM RSS

    Grain maize: Take a chance on grain maize

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Maize is fast growing in popularity with increasing numbers of arable farmers believing it capable of delivering significant production, economic and even environmental benefits. CPM evaluates its potential. By Rob Jones With the...
  3. CPM RSS

    Drills: Dynamic drills

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Innovation never stands still and with focus moving towards environmentally conscious management, the drill and planter section of the machinery industry is no exception. CPM takes a look at some of the newest products and updates...
  4. Will Blackburn

    Parlour Extension Pictures

    We've started milking on 34 units after extending our 20:40 Fullwood milking parlour. We only milked on one side for 4 days, for each side, credit to the dairy engineers and my lads for making it happen.
  5. bobk

    Looking grim .......

    10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .
  6. paulrollings

    Manure management systems

    Sorry! I am a student at Royal Agriculture University, I am deeply grateful for your time and expertise. I am currently working on a project exploring different composting systems for dairy farm waste and was hoping to seek your advice. This is my attempt at a high-level map of manure...
  7. melted welly

    Fair play George

    https://www.farminguk.com/news/government-to-be-taken-to-court-over-axing-of-farmland-sewage-sludge-pledge_64313.html Never used the stuff. However, in the UK retailers “WWF Basket” commitments is a pledge to ensure suppliers use 50% recycled phosphate by 2030. So that’s via sewage cake is it...
  8. Ffermer Bach

    Poultry, pollution and The River Wye

    How cheap chicken ran rampant across Britain Poultry farming boom blamed for housebuilding delays and turning rivers green Daniel Woolfson17 February 2024 • 12:00pm Related Topics Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Environment Agency, Chicken, Pollution, Farming...
  9. daveydiesel1

    What would this blend cost roughly

    650 kg maize 250 kg megalac 100kg dairy minerals
  10. Stags Agri

    1500+ LOTS NOW LIVE - THE SOUTH WEST MARCH ONLINE TIMED AUCTION

    THE SOUTH WEST MARCH ONLINE TIMED SALE OF 55+ TRACTORS, 10 EXCAVATORS & DIGGERS, 10+ ATV’S, 35 VEHICLES, 220+ LOTS OF FARM MACHINERY, 60+ TRAILERS, 75+ ATTACHMENTS, 220+ LOTS OF LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT, 450+ LOTS OF ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT & 350+ LOTS OF MISCELLANEOUS LOTS START CLOSING SUNDAY 17TH...
  11. F

    Big Black "Crows" Attacking Sheep

    We are having increasing problems with extra large Crows, had an in lamb ewe yesterday that was on its back for a short time and it had both eyes pecked out. They then move on to pecking holes in the side of the sheep and pull the guts out. They are vicious things and are extremely difficult to...
  12. B

    Muck for sale or swap for straw

    Large quantity of box muck for sale, ideal for maize ground etc. Will sell or swap for straw, cheshire area.
  13. M

    Dutzi

    Morning All Just wondered if anyone has had any expiences with a Dutzi rotavator with legs? Any good as a single pass? Would we be able to put wheat in after maize with one or would it just turn it to S#*t the same as a conventional rotavator as the bledes look different. Also reliabaility and...
  14. A

    Looking for farmers' feedback! - Survey on accelerating sustainable agricultural transition

    Hello, I am working in the innovation department for an organization that operates in the food and agri sector. Currently, I am conducting a research that focuses on accelerating the sustainable transition within the agri sector. Goal of this research is to develop solutions that support farmers...
  15. powerontheland

    Small Scale Pick Your Own

    Have any/many of you diversified with small scale pick your own?? We are going to have a go this year with a pumpkin patch and some sunflowers, but i am keen to maybe try a couple of acres of spuds?? If not PYO, then sold at the farm gate. Haven’t a clue where to even get seed from ( Accept...
  16. A

    Up Horn/Down Corn

    A biggish fat lamb (50kg?) is worth £160. (the same as a ton of barley) A small fat beast (500kg) is worth £1600. (the same as 10 tons of barley). Has the value of finished stock compared to the price of grain ever been a high during the last 10,000 years?
  17. Wood field

    How do you …. Get out of farming?

    Mulling things over … now I love farming ( mostly) and as some of you know, I’ve said it’s all I ever wanted to do . But times are changing and with the weather on top of poor ground plus my age and aches and pains, I’ve been wondering if it’s time to say enough Part of me feels guilty as if I...
  18. K

    Should you buy a new tractor?

    I’m a new farmer, been farming in my own right for 10 years now. Successfully grown a good business through contracting and growing our sheep flock. The time has come that I have paid my current tractor off. I have never like the idea of buying a new tractor as they depreciate so much! I have...
  19. Agriland RSS

    High-risk crops can lead to pollution and flooding – Environment Agency

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Environment Agency has launched a campaign to highlight the risks of growing high-risk crops in the south west of England. The agency said the high-risk crops, which include maize, fodder beet and potatoes, can lead to pollution and flooding...
  20. T

    Ploughing cultivated ground

    I’ve got some ground that was cultivated in the autumn with the idea of putting grass in but got too wet for it. So the plan is to undersow grass in a crop of maize this spring. Planning on ploughing the cultivated ground for the maize, bad idea or not?
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