Got rained off when rolling a field of newly drilled winter wheat and it never got finished. Took this 3 weeks later slugs have hammered it where it hadn’t been rolled. Won’t make that mistake again!
We've been having intermittent bactoscan issues and are pretty sure the well water we're using to wash the parlour isn't clean enough despite having a UV filter on it. The place we had the water tested recomended putting hypochlorite into the water through a dosatron but very helpfully didn't...
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We planted an orchard a few years ago (North Yorkshire), have about 500 trees on some of our land, about 35 heritage varieties on MM106 rootstock. We are maybe 2 years from getting a good crop and our plan is to sell organic juice.
Are there any members on here growing Apples? If so...
I have read all previous threads on this-just wondered if there were many more up-to-date comments.
Have used normal low vol/high flow reel jetters, and industrial lower flow/high pressure on farms. Both do the job.
Our problem is we are all herringbone systems, so we can only do the...
One of the key aspects of using the EcoStim range of Biostimulants is the ability to reduce the use of fertilisers (up to 40%), in next Fridays (12 Nov) EcoStim Webinar on EcoCereal one of the things we'll look at will be the Cost Benefit of using EcoCereal.
To join us book your (free) ticket...
Question from a dairy farmer for you corn men
WB drilled 10th sept after plough & combination into cracking seed bed
Very quick & even germination. Reasonable amount of rain since but ground still "sound"
Last couple of weeks sporadic patches of yellow appearing. Probably worse at ends.
What...
Over the last two years there has been an evolution in the way that soil nutrient mapping is carried out. This has been driven by the launch of TerraMap by Hutchinsons in 2019. Terramap came at the perfect timing for farmers looking for that next level of accuracy in understanding their soils in...
Just watched a YouTube video of Mike Mitchell in Canada starting his harvest. The drought has meant there's virtually no crop but he's out there with the combines trying to collect up enough lentils for some seed to plant next season. It sounds like its not a rare event either.
Got me wondering...
Apologies if this is wrong section but thought cropping would get a better response. I drilled some turnip/forage rape mix direct into sprayed off pasture. Made sure I told him the risks with csfb. Anyway got a phone call asking my advice on weather he should spray for csfb I told him it would...
What are everyone's thoughts then? Heard 'massive' on a different thread from south of us.
May just be us, but mid/later season wheats(altitude or drill date/variety) hit by cool & wet at flowering-michodochium 15-20% florets on some ears, despite very robust (+PTZ) head spray. Earlier...
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Now this may be a cat among the pigeons post but looking ahead and having used SP seed dressings for many years now for our seed treatments for wheat and following on from discussions with the agronomist and Soil chap I wondered whether anyone has used and seen any noticeable benefit...
We have started a buying group for TFF members and readers so we can group together and get deals. It does not matter if you are in another buying group already - this one is free to join and has zero commitments.
If the traditional buying groups were too expensive or restrictive for the way...
How are people doing with their maize fertiliser?
Type timing and total please.
Have done it differently the last few years due to circumstance not plan. Always drill 25 units with the seed but have been an additional 25-75 units either trop dressing at 18 inches high or working it into the...
Been having some tissue tests done and it seems we are coming up short on Boron. Anyone on here using Epso BorTop? Might be an easy step for me to replace the planned EpsoTop with BorTop. Anyone any practical experience on their crops and have an idea of the price please.