Looking at growing some millet next year on sandy ground low In nutrients it should go into barley but we end up spoon feeding it all year just wondering if it is a viable option and how others have got on we are in the north west of England
Thought I'd kick this off, what are peoples thoughts regarding seedbed feeding this year ?
We are going to increase slurry and apply a foliar n product once the plant is growing.
Co-operating over growing maize is bringing benefits to two Cheshire farmers
For many dairy farmers, rebuilding forage stocks is going to be essential in the coming year. Finding flexible ways to increase production will be important and having maize grown on neighbouring land could be a...
Co-operating over growing maize is bringing benefits to two Cheshire farmers
For many dairy farmers, rebuilding forage stocks is going to be essential in the coming year. Finding flexible ways to increase production will be important and having maize grown on neighbouring land could be a...
Co-operating over growing maize is bringing benefits to two Cheshire farmers
For many dairy farmers, rebuilding forage stocks is going to be essential in the coming year. Finding flexible ways to increase production will be important and having maize grown on neighbouring land could be a...
Written by John Swire from Farm Business
Maize growers and contractors from across the northwest got an insight into the latest varieties and growing techniques when Hutchinsons opened the doors to its Carlisle Regional Technology Centre in Cumbria this month.
It is the 12th year that...
When is the best time to plant game cover strips that include brassicas in them eg Moir Mix type mixtures?
I ask the above on behalf of my wife , as the keeper where she works is kicking off as the game covers crops are not looking very good,
They been sprayed for flea beetle.
In my experience...
We have added the herbicide Alaris (40g Nicosulfuron) which come in 5 ltr cans to Farmdeals today. The price is £53.25 per 5l delivered and is available to mainland UK. For use on Forage Maize.
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So we’ve only got Defy - see attached, but having applied this in the autumn we’ve now got ryegrass come back through so we must be resistant to that as well.
Tried ploughing and it doesn’t work.
Tried No-Till and that doesn’t work.
Tried spring crops and they aren’t working.
Tried maize and it...
As part of Farm Compare, it has a basic lookup for crop protection products to allow you to lookup products and find equivalents. We get this data from the HSE.
What I didn't realise is how fast this data changes. over the past 17 months we have been monitoring the list, there have been 346...
As above I’ve got a bit of land on the rented farm that sits next to the river, very sheltered. It’s not been touched for a while other than us topping it every year.
thinking attempting to direct drill something has to be better than just letting it go to waste and being short of forage. We...
Field of first wheat full of sterile brome last harvest intended to drill second wheat but prevented by weather
Roundup after greening up post harvest then very lightly through with carrier and roundup again when greened up
What would the experts on here recommend in the way of treatment and...
A quick question for all the grassland boys, what weed control products do you use on a yearly basis?
We are trying to make sure we have a comprehensive list available on Farm Maketplace in 2020.
This is what we have at the moment:
As per title, just interested in what the rough cost, per hectare say, of growing this and has anyone put it into a blackgrass situation and seen improvements, I’ve not been involved in maize for 10 years so well out of touch with costs and agronomy. If it could be broken down into...
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