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Re drilling
I’ve got a very patchy field of winter oats. I was going to pull it out and redrill it but it has filled in a bit more in the last couple of weeks. Was thinking I could stitch in some spring oats with a direct drill and try and keep the winter oats. Has anyone tried this and what type of drill... -
How much isn’t getting planted
Another soaking yesterday and not looking like any planting in the next two weeks with 170 acres unplanted which might not get done , how much is left to do , I recon most people around here are 1/2 to 3/4 planted at best.- Surgery
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Lambs pushing there bums on creep!
Morning! We creep 75% of our lambs either on a pellet or home mix barley/oats concentrate pellet! This year more likely home mix with corn prices, but both ways always get a few lambs push there bums, this year instead of putting cocci buckets out going to cocci drench all lambs as buckets have...- UpAndUnder
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Spring bean's....
How late have people gone, and still got a successful crop, obviously so many variables but interested in experiences had....direct drilled into terminated cover crop too.- Matt77
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Concern over availability of spring barley seed
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops advisors, spring barley seed may be in short supply this year. This is a direct consequence of the widespread poor harvest conditions that characterised last year. According...- Agriland RSS
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Spring barley without dressing
We are wondering whether to just clean and not dress it just incase we don't use it.I know others do it what are your thoughts?- casemx 270
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Isabel spring oats
What are peoples opinion of this variety pls? -
Little winter crop sown on farms – CAFRE
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Little to no winter crop has been sown out on farms, according to College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) crop specialists. This is a direct consequence of the atrocious weather that characterised the harvest of 2023 in Northern...- Agriland RSS
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SFI - What % have or where you going to taking out of production?
Going off the back of the recent news from Defra and reading the current thread about it it would be interesting to see exactly how much land people where actually considering taking out of production. Thers a lot complaining about not being able to enter more than 25% into the 6 options that...- Phil P
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Will the rain ever stop
Sorry for moaning but I'm fed up of the rain.. We have had one or two days where it's been nice. Land dries up then rain again and it's saturated.- cymyran easycares
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Red Tractor Officially Scrap The GFC
Victory. Social media and farmer pressure, BFU, etc. we've all come together and pressurised change. NFU and AHDB originally backed the GFC, but changed their tune after the backlash. Tom Bradshaw and AHDB listened 👍. Thank you. And Farmers Weekly helped massively with excellent reporting. I...- Grass And Grain
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Spring drilling
Anyone managed to grab bits? I grabbed some real light bits but any clay and it’s a wet shitty mess. Not sure when to throw the towel in and go for sfi- willy
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Volunteer OSR in a herbal ley
Putting some MOP on a couple herbal leys this afternoon and there's quite a few volunteers mainly behind the combine. It's two years ago that it was in OSR. What to do about it? Top them as they are coming up to flower? Would rolling put them quiet? I want to mow the fields for silage ideally. -
Hogs at £200 plus….what price shearling ewes?
I’ve a number of last years ewe lambs running , the plan was to sell half as shearling breeding ewes as they are decent sorts. But the price of hogs at the moment means they need to be £250 plus as shearlings……- Jerry
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Winter cover crops on heavy land... what a disaster
I farm heavy silty clay with flints. No ditches, no land drains. Good strong wheat land, if unforgiving. I've been trying to grow cover crops on and off for the last 9 yrs. With one exception, they have all been disastrous. Summer cover crops in place of a spring crop, on the other hand, can...- Wigeon
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Looking For Work All work considered (Shropshire/Cheshire) Further if needed
Hi All. My name is Jordan Taylor, 29, Based near Market Drayton. I am self-employed with a wide range of experience looking for some good contacts for work throughout the year. I have my PA1, Loader, counterbalance forklift, MIG Welding and drone certificates with plans to gain First Aid and...- J.T.Agri
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Whole crop pit filler
Got a 20 acre field of WW destined for the whole crop pit that is a write off. We can not grow a reliable crop of maize. (Tried for 3 years. got 1 good crop & 2 average ones ) Not sure ground is going to dry soon enough to get spring barley in. Still an option Any other options to consider...- upnortheast
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is axial hard on winter barley?
like the title says is axial hard on winter barley? wondering if it slows it down or causes phyto like dff once i sprayed puma on a section and it killed the barley completely roundup styles lol -
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Skyfall - How late dare you sow?
Got some Skyfall seed wheat left, but unsure how late I dare sow? Cambs/Norfolk. Anyone had any previous experience drilling it this late?- Mixedupfarmer
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