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https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/RedTractorStakeholder/ I have just had this bought to my attention. Red tractor survey to ‘inform’ the reviewers. first I have heard of it, nothing in the latest member matters, on any email or on social media. feels like they are trying to keep it quiet as usual.

We have a customer where we are still waiting for the ground to dry up enough to get winter oats drilled. It is in grass at the moment and when we get 3-4 dry days in a row we will be able to follow the plough with the combi-drill - just not had 3-4 dry days in a row lately :X3:. Plan was to...

We know this country has taken a hit in winter production but what about European countries? Can our friends and contributors from Europe enlighten us? Will it affect markets as we go forward? Also vegetables and fruit, how have they faired? WB

Hi, got some tup lambs that I want to keep growing on over winter, grass is getting short now so wanting to know what everyone feeds their tup lambs over winter without stuffing them. thanks

Hi based in West Wales, does anyone know were I can get oats by the tonne? Or fodder beet. Wanted to try something new. Thanks

I'd be interested to know how the wheat is looking that went in in the frost three weeks ago. Also which method was used, broadcast, combi , direct? I'm asking as I would like to still get some in if we have another frost ,being as the seed is in the shed.

Broadly speaking, how much do people think lambs will eat per day from a hopper when they are on stubble turnips? when we have them inside I budget on 2kg a day. Would it be nearer 1kg on turnips? Lambs about quite framey, 40 kg approx Thanks

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland The results from the June 2023 Agricultural Census in Northern Ireland, which have just been released indicate that cattle numbers only increased by less than 1% over the past year. The statistics compiled by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and...

With potential £229/Ha on the table for s barley under sfi, are we about to see the return of the barley baron. Been looking at sfi, i guess like many farmers, weigh up all the options, ipm1, sam1,2,3, num 1,2,3 …..hrw…..ahl… so on and so on , a bit of this and a bit of that, and it all starts...

A potential anaerobic digester just up the road from me had its Planning Committee meeting yesterday. They had already approached me to grow crops for them & take digestate back. I would prefer a break crop if possible. The farm has a significant blackgrass burden. Mostly brashy soils prone to...

Love reading the posts of winters gone by , I think 96 had a fair snowfall At the time I was working “ away” on various short term contracts whilst still engineering, my son was born in the November . I recall ( south lakes ) a real long spell of cold easterly weather , usually we got mild...

Last night, sunday, yes country file on the bbc, showed the "plight" of farming, how little if any profit there is, ( for all the work worry and general aggro that modern day farming is) and thus the shocking decline in farming businesses, some 40, 000 odd gone in the last 20 years and know...

The budget for SFI is the same as when SPS first started. It was about £100/ acre then, which would be worth about £55/ acre now. So if everybody that claimed BPS, claimed SFI on the same area as before, and on similar value options, that is what we would all get paid. This would probably not...

Has anyone done this and what was the best way to establish herbs into an existing ley

Good afternoon, I’m looking at ways of reducing me feed costs with me ewes pre lambing. I feed them 18% ewe nuts at present for 8 weeks prior to lambing raising 0.25 pound per head each week so by the final week they’re on 2 pounds of nuts per head (fed twice a day so 1 in the morning and 1 at...

Before you renew your subscription to the Rusty Tractor scheme, ask yourself 'Do I really need to join'. I have spoken to several farmers recently who just randomly pay for RT, who suddenly realised it was pointless and have now left. Do you just join as you believe it stops a RPA...

Having a nightmare with cows crashing their rumination and then in turn their yield , spoke with vet originally who recomended feeding limestone flour as it sounds like SARA, so borrowed a couple of bags and cows recovered , then my feed company recomended acid buff as a better alterantive , so...

Cows are mammals. A mammal feeds its baby on milk, until the digestive system of the baby has developed sufficiently to allow it to eat other foods. This is why in the countryside you will see a big cow and a little cow side by side in a field. The big cow is the mother, the little cow - known...

Would it be feasible to grow a crop of Spring peas, unsprayed, with the aim of incorporating as a green manure after 12 weeks? The reason I ask is that there is a Welsh enviro scheme open at the moment, where one of the options is to grow a protein crop with no weed control. It would need to be...

I'm livid about this, and I hope British Farming Union will hold NFU, RT, AHDB and the other farming unions to account over it. Read on.... According to F Weekly article, Red Tractor planned to introduce the GFC to help several supermarkets meet their “WWF basket” commitments to source 50% of...