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Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has published the provisional results from it’s ‘Early Bird’ planting survey for autumn 2023. Autumn drilling conditions have been poor in many parts of the UK in later weeks of the planting...

What do folk usually feed to keep ewes ticking over before starting concentrates closer to lambing? We usually just fed a small amount of ewe rolls from end December start of January on, but the feed bill would be scary these days. Tried beet but it’s expensive now.

After about 10 tonne of spring wheat to feed to my chickens . It’s has to be spring wheat as that’s all the fussy things will eat. As close to Worcestershire as possible . Thanks

Which of above, do people find finish lambs the best during winter months of nov, dec and Jan. Good stands of both, well fed dairy ground in Herefordshire. Will put lambs on one and ewes on other, but debating which will be better for lambs??

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland It has been estimated that cereal growers in Northern Ireland have succeeded in getting no more than 50% of the ground earmarked for winter crops actually planted out. “This is a very rough figure”, said Robin Bolton, a senior advisor with the College...

What happens if I drill winter wheat in the spring? I'm assuming the world won't implode and I am also assuming it's less than ideal however, will I have a combinable crop? I have extase wheat here that I would like to have seed treated and then plant in mid april next year I keep having...

Hi, I'm a student, and not directly related to farming. You see a lot these days about plant based diets and the like, in common media, so I just wanted to do some fact checking with you guys. Anyone grown animals and crops on the same fields (perhaps in rotation)? Does it produce better...

Taken on a lump of heavy land it’s been barley after barley after barley and I’m sure is sick of the stuff. It’s also as tight as and needs a good pull up. OSR I’m not impressed with the returns or the risk any more, And never got control of it till it was too late. Spring oats?. Nah too much...

I gave up second wheats a good few years ago due to grassweed control, lack of!, thought I'd give it another go as the farm is cleaner and now running a disc direct drill, flooding aside, it looks terrible, what have people learnt with DD second wheat, as I'm now hearing advice along the lines...

Afternoon all We have a fair lump not sown at the minute, some of it quite heavy and still stubble, some of it worked and half sown. Tine drills seem to be top choice for some people in wet conditions, so I'm after experiences really. I know of a tine drill at sensible money, and we have a 6m...

How much is everyone feeding their milk calves? Looking at doing a trial with our milk calves feeding between 2-4 litres each feed to see what diff makes on Daily weight gains. Interested to see what everyone else is feeding?

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Been quoted spring oats isabel £550/ ton seems alot , said they is a shortage

Hiyah all, I've seen a post on FB marketplace for a dumpy bag of feed oats for £95...2 questions... Will the ewes benefit? Is it a good price? Thanks in advance!

Hi guys never planted winter barley this late before will it be ok or am I wasting my time should I just put oats in instead

How much does it cost to keep store cattle out at winter??

Written by Rubina Freiberg from Agriland Humanity can produce 14 times more protein on the same amount of land by switching from meat to plant proteins, helping to feed a growing world population in 2030, new research has shown. It is estimated that the same area of land can yield enough beef...

Looks like spring my spring barley area is growing but I didn’t get chance to keep any clean barley for seed. I have some that has brome seed in it and when I got my beans cleaned i showed the sample to the cleaner and he said he’d struggle to get the brome out. What other options have I got to...

AHDB’s Cereals and Oilseeds Sector Council would like your questions about proposals to improve services and deliver more by increasing levy rates from the start of the 2024/25 financial year. Sector Chair Tom Clarke will be taking part in a Q and A session, responding to questions from levy...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Adding placed phosphate fertiliser to seed beds at time of planting will help boost root development in newly established cereal crops. Ben Haste, an East Anglia-based agronomist with Farmacy said: “This is particularly so in cases where crops are...