Written by Agriland Team from Agriland
Yesterday (Wednesday, March 20), the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) stated that soil sampling has entered its final weeks on the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS).
128,000 fields have been sampled in the SNHS during the 2023/24 sampling...
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...
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Smart technology in agriculture is progressing at a rate of knots with new innovations promising to optimise workflow, streamline processes and utilise every ounce of data available. CPM digs into some of these unfolding technologies.
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A difficult season for herbicide application is likely to have resulted in an unwanted bounty of weeds in oilseed rape crops. With the final window having arrived for mastering some control, CPM digs deeper into the role of water...
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Amid a constant battle with declining chemistry and catchy weather windows, including an adjuvant in the spray tank is proving essential for one Wiltshire spray operator. CPM finds out more.
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Although it’s been a while since the loss of desmedipham, finding a similar level of annual broadleaf weed control in sugar beet has proven quite the head-scratcher. However, the answer could lie in a specific type of adjuvant. CPM reveals...
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With soil organic matter levels reaching an all time low in some areas, utilising the benefits of molasses could help growers to start to rebuild these vital stocks. CPM finds out more.
By Charlotte Cunningham
It’s often said that a...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Farmers are being encouraged to harness the full potential of cover crops by ensuring they are fully incorporated into soils this spring.
Eastern product manager at Timac Agro UK, Adam Bartowski, said that, by doing so, soils will be more...
FiPL spotlight: improving nutrient use and reducing nitrate and phosphate pollution in the Broads
Written by Juliette Howlett
The Waveney Farming Cluster receiving a talk from soil a soil compaction specialist.
With a population of just over 6,000, spread across 303 square kilometres, the...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
After high autumn slug pressure and a mild, wet winter, growers are encouraged to assess and manage risk of damage to spring cereals.
Keith Walters, professor of invertebrate biology and pest management at Harper Adams University, says slug...
Chatting with my agronomist this morning and he was telling me how some FBT agreements, down in more arable areas, had clauses in them requiring the land to be soil tested at the beginning and end of the term with a full spectrum analysis, with a charge to put right any degradation.
I've heard...
Welcome to the Environment Agency Q&A event on The Farming Forum.
For the next two days, this thread will be open for questions for our team at the Environment Agency to answer farmers questions on agricultural regulations.
The Environment Agency are aiming to engage with the community on the...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
Mineral-oil-based fuels suffer a good deal of bad publicity, but the government’s enthusiasm for batteries as a universal method of energy storage means that alternative sources of diesel are overlooked.
Carbon-based fuels, such as diesel, have several...
Think this has been covered before ,but I have some land drainage to do and may struggle to get drainage stone on site ,are there any other options for backfill that will last other than stone , not done any test holes yet so unsure but it seems to be deep loamy topsoil over Clay for what I've...
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UK pea and bean growers are invited to become ‘pulse pioneers’ and be paid to carry out on-farm trials which will contribute to ground-breaking research.
The Nitrogen Climate Smart (NCS) Project aims to facilitate the increase of pulse cropping from 5%...
Anyone struggling to get final quarter and closure payment for sfi 22? We closed 22 in November and had an offer and start date for 1st of Jan for 23 to start. Closure declaration completed early December still awaiting any payment.
How's everyone getting on keeping sheep and cattle outside. Pretty biblical round here. Thinking will have to house the multiples for a month to give us half a chance of getting through to spring.
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Typically regarded as deep working tools, ploughs can have a part to play in min-till, if specifically designed to operate shallowly. That’s the message from two manufacturers when setting out the case for their implements to CPM.
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