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I have just put the 4 worded question,above,into the search TFF search box facility ( search titles only) and after browsing quickly through the 7 pages that the search facility comes up with, I can’t see one that directly answers my question. So I ask “What is regenerative farming” and how does...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland A review has recommended that nutrient calculators developed by College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) should remain the industry standard in Northern Ireland, but require updating. AgriSearch recently commissioned agricultural...

https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2024/01/04/environmental-land-management-in-2024-details-of-actions-and-payments/ This has just landed, on a quick skim it looks like they have listened.

We had 45mm of rain in last 24 hours!! So I tried to work out the weight of water per acre. Somehow I got to 1111.5 tonnes per acre!! Somehow I must of got it wrong @Dave W thinks I'm an idiot😃 what is the real weight of water per acre?

Abstract Soil fertility and productivity are severely impacted by exploitation and degradation processes. These threats, coupled with population growth and climatic changes, compel us to search for innovative agroecological solutions. Prebiotics, a type of soil biostimulant, are used to enhance...

Arable and Horticulture webinar follow up Written by Becky Briggs Credit: Bs0u10e0 We recently held a webinar for arable and horticulture farmers. Our aim was to go through the 2023 Sustainable Farming Incentive offer for those farm types and answer your questions. You can watch a...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland A number of research scientists believe that the potential of our soils to sequester carbon has been seriously overestimated. Some recent studies, estimating the potential of farmland to store more carbon through innovative soil management, are...

Well isn’t it? If you can grow 4t per acre of wheat then isn’t the carbon footprint per ton less by virtue of the fact you’ve spread the fixed part of the carbon cost in growing the crop over more tons. This fact begs the question of what to do with marginal land. It would suggest it should be...

Uswd in Australia to destroy ryegrass seed through the combine Tom Brook says it's reduced volunteers by 96% https://www.seedterminator.com.au/?gclid=CjwKCAiAg9urBhB_EiwAgw88mc0-ehziTPukj4GLVvBF9jwPeBdNBlkxN2bLcy9DKrLSBi0YzJx0RhoCQ10QAvD_BwE

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...

Discussing whether we'll be told what crops to grow (as per War Ag), or maybe not grow, a question came up... Has maize been banned anywhere in the UK, e.g. for water pollution reasons? Or any other crops/reasons, for that matter?

Top questions from people considering SFI Who can apply for SFI and when can they apply? At the moment, we’re only allowing BPS eligible farmers to apply for an SFI agreement. This is because their details are already registered with the RPA. In future, we’ll allow a wider range of farmers to...

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Livestock and grassland webinar follow up Written by Becky Briggs Credit: Judy Dean On Monday 20 November, we held a webinar for livestock and grassland farmers. Our aim was to go through the 2023 offer for those farm types and answer your questions. You can watch a recording of the...

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...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Farmers in Zone 1 of the Soil Nutrient Health Scheme (SNHS) will receive their full set of detailed reports next week, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has said. Over 6,000 farmers in Zone 1, which includes...

How hard are people running their boilers? Tier 1 pays upto 1314 hours (1,314,000 kwh) and tier 2 pays anything after that. There is 8760 hours in a year but you’d never get a boiler running at 100% efficiency to actually do 8,760,000 kwh per year? Ours runs between 1,500,000 and 2,500,000 kwh...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Drones may not be new to the industry but they are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are being utilised for more and more operations as the technology improves. CPM investigates By John Swire New aerial assessment techniques being...

Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland The government has announced this week that an added £74 million will help farmers invest in slurry infrastructure. This, it hopes, will tackle water pollution, improve air quality and make better use of organic nutrients. Applications are now open for...