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  1. D

    Permanent Pasture

    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.
    • delilah
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    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  2. Agriland RSS

    Research suggests link between fertiliser and microplastics in soils

    Written by Charles O'Donnell from Agriland New research carried out in the UK suggests that both organic and inorganic fertiliser may contribute to concentrations of microplastics in agricultural soils. The research paper, published in the scientific journal Nature, was authored by...
  3. Clive

    Steve Barkley at OFC

    So i wonder what announcements / new standards we might get re SFI today ? any guesses ?
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    • Replies: 218
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  4. Matt77

    Compost value??

    Anyone done the numbers, obviously there's going to be different analysis of product but roughly, what might it be worth, money and fertility wise, I'm looking to improve soil workability at drilling time more than anything else but if it brings other stuff to the party then that helps justify...
    • Matt77
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    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Cropping
  5. le bon paysan

    Is it time to cut production ?

    Well is it time? What with the bad weather reducing plantings. Is sfi being used because of uncertainty in crop prices and/ or risk aversion. The ability to import looks slightly more difficult, less planted here in Europe too! Would a simple 10/15% reduction be worth it. The less I have done...
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    • Replies: 51
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
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