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Hi all, I'm from Malaysia, just came back from Singapore around November last year and started this Maize/Corn plantation in my hometown here in Ipoh. Im just a 27 year old who have absolutely no farming experience, I just plant some seeds and it grew but I noticed that some grew well and...

Looking for a plough, 200 acres mainly arable and the odd bit of grass for reseeding. Tractors available Fendt 718 and TM190 both on 650 tyres Mixture of land types - 50/50 between flat reclaimed silty soils and steeper ground on medium to heavy clays with plenty of big stones. High rainfall...

We have been ploughing digestate down prior to sowing winter crops for years and have occassionally topdressed spring crop in May with digestate as well, however we have very little experience of applying it on winter crop in early spring. We normally retain most of our digestate for grassland...

The current offer for horticultural growers and farmers Written by The Team Credit: Michael Brown The horticultural sector is a vital part of the UK economy. It contributed £4.3 billion in 2022. Ornamental growers make a significant contribution to promoting wellbeing and contribute £1.5...

https://www.ft.com/content/9b819b0c-663a-46f0-86a8-5e570913317a we havnt had a good ploughing vrs DD dust up for awhile :sneaky:it all seems dominated by the politics of rt nfu et al :rolleyes:

Spotlight on new actions for arable and horticulture farmers Written by The Team Biddenden Vineyard At the beginning of the month, we published a post which summarised the recent Agricultural Transition Plan update. The update includes the full range of new and improved actions plus the...

Please excuse the direct question. But if you were given the chance to enter a contract share farming agreement on a block which would have to be regeneratively farmed, would there be a margin to be split , so as a contractor I would see a profit to pull on first charge after doing it for cost...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Former nature and natural land use minister Trudy Harrison is set to host four evening ‘Pie and Pea Supper Surgeries’, the first of which will take place this week. Following the launch of ‘Trudy’s Pie and Pea Suppers’ last year, Harrison will be...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Agricultural contractor, Darren Russell, is confirming that umbilical systems come into their own during the early weeks of the slurry season. He is a member of the ‘Russell Brothers’ team. The business works out of premises close to the village of...

Hi there! I am the co-founder of a new startup in Devon that aims to help farmers diversify their income and tackle climate change by planting trees. I am doing some research to understand whether this is something that farmers are interested in and specifically how we could make things...

We are planning to build quite a large sheep handling system in the centre of a 250 acre block away from home. The sheep pens will be heavily used. What would people recommend as the most suitable stone/other material to use. The pens are being designed to hold around 1000 ewes so concrete...

Farmers worldwide are being squeezed between monopoly suppliers and monopoly buyers. With farmers fragmented, they have to be "price takers". With worldwide governments content to allow food producers to "go hang", food shortages are becoming ever more commonplace. Be it wheat in Africa, rice in...

Hello All. Bought some more Pigs from a very fit 83 year old today. Smashing guy. Sure he thought we were clueless ! ( We are !) Anyway he said we should be feeding them Fodder Beet. Anyone know where we could buy some. Located South East Many thanks

French farmers protest as government prepares to announce new measures – Europe live Written by Lili Bayer from the Guardian French government set to respond after being surprised by scale and fury of grassroots demonstrations in agriculture sector Pierre Bretagne woke at 4am to feed the cows...

‘The world is changing too fast for us’: organic farmers on urgency of French protests Written by Angelique Chrisafis in Rennes from the Guardian France taken by surprise by scale and fury of grassroots demonstrations amid crisis in organic sector Pierre Bretagne woke at 4am to feed the cows...

This is the number someone has come up with for the Welsh government for losses down to the new agriculture policy. Great news. Not.

Posted elsewhere but might as well post it here too. FT today. Bit of a read, but just shows how utterly fekked up all of this is. One bit stands out: Smith, the University of Aberdeen professor, says carbon sequestration can buy food suppliers “time to decarbonise the rest of their supply...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A group of local farmers have come together with the aim of raising in excess of £3 million to save Long Compton Abattoir from closure. The Save Long Compton Abattoir Steering Group is seeking to attract a combination of private and public...

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