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    Growing ambitions with Netherlands study tour

    Written by Billy Wickham A study tour in the Netherlands allowed seed potato growers from the United Kingdom (UK) to see first-hand the developments in growing practice of a competing nation. The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) head of potato exports, Patrick Hughes...
  2. G

    Sourcing a plug

    Our new automatic meat mixer/grinder has this control port on the side: Not getting a lot of info from the manufacturer or the local supplier as yet, i can probably figure out the wiring but then i'll need a plug for it
  3. roscoe erf

    Farmers have a better sex life than any other profession

    https://www.irishmirror.ie/lifestyle/sex-relationships/farmers-more-sex-any-profession-20740812?fbclid=IwAR2rcUB5QToh-PDM4_kG1idsnGl1bSgZiZJye-6HBkmEgPDf3tGyetZl46c
  4. Farmer-George

    Cover Crops

    Looking at putting in a cover crop before potatoes. What mixes are you using and why? Anything that could act as a fumigant against PCN would be a useful addition!
  5. Norfolk Hill Farmer

    Forage catch crop after potatoes

    Have tried several times now to grow stubble turnips behind potatoes, but found that the residual herbicide left over from treating the potato crop, stunts the turnips growth (even after ploughing). Does anyone else have experience of this ? And does anyone have any suggestions for a catch crop...
  6. roscoe erf

    spraying potatoes

    B.B.C 2 Horizon last night just said that the average potato crop is sprayed 32 times in a growing season?! Anyone got any comments? pretty sure I heard it right I can't remember them being sprayed that much when we grew them
  7. P

    The real "Jersey Royal Potato " Production system?

    As I opened our pack of Jersey Royal potatoes this evening ,I thought where do all these New Potatoes come from such a small Island. One sees Jersey Potatoes being grown on very steep hillsides for publicity shots,BUT when I look at Jersey Royal Potato co ,the fields in the pics look nice...
  8. M

    P X Farms

    Anybody had a copy of the newsletter? The business is now 8,500 acres apparently. How has it grown so quickly from what was 800 acres originally? Have they sold building land?
  9. T

    secondhand automatic soil sampling probe

    just wondering what the best auto soil probe is? wintex seem to be the most popular but never see any second hand ones for sale. i will be mostly doing grids, normal w and some pcn.
  10. S

    Wheat bulb fly

    Anyone else finding large amount of wheat bulb fly damage this spring. This field is following sugar beet, based in north Lincs
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    AHDB’s latest recruit to provide support to key potato growing region

    Written by Agriland Team AHDB has welcomed a new recruit to work with potato growers in the East of England. David Wilson has taken on the role of knowledge exchange manager for the potato sector in East Anglia and the South East. Track record David will be using his experience and...
  12. Wolds Beef

    Multi Breed Sale Newark

    @JP1 The Multi Breed Sale at Newark is on 23rd March. The Catalogue is out and due to the imminent B++++t job I would like to suggest now is the time to look at some cracking Lincoln Red Bulls for your commercial herds!!. Lincoln's are a Hardy, easy care breed that you will not be disappointed...
  13. George from SJM Planning

    Planning Applications, PD and the like (General Chat)

    After responding to several posts recently on particular planning queries which have descended into general chats I thought it might be good to have a place where we can discuss planning queries in general without hijacking other people's posts. So feel free to post anything Planning/Permitted...
  14. Penmoel

    Today at work

    Just mentioned in Agricultural Matters it might be interesting if everyone just took a picture today of what you were doing, however mundane it maybe, would show the variety of work carried out, will start tomorrow.
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