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Hi all got 250 acre mixed farm with plenty of cattle which in turn means loads of fym currently growing grass for the horse market wheat , spring barley and maize ( may drop maize yet ) , thinking ahead the grass will help the soil structure and seems a shame to plough it up and it’s heavy clay...

Given the late drilling date and the amount of rain that’s gone on them I’m pleasantly pleased with the state of my crops. I do have two small fields that are below par but most are looking well. How are others looking? Wheat and barley below, no rape this year but locally it looks well.

Next year I have said that we will grow a patch of Sunflowers as a fund raiser for the local school. People can come and pick a bunch for a fiver or something like that. Need to work on the details. What variety would be a good bet? Not too tall, and not a massive head either. We had some last...

I cannot shift the cap on the dipper arm ram on my old JCB 805bt. does anyone have any tips or tricks to help please? I have made an open ended spanner about 5 foot long to put on it.

We have a product here (one called Vario) that has the same make up as dicurane used to have. I have some here for use but never managed to get any on. When I used to use it in the uk, it was always in November (usually seemed to be during children in need week) and actually I can’t remember how...

New to me JCB 536-60 (2008) Appears to be a single hydraulic line at the rear of my Agri plus 536-60 right next to the hydraulic fill. Anyone know what its for? Also, buttons on the joystick face, what is the top and bottom button supposed to do? Thanks and all the best!!

Winter beans. What’s ideal depth ? 4inches? I guess main issues are crows and pre-em. Have ploughed or claydoned in previously so been well buried. Pre-ems obviously quite strong, pdm, kerb and some clomazone potentially.

Friend sent me a pic, their 19 year old daughter came home and said there’s a funny noise coming from the car Going outside in the dark to see what the fuss was, he gets a torch out to inspect closer Millennials ......!!....and punctures

Direct drilling on heavy clay soils is tricky. There is a lot of great advice out there, but from those on many different soil types. As direct drilling hinges on soil I thought it would be useful to have a thread based on heavy-ish clay soils alone. just to kick it of; we have a Weaving GD...

Beans have beaten my pre em spray. I'm mad with myself. Drill guy told me they were in 6 or 7 inches. Turns out it's nearer 3. Went to have a look today with a view to spraying tomorrow and there's 40 -50 % emerged. Gonna drop the kerb but I'm tempted to go with the clomazone. Agronomist seems...

So Blackgrass, Cleavers and Charlock are the main issues. For Blackgrass, Kerb is the only effective option. And needs to be pre-em? (Blackgrass isnt awful) How well would a Nirvana work on Cleavers? Could I get away with dropping the rate of Nirvana and boosting with some straight Pend and...

I read in the Farmers Guardian that the NBA are suggesting the age at which cattle can be sold as prime beef be lowered to 27 months to allegedly reduce the carbon footprint of beef production. Firstly I completely disagree with their calculations as slower grown grass fed beef actuallytakes...

This years experiment grew a mix of Barley 150 kg/ha (Westminster) and peas 80 kg/ha (Zero4) as a potential high protein feed for the sheep, worked quite well, need to have a clean seed bed before starting and no sprays that will do both barley and peas, 15 tonne/ha sheep muck pre ploughing...

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Calibre will be hosting a Mastitis webinar on 27th August via Zoom, with guest speakers: Rodrigo Bicalho, Associate Professor in the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences at Cornell University; and CEO of FERA Diagnostics George Oikonomou, Professor of Cattle Health and...

Soz, I know this has come up many times, just can't be bothered searching. When using cheap glyphosate at say 3 l/ha what's a cost efficient wetter to use with it? Everyone has been enthusiastic about LI700 from memory, what sort of price is it currently and what rate? Any other options?

Following on from Andrew Howard’s article in direct driller (I think he’s on here but can’t remmeber his handle to tag him) I am going to do a 36m trial of early drilled wheat. the trial area is post OSR, was chicken mucked then drilled with a catch crop of buckwheat linseed and sunflowers...

In wheat , been using 2 ltr/ha of Picomax which does a fair job for the money , looking for summat better , expecting to do them again in the spring with topic.

Hi guys, up in North East Scotland here, thought i was the kiddie making min till work without too much spraying for the first few years, am now on my ass visa vis annual meadow grass... Have plenty for sale btw if anyone interested?.... Pick your own for a discount naturally... Am now getting...