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  1. Stephensonlouis

    AHL2 - Winter Bird Food

    Has anyone ever autumn established SFI AHL2 after a crop off winter wheat, grown fast seeding crops such as mustard and then gone into a spring barley late March early April? Probably a good reason why it isn’t being done!
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    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  2. Y Fan Wen

    Habitat Wales Scheme was Glastir Advanced

    Had an email from Farming Connect this week inviting me to a webinar about the scheme on the 25th at 7.30. I've never done one of these but I have registered and will see what happens...
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    • Replies: 125
    • Forum: Tenant Farming, Subsidies, BPS & Legal Issues
  3. Bald Rick

    Loch Neagh, Northern Iron

    I see that the monster lake, Loch Neagh, which supplies 40% of Northern Ireland’s fresh drinking water is suffering a Blue Green algae bloom .. which the BBC quite rightly laid at the door of farmers using Agri chemicals https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66835897...
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  4. Steevo

    FW letter regarding Wye Poultry Farms

    Anyone read it? Seems scandalous that farmers will be forced to "sell" their poultry litter to a single company. A cynic would think there's some vested interests and money changing hands to get the poultry litter market tied up....
  5. Agriland RSS

    Farmers in Devon/Cornwall should consider moving away from maize – EA

    Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland The Environment Agency has recommended that farmers in Devon and Cornwall consider growing crops other than maize in the future. It believes these areas are at a high risk of run-off during bad weather – which could become the norm as a result of...
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