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!
Harvest is underway, as is some oilseed rape drilling. With a lot of rain around, conditions should be good to get oilseed rape established.
Despite continued challenges growing oilseed rape, it remains a strong break crop option, giving the opportunity to control blackgrass with another mode...
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Making small improvements is helping to keep a Norfolk farmer ahead of blackgrass. CPM learns more about his approach to grassweed control.
By Mike Abram
It’s the little things that matter when you have a grassweed problem you’re...
Greetings hivemind - why can't farmers wait until January to cut their hedgerows? cutting in august / september removes a lot of fruit 'n' nuts which would be good for wildlife, no? But I think a big reason is in January the ground can be too wet, and big machines will damage the grass / soil...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Researchers from the University of Bristol (UoB) have received funding to investigate whether artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to detect disease in dairy cows earlier.
The project will see researchers use AI to monitor social...
Hi all,
me and my husband are planning to start offering a service to butcher private kills for other farmers for their own consumption/meat boxes etc, we already do our own pork boxes and lamb and beef and are trained butchers with years of experience so could offer a higher quality and more...
Written by Charlotte Morrey from Agriland
The annual Comber Earlies Food Festival has relocated its venue to Comber Leisure Centre and plans to celebrate its famed potato “bigger and better than ever”.
For the first time, the festival will be offering a music stage to accommodate several local...
I know a few of you have terriers, do they work or are they pets / companion’s?
Mrs L has two patterdales, I pretend to hate them but don’t really.
We have Boo and Wilf , both are absolutely incredible ratters , I was just clearing the area to start my sheep handling yard when they dug a bloody...
What is a fair margin for the products we produce? Should we be looking for 10% return on investment (£1300/ac) or 10% of turnover (more like £60/ac)? With replacement tractor at £135k+ and spiralling labour costs these take some serious paying for and buying land is almost out of the question...
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As a long-standing member of the chemical armoury, there’s still great value in using phenoxy herbicides. CPM gets advice from the experts on what exactly they are and how growers could be using phenoxies this season.
By Charlotte...
I've run a couple of these polls previously and now some of the detail has been released and it's all getting a bit closer, I thought it would be interesting to gauge opinion again and see if anything has changed.
Same question as before:
Based on your current understandings of the scheme...
What's the best cab air freshener which last longer than a few days.We ve got a new tractor here and it was valeted before delivery the air freshener is one from the valet company it's a really nice refreshing smell which has lasted ages.Anyways would like to know what other people use in their...
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Corteva has recently issued detailed best practice application advice for Inatreq-containing fungicides for the coming season after worrying problems were reported by spray operators in 2022, its first season of use. But will farmers...
Chickpeas and opium poppies are just two of many valuable niche crops that could be grown
Chickpeas and opium poppies are just two of many valuable niche crops that could be grown in the UK to help farmers diversify and build soil health within the rotation. Support for novel crops within the...
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In this workshop session held at the Organic Growers Alliance (OGA) Organic Matters 2022 conference, we hear how the Seed Sovereignty Programme’s Seed Production Training Programme and international exchanges have been learning from some inspirational seed breeders, growers...
Nice too see both sides of parliament wearing wheat on their lapels in PMs Question time today,I had to look up the reason and it was a common question on google
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Moisture has been the defining difference between healthy and forward oilseed rape crops and others falling foul of cabbage stem flea beetle. CPM looks at how weed management should be tailored to crop growth this autumn.
By Melanie...
Bit light hearted in all this mess but if you could have anyone in your goverment who would it be.
Mr Clarkson for agriculture maybe,
Lord Sugar for trade
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