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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!
  2. Corteva Updates

    Autumn weed control in oilseed rape

    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...
  3. CPM RSS

    Real Results: Little measures

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...
  4. N

    A Non-Farmer asks ...

    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...
  5. Agriland RSS

    Can smart-tech help detect disease in dairy cows earlier?

    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...
  6. Steevo

    UK farmers ask 'what about us' as Government announces multi-million-pound scheme to help Nigeria's farmers

    https://www.farmersguardian.com/news/4121408/uk-farmers-about-us-government-announces-multi-million-pound-scheme-help-nigerias-farmers?utm_campaign=Most%20popular%20-%2004%20August%202023&utm_content=Read%20more%20%3E%3E%3E&utm_term=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestra
  7. Poppythepig

    Private kill butchery service - Would you use this?

    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...
  8. Agriland RSS

    Several ‘firsts’ for Comber Earlies Food Festival

    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...
  9. Wood field

    Terriers

    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...
  10. Horn&corn

    What’s a fair financial return from the farm?

    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...
  11. CPM RSS

    Tried and tested

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...
  12. Steevo

    Will you be looking to take part in the future SFI scheme? - 06/03/23

    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...
  13. casemx 270

    Cab air freshener

    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...
  14. CPM RSS

    Inatreq – a headache for 2023?

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...
  15. TFF

    £1,000 a hectare? Novel crops for rotation, resilience and profit 2023-01-04

    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...
  16. TFF

    Seeding change: Seed sovereignty inspiration from overseas 2022-12-22

    RESOURCE EXPLAINED: 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...
  17. P

    Lucerne

    Was thinking about growing Lucerne next year, any experience out there? What is the typical rate for selling bu the tonne?
  18. G

    MPs wearing wheat buttonholes

    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
  19. CPM RSS

    Bigger worries than weeds

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...
  20. nelly55

    If you had to form a goverment

    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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