Hi, I am a final year student at Harper Adams University and I am looking for potato growers who would be willing to either fill out a questionnaire or would be happy for me to give them a call to ask a few questions for my dissertation focusing on:
"Studying the distance in which it becomes...
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I need some advise! I want to remove cotswolds Brash stone from a field and keep the grass in tact. It has been suggested to use a Chain Harrow to do this.
I want to put tents down on the field and make it good enough for camping but need to remove some of the stone in certain...
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Revenue 5174 destoner. Good condition. Nearly new tips on paddles. First web and drive sprockets renewed 100 acres ago...
This industry has a tragic safety record, what can we all do that may improve this ?
lets use this thread for suggestions ? some maybe unpopular with others (I know mine will be !) but surely we can’t continue watching so many loose their life’s trying to produce a bit of food
my top 3...
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Trilo B7 Mounted Blower
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Written by William Kellett
Meat and dairy felt the love in lockdown, helping boost food and drink retail sales to record levels this Valentine’s Day – up £85 million on last year.
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FarmDeals has a group buy on right now for IBC’s of 15%. Manganese Sulphate at £460 / 1000 L (46p/L)
This is a great price that i dont think anyone else can get near I’ve just ordered x4 but we need to get to 20 IBC’s before the 6th April to get the deal, only the 20 available at this price...
20 to 30 years ago we never had this problem, every year now I seem to get several ton that lumps together in the bag, and I do drop the bags on their side to break the lumps which does help but some are to bad and this happens.
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Download PDF Initial findings from a farm trial in Lincolnshire suggest there may be scope to irrigate potatoes with slightly saline (brackish) water without compromising yield or quality. CPM finds out more. The salinity of soil water can affect the physical properties of soil...
Written by William Kellett
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Lincolnshire potato and vegetable grower John Bratley said...
Written by William Kellett
A ballot to decide the future of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) potato levy has concluded. The voting report has been passed to ministers, who will decide what happens next.
The call for a ballot on the continuation of a statutory levy in...