potatoes

LOOKING FOR LATE SEED POTATOES CHIPPING VARIETIES OR GENERAL WARE ABOUT 2 TON APPROX

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Environment Agency has launched a campaign to highlight the risks of growing high-risk crops in the south west of England. The agency said the high-risk crops, which include maize, fodder beet and potatoes, can lead to pollution and flooding...

Being as its the first of March. I'm sure British Sugar would like us to start drilling.....! Anyone started yet. (We haven't lifted last year's yet🤐) I know @Breckland Boy likes an early beet thread 😉😄

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is calling on the UK government to introduce a Horticultural Buyers Code of Practice. The union is calling for the implementation of a code of practice as part of a package of recommendations to “underpin...

Just got an email Are they getting twitchy ?

Something to watch! Looks like glyphosate is being banned as a desiccant for milling oats in Europe, not here at the moment but I suspect it might happen. Is there anything left in the arsenal to desiccate uneven crops? C B

Anyone know who's sugar beet they use ? Seen it in a shop today .

For potato grower Ollie Dennis, of Dennis (Haddenham) Limited, running a successful 700ha arable farm that includes 400ha of potatoes grown annually for the crisping, chipping, packing and processing markets is about attention to detail and using the best technology and equipment to keep...

One for combinable crop growers.

Think this is willow herb? Best herbicide to kill it pre spring barley drilling please?

Hello everyone, I am new here so please allow me to introduce myself. I am your neighbor from the NL. And I have been spooked a bit by the pandemic and wars breaking out around us and such. So I thought it important to learn how to be self reliant. So I took up (indoor) farming of nutrient...

Welcome to the Environment Agency Q&A event on The Farming Forum. For the next two days, this thread will be open for questions for our team at the Environment Agency to answer farmers questions on agricultural regulations. The Environment Agency are aiming to engage with the community on the...

Hello Landowners, I live in the Croston, Leyland area, and I was wondering if there is a scrappy piece of land near to where I live that I could turn over so that I could use it. I would like to turn it into a piece of agricultural land which I can use for my attempts at a self-sustaining...

Perception and perspective are very different things. Generally individuals and old farmers see food security as an existential threat eg if we had a major war (see WW2) and we struggle to have enough food in the UK. Retailers and governments see food security along the lines of “are the supply...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland DM Hall has brought a 5ac land holding with a four-bedroom farmhouse and multiple outbuildings to the market. The Scottish firm of chartered surveyors is inviting offers of over £325,000 to acquire Wester Pirleyhill Farm, which is located 2.8...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine With the UK potato industry facing more challenges than ever, ensuring accurate nematicide application is being advised by experts. However for one grower, Ollie Dennis of Dennis (Haddenham) Limited, attention to detail along with using the best...

Looking for a cheap way of getting minerals into ewes Currently Feeding Stock Feed Potatoes ,Distillery Draff and ad-lib Silage Been advised to feed an GP mineral alongside I would imagine free-access minerals will be a lot cheaper than any licks/Tubs but question is how to feed outdoors with...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is asking which political party will back British farming and deliver the right plan for British food ahead of a General Election at its annual conference. The union’s annual conference kicks off today (Tuesday...

To all those involved in the Sugar Beet industry, I would appreciate approximately 15 minutes of your time to answer the below survey for my dissertation project titled: ‘Does sugar beet fit into a regenerative agricultural future with a focus on striving for net-zero?’. If you have any further...

I'm way behind on the current threads on SFI and protests etc so if this is more suitable for one of them mods please move. Had an interesting conversation with a guy from my village over the weekend and it's got me thinking how the public understand the scale of whats happening. Conversation...