potatoes

Just had a look at this, it’s seems a lot more open to interpretation than GS4 am I right in saying I could put a herbal ley in that is 70% rye grass with the other grasses / herbs etc making up the other 30% , leave it between start may and end july for 5 weeks , ie take a 1st cut late May/...

Now that AHDB will not be doing any price reporting after 1st January it is hard to see what use it is. Is it time it was ended and we just had a promotional body that deals with the domestic market and the exports. I do NOT want any bench marking! I do NOT want anyone to tell me how much the...

Honestly what is so wrong with just farming nowadays?? All you hear is we have to diversify, we need to be shopkeepers, or sell ice cream, or have tourists on site, or go into rewildling etc etc etc...... You dont see any other industry getting pummeled so much that they have to basically go...

Hello. Please could any folk tell if these type of hand baskets or similar are available to purchase... Not bought any for a while and I'm not sure if any are made these days. Any help or pointers where to go... Many thanks.

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland It has been estimated that cereal growers in Northern Ireland have succeeded in getting no more than 50% of the ground earmarked for winter crops actually planted out. “This is a very rough figure”, said Robin Bolton, a senior advisor with the College...

Inspired in some way by the gatecrash of the Fendt gearbox thread, just thought I'd see what folks did. 20 years ago we managed with two 6290's and a 3075, and up to three hire tractors at peak times and contractor help for beet drilling and harvesting, hedge cutting, square baling, destoning...

Would the leading tine on the claydon create enough drainage to keep the deluge of water we have had this year ,away from the seed so that it doesn't blow and rot if drilled in reasonable conditions?

Big farm weekly 1983

10 I've seen enough. Tom Clarke is clearly a yes man. Another plant in the top tier team. Cant answer a question directly.

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Integrated potato supply chain specialists AKP Group based in North Lincolnshire, has completed the acquisition of Wolds Produce, based in York. Established in 1999 by Richard Arundel and Bruce Kerr, Arundel Kerr Produce Ltd. (AKP Group) is a potato...

Anybody else see this letter in the Telegraph today? it finishes with the numbers do not add up. Well they are certainly misleading :mad:

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Between 55% and 60% of Northern Ireland’s 2023 potato crop is still in the ground, for the most part, rotting in the drills. This is the assessment of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) presidential team, the members of which visited potato and...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has welcomed recommendations from the House of Lords Horticultural Sector Committee looking to address the horticulture sector’s challenges. The recommendations were published in a new report, Sowing the seeds: A...

Quote from Farmers Gaurdian. With 85% of AHDB income coming from farmers and 15% from processors is he right to say its noty right to side with either farmers or retailers ? My view is he (and AHDB) should be a firm 85% sided with farmers

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Armagh Observatory and Planetarium has recorded October 2023 as the wettest month since daily rainfall measurements began in 1838. 195.4mm of rain was measured this October, which beats the previous record in October 1870, which was 193.8mm...

AHDB’s Beef and Lamb Sector Council would like your questions about proposals to improve services and deliver more by increasing levy rates from the start of the 2024/25 financial year. Sector Chair Colin Bateman will be taking part in a Q and A session, responding to questions from levy...

I work on a family farm, probably not milking enough cows for the amount of staff we've got, but now the winters here It's a struggle to fill the days with work. Usually jobbed up by lunchtime then it's a few hours until pm milking. Probably start hedgelaying soon but thats barely worth it.

Had the attached email from Red Tractor today: Red Tractor Member Mailing Dear Red Tractor Crops Member, We are getting in touch to notify you of changes to the Combinable Crops Passports service. What is...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland McDonald’s has kickstarted its search for tomorrow’s farming and food industry leaders with the launch of its Progressive Young Farmer (PYF) programme. The one-year placement is now open for applications from full-time undergraduates studying at college...

We seem to get a storm ………. , something something or other once every 3 or 4 weeks these days. Are there really any more storms these days, or is it the media hyping the storms up now they have names. :scratchhead: