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Imagine you were offered the job of your dreams. The only downside was a long commute requiring the use of a car. You have to take it up and give it a go and you love it although the expenses mean it doesn't pay well. This means you are considering a move to be closer to the job when a neighbour...

Boris Johnson unveils ‘grow for Britain’ plan British farmers urged to put more resources into producing fruit and vegetables to help ease cost of living and food threat from Ukraine war ByTony Diver, WHITEHALL CORRESPONDENT10 June 2022 • 8:50pm Boris Johnson gets in touch with the locals at...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/10/worse-than-half-baked-johnsons-food-strategy-fails-to-tackle-cost-or-climate

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Due to the key role of both sulphur and nitrogen in the synthesis of proteins, the supply of these plant nutrients is highly inter-related. Studies have shown that one nutrient will accumulate in plants when the other is deficient. But when this...

https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2022/06/09/farming-investment-fund-new-slurry-infrastructure-grants-coming-in-autumn-2022/ New information has come out today on the 'Slurry Grant Scheme' this Autumn 2022 in England. Headline are Slurry stores to have 6 months worth of storage Stores to...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/great-vegan-diet-con/ It's too lomg to copy in full but here's a flavour: Canola oil, yeast, acidity regulator, methylcellulose, corn oil thickener, starch, gelling agent. “Hmm, I don’t like agents in my food,” says Jayne Buxton. We’re in...

I'm planning to plant sesame using a non-shattering variety, so i supposed to arrange for planting and i wonder if using a row crop planter would be beneficiary otherwise, I should use a seed drill, the second thing that discomforts me is could i use a pneumatic planter for sesame seeds, because...

So with the awful situation in ukraine and they can only export 2 million tones per month... What will uk grown feed wheat hit? 450, 500 a ton?

Hi I'm Adam, I'm a 39 yo from Merseyside and looking for a farming role in the above areas. I'm happy to work in either arable or with livestock (poultry, sheep or pigs) but, admittedly, cattle would be my lesser preference. I don't have any previous farming experience but I'm exceptionally...

We have vacancies for poultry handlers based at Radstock.:chicken: We can offer accommodation near to our base, which you all meet at then go off to farms across the South West. Pay is starting at 10PH and rent is 130 Per week. We will supply you with your PPE and training. Driving license an...

I’ve got a audit next week for combinable crops and I missed my local moisture meter clinic this spring so I’ve not got the relevant pice of paper but I do have samples of all the crops I grow with moisture checked by local merchant. Will this be good enough to get me a tick in the correct box...

Really helpful and balanced three page piece (The great plant based con). Just the type of thing many on here have been hoping would be published.

Written by Charles O'Donnell from Agriland The Omagh Show will return this year after the Covid-19 pandemic for its 180th annual event, to be held on Friday, July 1 and Saturday, July 2. As with all other agricultural shows, this will be first event since 2019. This year’s show will see a...

THE SOUTH WEST JUNE ONLINE TIMED COLLECTIVE SALE OF 60 TRACTORS, EXCAVATORS, TELEHANDLERS & VEHICLES, FARM MACHINERY, LIVESTOCK & GENERAL EQUIPMENT (1000+ LOTS!) To Include A Special Sale Of Surplus Game Birds Including: 75,00 Day Old Chicks, 42,500 Poults & 3,000 Ex-Birds (Partridge &...

Written by Megan O'Brien from Agriland The price of wheat and poultry rose in May this year (2022), despite a modest decline in world food commodity prices throughout the month, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). The FAO’s Food Price Index tracks...

Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed on a turkey farm near Ludlow, Shropshire, by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Shropshire Council yesterday (June 1). As per protocol, a 3km Protection Zone...

Thoughts of the collective?

The wife got diverted off the A1 back in april and the diversion went through the tunnel, there was no apparent place to pay so she drove on. Not her choice of route Now they want £60 the hoors How do u fix this?

NOW LIVE! THE SOUTH WEST JUNE ONLINE TIMED COLLECTIVE SALE OF 60 TRACTORS, EXCAVATORS, TELEHANDLERS & VEHICLES, FARM MACHINERY, LIVESTOCK & GENERAL EQUIPMENT ***TO INCLUDE: A SPECIAL DISPERSAL SALE OF THATCHING REED EQUIPMENT NR TAUNTON AND 1250 POTATO BOXES*** RUNNING FROM: THURSDAY 26TH MAY...

Our podcast host, Tony is joined by three members of the Wynnstay Poultry Team; Fiona Hunt, Fred Liddell and Steve Marriott, as they discuss the link between egg size and profitability and look into how early flock management decisions can influence the size of eggs produced throughout the lay...