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Do mice drown in linseed?
We had a small heap of linseed (4 or 5 tonnes) in the corner of the shed over winter and have just drilled some over the weekend, straight from the heap as it looked very clean (we like to take a scientific approach). Denny the drill-man said he had at least ten dead and mummified mice blocking...- martian
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- beans coulters drilling harvesting hse pulses seed wheat
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Sprayers: Technology rules
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF As increasingly technical sprayers become mainstream in the market, the future of widespread spot spraying looks set. CPM pinpoints some of the latest technologically advanced products to hit the market for a flavour of what’s around the...- CPM RSS
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Inside Traits: Flex to success
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Having invested the time and money required to successfully nurture an oilseed rape crop through to flowering, taking an eye off the ball at this stage in the game isn’t an option. CPM investigates the work behind a new management tool to...- CPM RSS
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- ahdb beans cabbage cover crop development disease disease resistance fungicide fungicides genetic genetics health limagrain management market nutrition oilseed oilseed rape osr parts pathogen peas pod shatter pulses rlm7 sclerotinia security sprayer technology varieties variety weather yielding yields
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Meet the Pulse Pioneer
We are very excited to announce we will be starting a new series called 'Meet the Pulse Pioneer'!We have now chosen our Pulse Pioneers for Yr 1 of trials as part of the NCS Project & we want you to meet all of them.Make sure to join PulsePEP to follow along...- skye @ bofin
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- organic poultry pulses seed
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PGRO Trial - The NCS Project
The trial at Moore Farm, Stubton will evaluate the long-term effects of pulses in an arable rotation, particularly the effect on available N to following crops. Objectives are to evaluate the effects of winter beans, winter bean/ winter wheat intercrop and spring beans on soil nitrogen supply...- skye @ bofin
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- beans health nitrogen pulses spring beans wheat winter wheat
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- Forum: PulsePEP
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Spring bean's....
How late have people gone, and still got a successful crop, obviously so many variables but interested in experiences had....direct drilled into terminated cover crop too.- Matt77
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- abortion aclonifen agronomist ahdb ahl1 ahl2 beans break crop charlock claydon cleavers clomazone cover crop drilling fertiliser financial forage forecast fungicide groundsel harvest herbicide irrigation malting nitrogen oats osr pdm peas pendimethalin potatoes pulses rainfall seed sfi spring beans treated seed varieties variety weather wheat yielding yields
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- Forum: Cropping
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What should the replacement for SFI look like?
SFI unravelling as the policy makers realise food might be in short supply and as of yesterday (25th March) not taking land out of food production is suddenly important to the government. Is it important to the population as a whole to have home grown food production subsidised? What should SFI...- topground
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Can Vertical Farming feed the population of the UK?
Hi all, Please can you take 5 minutes to fill out my dissertation survey on vertical farming. Thanks. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=-rKZc65vv0mnaFhQugcXP38IAJ-4WGZJva_7xW0FrX1UNUtHSjI0NUsxSDZKMDBYRVhTMUlQQThMTy4u- WillRussell1505
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- carbon dairy defra environmental fuel health horticulture management market mart microbial nutrition pig potato potatoes pulses security wheat
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Boosting establishment in pulses
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Research conducted by Nottingham University has shown that treating beans and peas with a biostimulant seed treatment can improve germination by up to two days. Although pulses have been in the spotlight recently due to a desire to find more...- CPM RSS
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- beans biostimulant cereals development establishment nitrogen peas performance pulses roots seed seed treatment weather
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AgOpenGPS Rate Controlling a Stocks FanJet
A little project to fit auto rate control and variable rate control to a Stocks FanJet Plus, this has an electric driven metering wheel, that at present is controlled at a set speed from a VS-2 control box: So I'm using an RC11 PCB the same as for my Knight Sprayer, This has a motor...- Andy26
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- ahl2 combi knight mounted pulses rtk seed sfi slug slug pellets sprayer variable rate
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How do i test a flow meter?
Of this type? Wires are 12v, 0v and signal. If I connect it to live and earth, should the signal wire show voltage as water passes, is that how it works?- Oldmacdonald
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- pulses sprayer
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- Forum: Machinery
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Reduction in Combinable Crops Output as a Result of SFI
One for combinable crop growers.- DrWazzock
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- ahdb ahl2 bank account beans bedding break crop break crops cereals cover crop defra drainage electricity environmental flooding fodder fuel grass grassland harvest hedge herbal igl2 insecticide ipm ipm4 lambs learning legumes operator osr parts peas pesticide pollinator potato potatoes pulses rainfall reseed roots sam2 seed sfi sheep sprayer spring beans storage storm tillage weather wheat yields
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- Forum: Cropping
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Food security is a silly argument…
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...- Mythoughts
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Sad looking farms
As I finish off hedging for customers I found myself getting really depressed looking at all this cs and sfi sh!t. Once fields I mowed and baled in some fallow weeds. Fields I fert spread the arable on either fallow stubble or bird seed. The whole lot looks unloved. Then onto hedges. Got most...- paul&mandy
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- ahdb ahl2 bedding beet buffer carbon carbon sequestration cattle cereals dairy defra development docks environmental financial flail fodder gas gate grass grazing harvest health hedge herbal insecticide lambs landowners legumes malting management market milk milking mounted natural capital nettles nutrition pesticides plough pollution poultry pulses quad repairs ryegrass sam2 security seed sequestration sfi sheep silage slurry storage storm stress stubble telehandler weather wheat woodland yields
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Pulse pioneers update
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine UK pea and bean growers are invited to become ‘pulse pioneers’ and be paid to carry out on-farm trials which will contribute to ground-breaking research. The Nitrogen Climate Smart (NCS) Project aims to facilitate the increase of pulse cropping from 5%...- CPM RSS
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- analysis beans break crop carbon establishment fertiliser maize nitrogen oilseed oilseed rape organic organic matter osr peas platform poultry pulses soya varieties wheat winter wheat
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Trials confirm benefits of crop biostimulant
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Trials carried out by agri-science and technology company, Syngenta have confirmed that a biostimulant it produces can deliver savings of between 30kg and 50kg of applied nitrogen N/ha when used to maintain an average yield target in both feed wheat...- Agriland RSS
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- application beans biostimulant cereals dairy fertiliser foliar grass malting nitrogen pulses roots savings silage syngenta technology wheat yields
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AHDB study into imported grain standards
The https://www.bfu.org.uk/ pushed for AHDB to do this piece of work. Project has now gone out to tender. Not sure what I think to the wording. Anyway, here it is.... https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/393981ef-6d21-4595-b149-0ce70cb1528e- Grass And Grain
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Emerger approved for use in pulses
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine A pre-emergence residual herbicide for broadleaf weed control can now be applied in field beans and combining peas. The authorisation for Emerger (aclonifen) will be a welcomed addition given the low number of pre-em herbicides currently available for...- CPM RSS
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- aclonifen application bayer beans blackgrass charlock chickweed clomazone fat hen herbicide management market mayweeds peas pendimethalin poppy pre-em pre-emergence prosulfocarb pulses residual seed tank mixing weather weed control
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Spring establishment: Springing forward
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Following what’s been a miserable autumn season, the pressure is undoubtedly on to ensure spring crops successfully overcome potential weather extremes that come their way. CPM looks at some of the options on the table. By Janine Adamson...- CPM RSS
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- agronomist ahdb biostimulant calcium cereals compaction cover crop cultivations disease dressing drilling drought establishment foliar forage forecast fuel grass grassland harrow harvest health kws manganese market nutrients nutrition oilseed oilseed rape parts performance potassium pulses roots seed seed treatment single purpose stress sulphur varieties weather wheat winter wheat yields
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Welcome to the Soil Circle!
Project aims The twin aims of the project are firstly to develop a soil health sensor which provides in-field measurement of microbial diversity and fungal:bacterial ratio. This will help the project fulfil the second aim to deliver a platform comprising on-farm soil/root health testing tools...- skye @ bofin
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- ammonium biodiversity carbon environmental genetic health management microbial platform pulses resilient roots slugs soil health varieties
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