rapid

Hi, Been struggeling a little with my crop establishment since i started my farming journey 3 years ago - quite a newbie so be nice :D Only doing cereals for now, so crop rotation is wheat, oats and barley. Tillage is done with a Carrier, and drilling with a Rapid. pH is from 5.9 -> 6.5 on all...

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Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Food insecurity and malnutrition have become a “new normal” according to the head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). QU Dongyu, director-general of the FAO said that the ‘Global Report on Food Crises’, published today...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland In light of difficult weather conditions, farmers are being urged to focus on achieving between 28-33% of dry matter (DM) when ensiling grass, as this is pivotal to good fermentation. Forage technical support at Lallemand Animal Nutrition, Lientjie...

Just had the route to change. Future Scottish Gov. intentions for Farming. The fine print to follow after a few months and probably a change of Scottish Government.

Hi, Have a 3m Vederstad Rapid with no system disc in front of the seed/fert coulters. What i havent been able to get 100% is the navigational point and the coupling length settings for the implement. The "horizontal rotational axis" for the Rapid, is that the rear packer wheels? Or is it the...

some pretty generous grants about, all seemingly based on reducing out put. we know from sheep and cattle prices, numbers are short, if they were not, prices wouldn't be where they are. the world is getting more dangerous by the day. And yet, politicians here, from all parties, think we can...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland UK farming unions are urging major retailers to commit to support British farming during this difficult time of “extremely challenging and disruptive weather”. A joint letter on behalf of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), NFU Scotland, NFU Cymru...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Openfield Group has teamed up with Voltloader to trial fully electric trucks in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. The partnership will see grain loads moved from Openfield member farm gates to consumer customers using an all-electric fleet, which is...

Not sure if this is interesting content "off topic" for a farming forum or not ? (please let me know if not and I will stop boring you all). Next week I set of on a bit of an adventure through Morocco via Barcelona in a Puma engined series 1969 2a landrover with my friend Alan The route...

Written by Matt Hopkins from Precision Ag It’s time for the agtech industry to provide agronomists, advisors, and growers with the tests they need to stop fungal infections early. The post The Urgency of Rapid and Accurate In-Field Testing to Tackle Crop Diseases appeared first on Global Ag...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF New malting barley varieties capable of producing more litres of alcohol per hectare could not only reduce the carbon footprint of beer and spirit production, but they could also deliver significant benefits for growers. CPM finds out...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF For this month’s topical cereal disease and agronomy feature, CPM reviews insights from AHDB’s re-run Early Bird Survey coupled with added reflections from agronomists and farmers. By Janine Adamson One thing’s for certain – this year...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland The introduction of digital technology and the rapid growth of its capabilities over the past few years has given the impression of a shotgun approach to digitalisation, rather than a well-targeted implementation. AGCO are the latest company to...

Looks like a window opening up end of week, weekend to get sprayer out. OSR beginning to flower, have Fungicide,PGR, boron to go on. Have had spray recs for about a month and never got it on. It's had 110kg/N already but normally like to get last application on as flowering starts. Winter...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland M&S has announced a £1 million investment into a change to the diet of the pasture-grazed cows in its milk pool to reduce the amount of methane produced in a cow’s stomach and released into the atmosphere. This initiative will be implemented by...

Written by Louise Hickey from Agriland March 2024 was warmer than any previous March in the global data record, making it the tenth month in a row to be the warmest on record, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). The month had an average ERA5 surface air temperature of...

Just read this article in the Washington Post, about how the multinational food companies are encouraging dieticians in the "anti diet movement" to encourage people to stop dieting and just eat whatever they want when they want. I didn't even realise there was an anti diet movement! As...

Open reach guy turned up today came 30 plus miles ,he was involved in "plant protection "" or otherwords checking telegraph poles are not rotting, took hour per pole.. Another guy who lives down road is travelling To Birmingham every day 100miles each way, works for open reach. Inefficient...

When farming( tenant farmer),a lot of the farms soil was very stony as per pictures attached. Strangely enough I think the Amazone combi drill with Suffolk coulters straight behind the plough press gave us the most even seeding compared to other drills we had, had. Just wondering what drill you...