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    Sheep grazing rent prices advice

    Evening all, New to all this so after a bit of advice, due to complete this week on purchase of 22 acre smallholding on the Carmarthen/ Pembrokeshire border of West Wales. Currently a local farmer rents a 7 acre field for 40 head of sheep, but I’m unable to get a clear answer as to rental...
  2. Brisel

    AD feedstock - oats?

    A potential anaerobic digester just up the road from me had its Planning Committee meeting yesterday. They had already approached me to grow crops for them & take digestate back. I would prefer a break crop if possible. The farm has a significant blackgrass burden. Mostly brashy soils prone to...
  3. W

    Sam3 adding herbal to existing grass

    Has anyone done this and what was the best way to establish herbs into an existing ley
  4. J

    SFI Sam3

    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/...
  5. T

    Sheep- what do folk feed when the grass runs out?

    What do folk usually feed to keep ewes ticking over before starting concentrates closer to lambing? We usually just fed a small amount of ewe rolls from end December start of January on, but the feed bill would be scary these days. Tried beet but it’s expensive now.
  6. B

    heavy rushes - plan of attack

    Hi - I'm looking for some advice. We have several fields that through neglect have built up dense rushes over the last 15-20 years. A couple were drained in the 1980's / 90's, one was not although does not seem overly wet. Soil PH around 5.6-5.8. P&K fine. Some although not all of the land may...
  7. Agriland RSS

    Tillage Focus: Crop of Spearhead winter wheat in Antrim

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The dry spell at the end of September and early October allowed contractor, Darren Russell, to plant a 20ac crop of Spearhead winter wheat on behalf of a local dairy farming client. The ground is situated in the townland of Killead, close to Belfast...
  8. snipe

    What % of winter crops not planted or destroyed

    What % of your intended winter crop have not been planted or damaged by flood/slugs/ flee Beatle?
  9. D

    Quad and spinner/sprayer

    Anyone get on well using a quad and attachments, particularly spinner and sprayer? We have some steeper ground that we can't spread fertiliser on unless it is dry and consequently it isn't as productive as it could be. Also struggle to get sprayer here on time for 5-10 acres. Thought we could...
  10. Tarw Coch

    To roll or not to roll

    Drilled a couple of fields of winter barley on Saturday and wondering wether to get them rolled tomorrow before rain Wednesday or leave till the spring. Ground conditions were reasonable but certainly not perfect for barley with the very odd damp patch. Having a glorious day today and the top...
  11. Jsmith2211

    2019 all over again?

    Starting to get a little worried now. Spring seed might be short... Weather doesnt look great on the forcast - given how sh!t harvest was, could we be in for just as bad an autumn?
  12. Dry Rot

    Delapidations -- in a grazing let!

    Asking for a friend! Is it possible for the owner to claim delapidations when it all goes wrong? Looking at possible negatives to letting land for grazing Grazing let for livestock which never turn up, consequently the land has a fine crop of docks which should have been topped. The licence is...
  13. Stephensonlouis

    AHL2 - Winter Bird Food

    Has anyone ever autumn established SFI AHL2 after a crop off winter wheat, grown fast seeding crops such as mustard and then gone into a spring barley late March early April? Probably a good reason why it isn’t being done!
  14. yellow belly

    SFI - Self Help and Tips

    Starting a thread with solutions to application please keep it to practical solution there are other threads for rants and complaints
  15. 4

    sfi you can now apply

    5.45 am this morning rec email from defra saying as youve registered your interest you can now start your application. ok thinks me will try . First thing to do will be go get some more ink and a couple of reams of printer paper as will have to download the 40 pages of the new guidance of how...
  16. A

    Kelso sale averages

    This gives guide as to the relative demand for various breeds. Just look at the average for Texel tup shearlings and Blue faced Leicesters. And Lleyns!!! https://borderunion.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Results-Summary-for-Shearlings-2023_v2.pdf
  17. Hsals

    Grass spray or not to spray.

    I have a field of festuolium and want to reseed with same again. Would you spray before ploughing or reseed then spray for weeds in spring?
  18. G

    Bps/sfi

    All this talk of no one taking up sfi how many can actually say they banked 100% of there bps and will be able to manage on zero sub going forward
  19. D

    Grass/chicory/tillage radish seed mix?

    We’ve got a field that’s poor drainage wise, worst on the farm by a mile. Had an awful year with it, sopping wet in the spring, barely dried out all "summer". Got naff all spring barley wholecrop off it, made a disgraceful mess in July, miracle we didn’t get machinery stuck. Got it flatlifted...
  20. F

    Why is the US farming sector booming?

    They must be doing something right over there...
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