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  1. topground

    Life after BPS producing food from cattle and sheep.

    BPS nearly gone, SFI announced today not worth the aggravation on an all grass farm. what’s the plan going forward for those of us producing food from cattle and sheep? Mine is to reduce spending to an absolute minimum which won’t do the local economy particularly support industries already in...
    • topground
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  2. Derrick Hughes

    Stubble Turnips

    5 days and up Amazing what a bit of rain does The stones arnt as bad as they look
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  3. Janet Hughes Defra

    Sustainable farming incentive - handbook for 2023 has been published

    Afternoon all, Today we've published a handbook containing all the detailed information about the sustainable farming incentive offer for this year. The handbook is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfi-handbook-for-the-sfi-2023-offer An overview blogpost is here...
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  4. M

    Set a side grass, what to do ?

    Friend has taken on 15 acres of cr-p grassland, not cropped last year. This year it is just a mess of weeds with a lot of docks and big lot of ragwort. Wants to clear ground, possibly put in a fodder crop for a break and then reseed but what to do with what’s there ???????
    • mghley
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    • baling cattle cows disc docks ewes fodder grass grassland grazing legumes plough ploughing reseed roundup ryegrass sheep
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  5. Clive

    Livestock SFI - what would you like to see ?

    So it’s clear from many other threads that SFI seemingly offers very little or nothing that’s attractive to livestock / grassland so what do you want ? Use this thread to outline your own livestock / grassland SFI standard that both delivers public goods and natural capital for tax payers...
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  6. BeReyt

    What Motivates You?

    This is aimed at all working in the industry really, owners, tenants and staff. What motivates you to keep going when morale is low? I find myself on a cycle of very high moods to very low moods. Sometimes that can vary within the day or it can be weeks of high then weeks of low. As...
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    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  7. D

    Wireworms in grass reseeds

    Hi I'm new to this and looking for advice. We try and reseed a field every year, usually after 1st cut we roundup the regrowth and direct drill the seed. The seeds look good at 2 weeks then as the 3rd leaf opens up it all seems to disappear as fast as it came. Our seed rep came and said...
    • Dales Chris
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    • agronomist break crop cereals cultivation cultivations direct drill direct drilling drilling grass grazing lambing lambs maize pests plough ploughing potato potato harvester potatoes reseed roundup ryegrass seed wheat worms
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  8. W

    1st cut silage price

    Hi all, We have been renting some ground for the past 5 years which the farmer now wants back. We reseeded it all 2 years ago. We were aloud to have 1st cut off it before he took it back in hand. But just wondering what we should be paying per acre just for the 1st cut considering we reseeded it...
  9. IOW91

    Haymaking 2023

    I know it's very early still, but looks like my neighbour is making a bit of hay on a small field that he lets people camp on. Couple of others seem to be underway with haylage. I've just been and mowed 8 acres that is going to be haylage for a chap this evening. It will be at least 10...
    • IOW91
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  10. jerseycowsman

    Drought 2023!

    None of the apps are showing any rain for the next fortnight, I’m already worried!
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    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  11. DrDunc

    Grass reseeds - Flat or Cambridge roll?

    I've always flat rolled grass reseeds, usually twice before and once after sowing However, reading seed merchant advice, it's saying Cambridge roll after sowing? Anyone do this?
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    • avatar barley compaction cover crops cows cultivating cultivations dairy docks drilling drills drought establishment flooding forage forecast gate grass grazing harrow harvest heat stress herbal horsch leystar maize milk nettles nutrients oats opico paddock parts plough ploughing rainfall reseed residuals roots ryegrass sandy seed seeding seedling sheep silage slurry spraying storm stress stubble thistles varieties variety weather wheat woodland
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  12. T

    Fertiliser on land with a lot of clover

    Our ground has a high clover content, but think it could do with an extra boost about now. What fertiliser should I be putting on to avoid doing too much harm to the clover but still getting a boost of grass growth. It’s only for sheep grazing. Upland/ hill farm
    • TheRock
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    • analysis application beef calf calves calving cattle clamp cows cultivations dairy disease docks dressing drilling drought establishment fertiliser fertility first cut flooding gate glyphosate grass grazing harvesting lambing learning legumes liming maintenance maize management milk milking minerals nettles nitrogen nutrients organic organic matter paddock parts performance phosphorus potash reseed residual resilient roots ryegrass seed seedbeds sheep silage slurry soil test soil testing soil tests stress sulphur thistles trading varieties vitamins weather weed control wheat worming yielding yields
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  13. L

    Manure before overseeding?

    I was thinking about overseeding some fields and I have a pile of manure I want to spread The fields have been grazed down hard and now i want to spread the manure, work it for a day with a chain harrow, air seed at 10kg per acre of nitrogen coated seed mixed with clover then roll it after Is...
    • Llwynbedw
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    • bedding disc grass grassland harrow nitrogen nutrients plough reseed ryegrass seed seeding silage slurry
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  14. Z

    Are land drains classed as watercourses.

    I want to spread manure on a field. There are land drains that run around most of the fields.. Are land drains classed as watercourses? Thanks
    • zaffy
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    • cultivations drainage environmental glyphosate grass grazing land drain maintenance management mycorrhizal nettles peat plough pollution reseed sandy seed soya weather
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  15. L

    Advice with zero grazing.

    Never thought I’d be writing this but desperate times etc. later today we will be starting to zero grazing some away ground using a front mover and a forage wagon. For the milkers Have had some great advice already but thought I would ask on here as I seem to remember there being some proper...
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  16. S

    Break crop vs leatherjackets: forage mustard for suckler cows/heifers?

    We've had most of 5.5 ha of spring wheat eaten by leatherjackets, after 4/5 yr grass and clover leys and are going to plant a summer forage crop before re-establishing GS4-type herbal leys again. We realise this is risky if we can't reduce the leatherjacket population. The spring wheat was...
    • SpottedFlycatcher
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  17. T

    In lamb ewes on turnips

    Hi - looking at options for wintering sheep next year...managed all grass wintering this year....which was great! However....like all, i'm cursed to want more sheep 😅 and we really couldn't have run many more that we did this winter on grass alone imo. Keen to grow some turnips for the last...
    • Troward
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    • barley beef beet bolus charlock drought ewes fertiliser fodder fodder beet forage grass grazing harvesting lambing lambs learning milk parts reseed roots seed sheep silage stubble sulphate supplement urea varieties variety yielding
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  18. Bald Rick

    Maize 2023

    Started drilling today and seems about right as it’s not been overly warm
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    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  19. J

    Ground sheep sick - how long to rest . . .?

    Got some ground here that i think has just had constant sheep for too long. How much rest do folk think it would need to make a real difference? Couple of cuts of silage? Full year grazed with cattle? Or ploughed and cropped for a year or two? Thoughts welcomed!
    • Jaffa Cakes
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    • anthelmintic cattle cover crops cows dairy death drought ewes fertility fertilizer flock forage gate grass grassland grazing handling lambing lambs liming maize management milking nutrients paddock parasite plough quad reseed ryegrass sheep silage soil tests weaning worms
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  20. Aspiring Peasants

    Costs to winter ewes

    I'm talking about the time from tupping to lambing. Upland mostly PP no arable. The system is start lambing 1st April and house most of them from 1st Feb when they are scanned. Beltexes lambed inside, the rest turned out just before they're due to start. Feed is haylage, cake and blocks. I...
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