I farm heavy silty clay with flints. No ditches, no land drains. Good strong wheat land, if unforgiving.
I've been trying to grow cover crops on and off for the last 9 yrs. With one exception, they have all been disastrous.
Summer cover crops in place of a spring crop, on the other hand, can...
Thinking of using feed blocks to feed ewes with lambs on turn out usually feed concentrates for month after lambing but land is so wet has anyone done this will ewes still milk ok they will be on good grass.
Why not? We all seem to have them and with all the current new "farmer subsidies" such as SFI in England & SFS in Wales, I have come up with a doozy that may well apply to all you boys piling in to SFI herbal leys and flower meadows etc
And it is this:
Once you have signed off & planted your...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Research trials have consistently conformed that blackgrass thrives on heavy land, particularly where drainage is poor.
Herbicide-resistant blackgrass has represented a significant challenge for the tillage sector in the UK for a number of years and...
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A difficult season for herbicide application is likely to have resulted in an unwanted bounty of weeds in oilseed rape crops. With the final window having arrived for mastering some control, CPM digs deeper into the role of water...
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Maize is fast growing in popularity with increasing numbers of arable farmers believing it capable of delivering significant production, economic and even environmental benefits. CPM evaluates its potential.
By Rob Jones
With the...
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Seed shortages, mancozeb uncertainty and more resistant blight strains are set to compound the difficulties caused by one of the wettest autumn and winter periods on record. CPM reports.
By Rob Jones
Potato growers are facing more than...
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Although it’s been a while since the loss of desmedipham, finding a similar level of annual broadleaf weed control in sugar beet has proven quite the head-scratcher. However, the answer could lie in a specific type of adjuvant. CPM reveals...
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Growers learned about progress being made to find solutions to virus yellows in sugar beet at the recent BBRO BeetTech 24 event. CPM joined delegates to hear the latest updates.
By Mike Abram
The yield penalty from sugar beet varieties...
Due to being so wet we housed all fat lambs and there now all gone off cake probably got about 15 acres of very big roots for ewes left. They are due in a month and I've got lifeline buckets out for them, is there anything I need to be watching grazing this? I could vit drench them tomorrow...
I developed tooth ache on Tuesday (little warnings for a couple of years.)
Got worse & worse all week & now aching eyes & blocked ears. Can a tooth cause this.
Or
Have I had a bug which has weaked my immune system letting the tooth decay develop quickly.
got some to sort out for sheep feeding....cant afford to buy a bucket and Just thinking/ looking for ideas on how to make one from the scrap pile :unsure:.........
431: Agroecology: Getting the balance right
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It's one thing to talk about improving ecosystems while maintaining productivity on farm, but how can you actually achieve it?
As part of AHDB's Roots to Resilience programme, our Senior...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
Cutting-edge UK agri-tech tools are coming together with research and development expertise to help farmers discover more about the role roots play in maintaining healthy soils.
Soil degradation currently costs England and Wales £1.2Bn every year, but...
Tempted to try a pure stand of chicory rather than turnips or kale/rape treat it as a break crop and full reseed in autumn
Dry field several access points
Thoughts?
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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...
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