Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
A tough few months has resulted in a huge variation in crops across the country, posing numerous management headaches including weed control, warn experts.
At one end of the scale are crops sown relatively early in September, that established well in...
Has anyone else been notified that Natural England intend to place their land in SSSI ? This feels like legal theft to have to beg permission to farm our own land, any ideas how to fight it?
Russia’s finest
Be a good farm truck for uk
Fix it easily on the farm without fancy tools and computer diagnostics
Here’s a brochure
https://www.uaz.ru/en/cars/hunter
Even gets Isofix seats, to keep the missus happy when strapping in the younger future farmers
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
According to a soil specialist based at the University of Adelaide in Australia, potassium (K) availability is linked to the moisture content of soils.
Prof. Mike McLaughlin made the comments on the most recent episode of the Tillage Edge podcast
He...
Fears of ‘weed highways’ as summer rains spread invasive plants through rural Australia
Written by Eliza Spencer from the Guardian
Floods and extreme weather causing greater spread of seeds, buds and roots, while weed spraying interrupted by rain and wind
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Written by Francess McDonnell from Agriland
A new £3.3 million, UK government backed, research project has been launched to test a new approach to grassland farming that aims to “eliminate the dependence” on applied nitrogen fertilisers.
Project “NUE-Leg” will employ innovations in plant...
I am fairly open about my non farming past, I like to think as time goes on experience grows but, I still have what you lifelong farmers may regard as dumb questions.., here’s one to start
We used to feed a lot of fodder beet , unfortunately transport costs killed it , however I recall some...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has said the Mexican market opening further to include offal from British pork exporters is “fantastic” for the sector.
The additional trade has a potential estimated value of £18 million...
I have used beans in my wheat to claim for cover crop over winter but haven't got the application off yet.
Am I best forgetting this winter and just using 24/25 cropping for SFI as you have 12 months do do the aims/actions
Losing 100 acres of silage ground to our landlord, flipping our cow grazing acres and a bit more grazing ground into silage ground, keeping them in 365 tho, what silage replacers could I use? I’m thinking fodder beet, crush it on farm and buy cleaned, 7kgs a day would save roughly 300 ton of...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
According to the Potash Development Association (PDA), potassium affects both the yield and quality of grain, as well as the general health and vigour of the plant.
Cereal crops need at least as much, if not more, potassium than any other nutrient...
Our boundary hedge in our garden (owned by us) is next to the farmers field. He refuses to cut the hedge on his field side (which was always cut in the past) and won’t let anyone into his field to cut it. We cannot reach the far side at the top as it’s too wide. Can he legally stop someone...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has announced the first Roots to Resilience module for farmers, industry stakeholders and the wider agricultural community.
AHDB said the module is possible due to the success of its beef...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
A new endophytic bacteria which captures atmospheric nitrogen and converts it to a plant-available form has the potential to improve the productivity of beans, claim experts.
Vixeran biostimulant aims to kick-start a bean crop’s natural fertility...
Kicking off in Germany but don't expect to see much on our mainstream (controlled) media
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-farmers-protest-to-cause-nationwide-disruption/live-67913441
Any suggestions? I want to propagate some particularly prolific nut and fruit trees from some hedges to use as gap fillers elsewhere. Now seems a good time to get this done and I am generally ignorant on the subject.
Thanks in advance.
I have just put the 4 worded question,above,into the search TFF search box facility ( search titles only) and after browsing quickly through the 7 pages that the search facility comes up with, I can’t see one that directly answers my question.
So I ask “What is regenerative farming” and how does...
Here's mine - led by a tech revolution from grass-roots farmers & charted by Tech Farmer. What's yours? https://directdriller.com/its-2030-so-how-have-we-done/
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
The Massey Ferguson 1200 was a tractor that was claimed to be at the leading edge of design when launched in late 1971, being both 4WD and articulated.
What’s more, it was rated at over 100hp – a big deal back then.
None of these features were new...
got a 80 plus year old yew tree here which has over grown its current location , im thinking about digging around about it with digger and trying to replant ,wife says im wasting my time . any thoughts on it being successful
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