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Anybody watch Kevin Mc Cloud last night? he was in the Belize jungle with an English couple who had moved out and bought land. He thought it was the best thing ever, didn't seem to have a problem with the fact they had cut down 26 acres of rain forest. Then they are always giving out about...

This is the number someone has come up with for the Welsh government for losses down to the new agriculture policy. Great news. Not.

Evening all, I know it's been asked on here alot so please forgive me. I am going to be getting some sort of recreational Tillage device for spring grass maintenance. I will be using it for removing old thatch and spreading the lumps of FYM/ sheep dung around. Removing poaching from cattle...

So the price of tractors is silly........but we all know that and probs getting sick of hearing it.........but 180-200hp tractor.....out of all of the different makes and models, which one will hold its value the best? I dont mean which one will be worth the most after 3/4 years and 6000 hours...

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...

Beer, bread and beyond: the ‘mind-blowing’ potential of Australia’s mountain rye and other perennial grains Written by Eliza Spencer from the Guardian Initially grown as food for livestock, many more possible uses for the hardy crops are now being unearthed Sign up for the Rural Network...

I’m dreaming of drier times today and I’ve been offered by a neighbour his Italian/ perennial rye grass mix and I’m just wondering how many bales would you expect off it from 3 cuts? They are grass seeds planted in august. I’m just needing a rough guess so I know how much of my own stuff to...

Just spotted on a local facebook group. Selfish me, no animals on my land that could all have horses on as we speak! Did make me laugh, and yes she's serious

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...

Anyone else struggling with sodden paddocks?

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Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Modern wheat breeding is constantly advancing, bringing yield and agronomic improvements to the table every year, but could looking back at old varieties bring something new to the table? CPM explores at how one scientific project is doing...

Would it kill them? Anyone tried it? Got a few nice patches on spring ground. Thanks

Will autumn herbicide sprayed in cold weather (1-2') work on grass weeds or have to be warm to take it up

Hybrid rye has been a complete failure this year, bugger all of it has grown just drowned in the ground... Can you get spring hybrid (or non hybrid if its any good?) for combining? If so what variety is best. We really liked the winter hybrid rye grown last year, shame its not worked out. Straw...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Getting the early agronomy of winter crops right is crucial a recent tillage conference heard. Seedtech director, Dr. Tim O’Donovan, gave an agronomy update on a range of winter crops, during his presentation to the AgriCare tillage conference. Where...

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/...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has published the provisional results from it’s ‘Early Bird’ planting survey for autumn 2023. Autumn drilling conditions have been poor in many parts of the UK in later weeks of the planting...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland In my opinion, the recent AgriCare tillage conference helped to reset the ‘optimism’ button for farmers committed to growing crops in Ireland. I know that 2023 has been a horrendous year for arable farming in this part of the world, but sometimes, it...

Would have put this in the Arla thread but have been told i'm not welcome there. https://petersweden.substack.com/p/they-are-poisoning-our-milk-now Ignore the fact that it's some internet chancer trying to get people to pay for access to further detail. That's not the point. The point is...