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Written by Agriland Team from Agriland By Chris McCullough Producing a cow that can walk long distances and cope with rolling hills is an important breeding goal of an Irish farmer who is now running his own dairy farm in Australia. Originally from Monaghan, Brian Corr was managing two dairy...

Hi all, this year I've decided no more fert.....for now. Got fed up with fert and spray market profiteering and making sure even if we got a huge lift in price for any produce we were only allowed to make the same money as they'd take it all back the next season. Didn't help not having the space...

Hello all, we currently making around 300 4 foot round bales of hay per year, all sold as horse feed. Once winter set in we started to see some mould on the outside layer of the bale. It’s like a green dusty mould. Once you take off the first layer the bales are really nice but the outside is...

Unsurprisingly our winter wheat is struggling. It has poor root development and has being suffering from manganese deficiency which we don’t normally get. It’s had manganese and NPKS this spring all ready. T0 is approaching and was contemplating some phosphite in as well as PGR and trace...

I’ve always done haylage in round bales, but realise they aren’t the best way of moving them any distance. For moving on artic lorries, I assume the best/most efficient way is in quadrants? What length bale is best, both for wrapping and (road) transport? How many can you move in a load? I’ve...

Ok, putting the Winter/Spring rainfall aside for a minute, is anyone else finding this a strange Spring? The local Reading University soil and air temperatures (link below) have been well above seasonal average, but I’m finding everything to be so slow to get away this year. We are now into the...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF The right cover crop mix can help improve nutrient management and provide an environmentally-friendly alternative to chemical pest control. CPM speaks to two growers who are making the most of Severn Trent’s funding scheme. By Rob Jones...

so Its looking like I’m not going to get all my Spring barley in this year. What’s the best to plant end of April/may. Don’t mind if it’s to just graze lambs or to cut it. wondered about vetch and cutting it then grazing lambs on it over the winter. Any better ideas?

Hi, is rape tge best drought hardy summer crop? I only feed dry silage in summer to weaners, its not great pasture at farm (started reno this year). The end of jan till end of April hurts me growth wise as its our dry period here. Margins are tight atm so need economical method of keeping...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF A tricky start to planting plus the potential of growers managing unfamiliar varieties due to short seed supplies means weed control could require some careful planning. CPM explores herbicide timings and programme choices for the season...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF With grassweed pressures rumbling on, one way to achieve sufficient control is by taking advantage of sugar beet in the rotation, even if there’s a limited armoury of effective herbicides. CPM finds out more. By Janine Adamson and Rob...

What mixes are people considering for a six month NUM3 on blackgrass clay land that doesn’t result in a huge biomass problem at the end of August? Looking to drill wheat after with a tine drill - don’t have a disc option. Happy to cultivate as not planning on DD.

Anyone done it? Grazing as in rotational

I thought I did on the Sainted Isle but that seems to no longer be the case … Recently, we tendered and won a block of 70ac on the outskirts of a village and accessed by a lane with houses off. I said to son after we’d walked the land that if we won, there would be trouble…… and yesterday we...

Sam 3 SFI Other mixes available 07415121700 SAM3 50 % Aston Crusader Hybrid Ryegrass 10% Meribel Italian Ryegrass 10% Lofa Festulolium 7% Timothy 3% Cocksfoot 3% Crimson , 4% Balansa, 4% Red Clover 8.15% Vetch 0.30 Chicory 0.40 Plantain 0.05 Yarrow 0.05 Burnet 0.05 Sheeps...

The imperfect storm continues. Little carry over from damp harvest 2023. Autumn cereal drilling spoilt by rain. Autumn crops that were drilled have struggled. Spring cereal seed barely worth planting. SFI or fallow are an option many have embraced, very wholeheartedly. I've no history of...

Going off the back of the recent news from Defra and reading the current thread about it it would be interesting to see exactly how much land people where actually considering taking out of production. Thers a lot complaining about not being able to enter more than 25% into the 6 options that...

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-ensures-food-production-remains-primary-purpose-of-farming

Anyone managed to grab bits? I grabbed some real light bits but any clay and it’s a wet shitty mess. Not sure when to throw the towel in and go for sfi

I was walking one of my "herbal leys" yesterday, and it looks as if the herb constituent has given up the ghost, bar a bit of white clover. The wet winter with the heavy clay lying wet for weeks on end is not conducive to the ley's survival I find. The easier land has seen a better success long...