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  1. Laggard

    Small willow herb

    Think this is willow herb? Best herbicide to kill it pre spring barley drilling please?
  2. Mythoughts

    Food security is a silly argument…

    Perception and perspective are very different things. Generally individuals and old farmers see food security as an existential threat eg if we had a major war (see WW2) and we struggle to have enough food in the UK. Retailers and governments see food security along the lines of “are the supply...
  3. T

    wild oats or ryegrass in winter barley?

    Greetings All, Hoping to find sites for a herbicide trial, the difficulty is finding somewhere that hasn't sprayed already. Any help with this would be much appreciated! Alex
  4. D

    SFI from a dairy perspective

    Feel like i need to make a decision on what to do with this SFI. What are your plans? There are quite generous payments on offer. I have heard of several local farmers putting everything into SAM3, £360ish/Ha, buying some seed and throwing it around and thinking it's easy money. Even the...
  5. paul&mandy

    Sad looking farms

    As I finish off hedging for customers I found myself getting really depressed looking at all this cs and sfi sh!t. Once fields I mowed and baled in some fallow weeds. Fields I fert spread the arable on either fallow stubble or bird seed. The whole lot looks unloved. Then onto hedges. Got most...
  6. Corteva Technical

    Arable farmers need to rethink herbicide strategies following 2024’s wet start

    Arable farmers need to rethink herbicide strategies following 2024’s wet start With some fields still under water following widespread flooding in January, farmers will need a robust herbicide plan in place as they battle to catch up this spring. A wet autumn delayed drilling of many winter...
  7. T

    Herbal lay silage

    Looking at doing some herbal lay for silage. to replace grass silage. How many cuts of silage would I expect to get and what tonnage would I get and is it good to fatten cattle
  8. M

    Pre lambing ewe feeding requirements

    I’ve recently had my haylage analysed by feeding company that I get ewe rolls off. They have also put me together a feeding plan of what I should be feeding before lambing. I know what I would normally feed pre lambing and it’s considerably more. Was also told that the haylage isn’t a great feed...
  9. Agriland RSS

    Silage: The importance of red clover

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The importance of red clover in silage swards has been highlighted by AgriSearch general manager, Jason Rankin. “Grassland farmers are under pressure to reduce fertiliser costs, while still maintaining optimal levels of output from forage,” he said...
  10. L

    Building the perfect direct drill

    Come on you farm engineers if you were to build one from scratch what features would be an absolute must. Would you choose discs or more of a knife like coulter? How would you go about designing a drill which would cope with a mixture of cropping from Cereal,rotational grass ,into cover crops...
  11. Clive

    Annual conformation

    How does this work ? ie our sfi application is the parcels we intend to put into various options but with many being rotational and there being flexibility to increase without limit and reduce area by up to 50% am I correct in understanding that we will have to effectively do a...
  12. P

    Grazing kale twice

    If I put kale in at the start of April and grazed it off in June or July would it grow back again ok to graze in the winter ? I’m sure there was a thread on here somewhere about it but can’t find anything
  13. onthehoof

    Sam 3

    Thinking I'd like to reseed some permanent pasture with Sam3 herbal ley, but assume that I will need an EIA, was arable until 2002 when it went into arable reversion
  14. East Sussex Seeds

    SFI Seed Mixes

    SAM3 Overseed without grass 0.65 kg Altaswede Red Clover 0.70 kg Merula Red Clover 0.60 kg Merwi White Clover 0.20 kg Leo Birdsfoot Trefoil 0.60 kg Aurora Alsike Clover 0.35 kg Choice Chicory 0.10 kg Yarrow 0.30 kg Sheeps Parsley 0.35 kg Tonic Plantain 0.30 kg Sheeps Burnet Price £44 per acre...
  15. jackrussell101

    Defra now looking at capping SFI

    https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/business-management/agricultural-transition/defra-minister-hints-at-elm-cap-to-maintain-food-production?utm_source=hometopstories
  16. Corteva Technical

    New data shows severity of brome concern for wheat growers

    New data shows severity of brome concern for wheat growers Hundreds of farmers, contractors and agronomists have indicated that brome is a growing threat in the battle against grassweeds in UK arable fields. New data from a Corteva Agriscience survey shows that 80% of respondents have...
  17. CPM RSS

    Brome survey results

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Hundreds of farmers, contractors and agronomists have indicated that brome is a growing threat in the battle against grassweeds in UK arable fields. New survey data suggests that 80% of respondents have populations on their farms with the vast...
  18. E

    Num 3 Legume Fallow

    I'm a little late to the party with SFI, so playing catch up! NUM3 legume fallow if drilled this March/April 2024 will have to stay in the ground until Auguest 2025 to meet its aims?
  19. Great In Grass

    Barenbrug Overseed grass mixture

    BARENBRUG Overseeder mix 2022 seed so all good germ. Bring your underperforming cutting and grazing leys back to maximum productivity. Ideal for farmers who need to improve grassland performance to help boost yields. Specifications: • Increases productive ryegrass in current sward • Improves...
  20. Great In Grass

    "Genesis" Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (Tetraploid)

    "Genesis" Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (Tetraploid) Currently listed in the RGCL 2023/2024. Good dual-purpose variety with excellent early growth. Delivered price: £3.08 per kilo Packed in 25 kilo bags Minimum order 150kgs (6 x 25kg bags) Seed rate: Various Sold strictly subject to...
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