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...
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Findings from new trials have shown that it’s possible to increase wheat yields, despite reduced nitrogen, when the right biostimulant is used… CPM finds out more.
By Charlotte Cunningham
There’s no denying this season has been...
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An Australian company has announced the launch of a new product, “Ashgrove Eco-Milk”, which is a climate-friendly milk.
Ashgrove Cheese stated that this new eco-milk retains all the nutritional benefits and taste of Ashgrove full cream milk while...
Anyone using this compost on grassland ? I make haylage every year and have no livestock, I'm very reluctant to import Slurry or Dung as in the past I've found that it's a great way to import weeds /docks etc. It seems that at times this compost can be obtained FOC, so just thinking it might be...
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Safeguarding yield and quality will be pivotal in what could be a competitive spring barley grain market this harvest, is the message from agronomy experts.
This includes proactively minimising stress on the crop after the wet winter. “Spring barley...
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With soil organic matter levels reaching an all time low in some areas, utilising the benefits of molasses could help growers to start to rebuild these vital stocks. CPM finds out more.
By Charlotte Cunningham
It’s often said that a...
So i seen a video farmtheoryni did on cow house lighting about increasing light to increase production. Can some1 reccommend standard led bulbs that will give plenty of light, not cost the earth, wont be hard on electric and have alot of years service. Iv a 6 bay shed with a 5 bay feedpassage...
Over here lime spreading is not really a big thing. Only some gypsum is spread over heavy clay. Usually 2 spreaders and an excavator go to the field for spreading only 5 tons/ha. In future I would like to have a tractor with mounted crane for chipping, loading roadside hay etc. and during...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) is set to explore the viability of red seaweed as a sustainable substitute for soybean meal in UK chicken feed.
The Novel Seaweed Chicken Feed Feasibility (NSCFF) project will explore the feasibility of using tank...
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...
Under request from @Bokey I have decided to dedicate a thread to the trials and tribulations on the farm, I shall endeavour to splice the good with the bad. A bit about us, 600 acres all told, 450 cropable, 8 years into organic, mainly arable with a few wooly critters, an impatient old man and...
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Biostimulants are increasingly entering the vernacular of farmers and agronomists as the solution to anything from plant establishment to off-setting disease pressure. CPM details some of the current options to canvas user opinions.
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I have to renew a fence along the sea. It'll take about 100 posts at 3m spacing roughly. Priced some 15 year posts today, €770 or a bale of 110, I already have the wire, I'll probably fabricate strainers out of concrete on site.
Or...... I could attempt to fence 40-50 meters into the sea. The...
Hello everyone.
So I have been giving this some thought for a while, and I wanted to try something a little different.
I wanted to try sowing a bakers wheat and bean mix early (mid to end of august) along with a frost sensitive cover crop mix.
The idea being that the covercrop would die...
Vegetarians try to teach other people to dump the ancient habit of eating meats. However, they are never seen to be more healthy than consumers of meat and I would submit that they are poorly educated. In fact, they may be lacking immunity to internal infection. I would advocate the increased...
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