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  1. Farmer Fin

    Phosphite stimulant in wheat?

    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...
  2. bobk

    Electric cars aren't the future

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68818113
  3. CPM RSS

    Innovation Insight: Switching on yield potential

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...
  4. Agriland RSS

    Australian company create world’s first ‘climate-friendly’ milk

    Written by Agriland Team from Agriland 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...
  5. Tha Ulsterscot

    Recycled Brown Bin Compost.

    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...
  6. CPM RSS

    Safeguarding spring barley

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine 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...
  7. CPM RSS

    Applied innovation: A spoonful of sugar

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...
  8. daveydiesel1

    Another question 🥴

    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...
  9. Cruiser_79

    Bredal spreaders

    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...
  10. Bury the Trash

    Seaweed is the new answer ......

    https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/seaweed-farms-size-176-football-8999294?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop
  11. Agriland RSS

    SRUC explores red seaweed as a UK chicken feed alternative

    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...
  12. D

    Arlageddon

    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...
  13. J

    What wrong with weather pro app

    Mines gone crazy, wish it was true
  14. D

    Er, no it isn’t

    How tf do they get away calling this product by this name?
  15. L

    The humble year of an organic farmer

    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...
  16. CPM RSS

    Biostimulants: have they crossed into mainstream?

    Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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. By...
  17. PSQ

    More 'virtue signalling' idiots: T20 and Edgbaston ban red meat.

    And of course it all gets lapped up by the limp dildos at the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/66701802
  18. JohnGalway

    Sheep fence into the sea

    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...
  19. Fenwick

    TRIALS Sowing wheat early (at the same time as the cover crop) No fert, no chems, no plow.

    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...
  20. D

    Poorly educated vegetarians.

    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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