Just watched news on bbc 2 politics ,so sheep grazing hills cause flooding.Not one mention of clean the sodding rivers out .It’s not rocket science if you build barriers the water still goes somewhere it needs a Chanel to escape .Plus farmland is our shop floor not a flood plain for the benefit...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
Following optimum wet conditions, slug numbers are high and pose a particular threat to newly sown cereal crops, warn experts.
Populations have increased significantly after a wet summer and for many, continued moist conditions throughout September...
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Good soil moisture and adequate temperatures should result in positive stale seedbed performance this autumn, say experts.
Last year’s dry August and September led to many cultural control methods being less effective than usual. This was followed by...
As anyone noticed they are worse this year ,went to look at a fied last night you could hardly put your foot down for them and its been pelleted 3 weeks ago , my mate who does a lot of pelleting says its bad near him ,Cardigan Penbroke
It's chuffing windy
I want to go drilling.
I have some big weeds (groundsel, thistles) but not many grassweeds in the seedbeds yet.
From memory you're only allowed 1.5lts of 360 post drilling.
Is gly with pre-ems a waste of time?
Thanks!
Written by Agriland Team from Agriland
Northern Ireland Environmental Link (NIEL) has announced its Rural Resilience Project, which “supports progress towards sustainable agriculture by providing information to farmers on climate risks”.
The resilience project also aims to raise awareness...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that the 2023 grain harvest in Great Britain (GB) is coming to an end, from a cereals perspective.
Only a few crops of very late spring barley and oats in Scotland and the...
Got a 250 for guidance in a ranger for avadex work but thinking about putting easy steer onto it . Just really to make it easy on me only thing is that it is non power steering . Would it be strong enough to op the steering as steering is fair easy .
Thinking about starting drilling wheat next week. This early drilled stuff is going in mainly after early potatoes and some overwintered stubble that has been ploughed and pressed. We have subsoiled and disc & pressed after the potatoes. All seedbeds are really good and the nice bit of rain has...
Starting to get a little worried now. Spring seed might be short... Weather doesnt look great on the forcast - given how sh!t harvest was, could we be in for just as bad an autumn?
Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine
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Biostimulants are currently being pushed to help facilitate a reduction in fertiliser inputs as well as to offset the impact of pest and disease pressure, but do they actually deliver? CPM learns how two products can unlock tangible...
Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine
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Changing the rotation on a Yorkshire farm has proven to be a solid base for getting blackgrass control back on track. CPM reports.
By Mike Abram
A constant battle with blackgrass on a Yorkshire farm comes with the familiar backstory...
Has anyone ever autumn established SFI AHL2 after a crop off winter wheat, grown fast seeding crops such as mustard and then gone into a spring barley late March early April?
Probably a good reason why it isn’t being done!
Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine
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A stack is no longer viewed as simply which active ingredients are in a programme, it includes cultural control methods too. CPM shares thoughts from grassweed experts.
By Rob Jones
Choosing herbicides for the autumn programme is an...
Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine
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According to combine draper head makers and users, benefits include higher outputs, head-first feeding, more accurate ground contour-following and better performance in low and laid crops, plus longer harvest days. CPM finds out more...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
Kuhn, like all implement manufacturers, is well aware that good crops begin with good seedbeds of an appropriate tilth and free from competitive weeds.
Achieving that happy situation is, however, proving ever more problematic as pressure is being put...
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Presumably most are still planning on planting wheat in the next month or so.
With current prices and profitability what’s everyone’s thoughts on pre em choices and rates ?
cheers
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