seedbeds

  1. snipe

    What % of winter crops not planted or destroyed

    What % of your intended winter crop have not been planted or damaged by flood/slugs/ flee Beatle?
  2. N

    How's drilling going?

    Has everyone given up hope yet?
  3. nelly55

    Please someone tell them

    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...
  4. CPM RSS

    Combatting the slug threat

    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...
  5. CPM RSS

    Promising outlook for stale seedbeds

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine 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...
  6. Derrick Hughes

    Slugs

    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
  7. Wigeon

    Glyphosate in with pre-ems?

    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!
  8. Agriland RSS

    Rural Resilience Project to help NI farmers with climate change

    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...
  9. Agriland RSS

    Harvest 2023: Grain harvest coming to an end – AHDB

    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...
  10. T

    EASTSTEER ON POLARIS RANGER

    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 .
  11. P

    Wheat seed rates 2023

    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...
  12. Jsmith2211

    2019 all over again?

    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?
  13. CPM RSS

    Quantifying the benefits of biostimulants

    Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...
  14. CPM RSS

    Real Results Pioneers: Spring crop route on a Yorkshire farm

    Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...
  15. Stephensonlouis

    AHL2 - Winter Bird Food

    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!
  16. CPM RSS

    Grassweeds: What’s in the stack?

    Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...
  17. CPM RSS

    Combine headers: How much difference does a header make?

    Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...
  18. bobk

    Sowing 2023

    Aside from OSR , bet someone is planting wheat or barley , too wet here at the mo
  19. Agriland RSS

    Machinery Focus: Kuhn reveals strategy to minimise ploughing

    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...
  20. M

    Wheat pre em

    Morning 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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