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Making small improvements is helping to keep a Norfolk farmer ahead of blackgrass. CPM learns more about his approach to grassweed control.
By Mike Abram
It’s the little things that matter when you have a grassweed problem you’re...
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The questions around applying pyrethroid-based insecticides aren’t new, with many feeling their use is severely limited and, in some cases, detrimental. CPM discovers whether they still have a place on farm.
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The hot topic this season has undoubtedly been grassweeds and the challenge they’ve become. CPM collates some of the latest expertise to help reinforce the message that best practice will eventually prevail.
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Establishment will always be the most vital time for any crop, and having the right drill for the job plays an important role in this. CPM takes a look at some new additions to the market from the past year.
By Melanie Jenkins
Whether...
I have all but pressed the submit button on a CS mid tier application for 25% of the farm into AB6 - enhanced overwinter stubbles but now the revised SFI 2023 handbook 2.0 has thrown plans into question with the offer of rotational NUM3 (SFI version of AB15). If we can now annually rotate NUM3...
I've been meaning to do this for ages, sorry if it's been done before and would be interested in others doing it for other drills, also interested in hearing from other tined DD users.
Just going into our second season with ours. A bog standard 3m box drill.
First impressions are.
Really happy...
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Word in the field this season is grassweed pressure has caught some off-guard despite deploying a range of control methods. CPM draws on insight from growers to help unpick the reasons why and understand whether IPM is having a positive...
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Laws to reduce fertiliser inputs have put some German wheat growers at a disadvantage, but recent trials there have shown that managing the soil-borne disease take-all with a seed treatment can help compensate. CPM reports.
By Rob Jones...
There's a combine for sale near us 1177 14ft cut. Only done 50 acres each year for the last 18 years. Approx 10k at 3500 hours. Any common faults or good/bad points about them?
TIA
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Infections of early blight (alternaria) are already being reported as a result of this year’s challenging potato season.
The disease is historically seen from mid to late July, but climatic weather patterns mean it’s hit early this year with instances...
I’ve had a stab at drilling grass into old burnt off pasture with an aitchison grasssfarmer, went half rate two ways on most of it, but would maybe have been better going full rate one way as the old turf fairly ripped up on the second pass and has made a bit of a mess.
A roll would tidy it up...
Let’s start a harvest 23 thread! So how far do we all think we are from starting? Winter barley rapidly ripening here early start is on the cards. First week of july maybe, rape just starting to lose its greenness also!
Hello we're considering purchasing one of these machines to rake straw, scratch a stale seedbeds and create tilth in a direct drilling establishment regime.
Has anyone any user experiences?
Thanks
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Patience is the key to succeeding with both direct drilling and spring barley in Scotland, as CPM finds out when meeting David Fuller-Shapcott.
By Mike Abram
Conventional logic says direct drilling in Scotland is challenging. Doing it...
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With previous warnings of an impending ‘sea of septoria’, how are crops faring as the season continues? CPM joins the Bayer Crop Doctor team for an update on the sites and tips for next steps.
By Janine Adamson
For many, a lack of spray...
Our ground has a high clover content, but think it could do with an extra boost about now.
What fertiliser should I be putting on to avoid doing too much harm to the clover but still getting a boost of grass growth.
It’s only for sheep grazing.
Upland/ hill farm
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