silage

just pricing up some silage sheets and looking at the SILOSTOP products. Have always used VISQUEEN sheets in the past and get good results with minimal waste, most waste is generally around the walls, We use a cling seal sheet and a new top sheet every year and also have new side sheets on...

FiPL spotlight: the Central Dartmoor Farm Cluster Written by Mark Ward Dartmoor is a distinctive landscape. Open, windswept moorland sheltered woodland valleys, enclosed farmland, varied geology and unrivalled opportunities for recreation are just a few reasons why it was designated as a...

I received an email the other day promoting Andersons Seminars as there's now an online one apparently. Has anyone on here attended these Seminars in the past? If so, what are your thoughts on their value for money? https://theandersonscentre.co.uk/shop/andersons-2024-seminar-online-version/

I’m helping out a local contractor over the summer, driving his gear. What would the going rate per hour be now the minimum wage has gone up.

The rainfall and flooding that has hit the UK recently have posed farmers up and down the UK with unprecedented challenges setting usual progress back immeasurably. Grant James, Business Development Manager at Sea2Soil says regenerative farming - which harnesses the natural capabilities of fish...

Serafino Winter Hybred Rye starting to move!

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops specialist, Leigh McClean highlighted a number of priorities for arable farmers in Northern Ireland. His advice reflects the prospects of high pressure building and the weather improving...

I have just submitted an application to the RPA for Capital Works (Concreting and Covering Silage Pit), I’ve included the CSF office support and EA support. Does anyone know approximately how long the RPA are taking to respond to these applications?

A wet autumn followed by a very wet spring means weeds are thriving and giving grassland farmers yet another problem to grapple with. Many pastures were left unsprayed in the autumn as the wet weather set in, allowing grassland weeds to become more established than ever. Ryan Came-Johnson...

So I've just checked my silage ground and I'm not sure what to do... It's probably just below welly boot height It's had no fertiliser or slurry yet Options that I can see: Option A: Cut this week, get slurry and fertiliser on and have a big cut at the end of may? Yes I'll only get 3ish...

What kind of pump do people use for dirty water. I want to pump out yard water which has silage in too, not loads but enough to get in the filter of a petrol 2 inch pump. I'm hoping to fit a length pipe and pump it out to drain away, so high pressure could be handy. It also could be used to...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Pembrokeshire Agricultural Society is seeking the county’s top “progressive farmers” for its Baron de Rutzen Award. Farmers must demonstrate their farm’s use of the latest technology methods to promote progressive and sustainable agriculture...

I’ve got 40k to spend, so looking for a decent tractor. Would like 50k, air brakes and possibly front linkage. Main workload, hedge cutting, silage work ( mowing, raking, trailers etc) Baling, cultivations………

Heaps of manure in pens cows laid in /on it. sh!t everywhere. Is this normal practice??

A bit hypothetical , but if it goes really dry how would you cope ? I'd be fine as I've written off this year .

Genuine question, and I know that I'll get a thousand different answers. What is a "standard" working day to you, or your staff, on your farm? How many hours? On a run of the mill day - not lambing/calving/harvest/silage etc For reference, I'm thinking 800ac, mixed beef/sheep/arable, modern...

As a farmers son, almost 40 I do feel stigmatised by my farming friends and family for actually wanting to go home in the evening and weekends to my family. Quite a few of the farmers I know work constantly (12-16) hours a day 7 days a week and do nothing else. Of course they talk they have...

For silage bsles Are these any good

Hi, is rape tge best drought hardy summer crop? I only feed dry silage in summer to weaners, its not great pasture at farm (started reno this year). The end of jan till end of April hurts me growth wise as its our dry period here. Margins are tight atm so need economical method of keeping...

We are looking at installing self locking yokes for our dairy cows. We currently have just a rail which they reach under to eat from a central passage. Our concern is the cows won’t be able to reach as far and this could restrict intakes, has anyone had this problem? So you need to push the...