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  1. CPM RSS

    Maximising farm-saved seed at harvest

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Fears supply of in-demand varieties will be tight this coming season means experts are sharing advice to maximise farm-saved seed at harvest. The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) saw little difference in the overall certified seed market for...
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    Spring establishment: Springing forward

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Following what’s been a miserable autumn season, the pressure is undoubtedly on to ensure spring crops successfully overcome potential weather extremes that come their way. CPM looks at some of the options on the table. By Janine Adamson...
  3. D

    Slatted House vs unslatted

    Coming at this as very new to building my own cattle house so any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am in Northern Ireland so if anyone has any recent steer on prices it would be appreciated. is there much of a difference in price to have a cattle house with slates and a pit underneath as...
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    Test and treat for loose smut and seed-borne net blotch

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Testing and treating farm-saved spring crop seed for loose smut and seed-borne net blotch is being advised following recent inclement weather and rapidly declining seed stocks. As widely reported, due to poor autumn conditions, winter cereal planting...
  5. A

    Seed dressing

    Got these test results back today, I'm guessing no need for a spd, just get it in the ground. One will be 1st wheat and the other W barley.
  6. C

    Wheat following temp grass

    Ploughing up some one year old leys this year, what seed treatment would you put on the seed? Any need for signal? And any particular wheat variety performs better in this slot? Cheers in advance
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    Seed treatments: Making the healthy roots, NUE connection

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...
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    Pushing Performance: The strongest start

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Optimising crop health begins long before establishment – it starts with the seed. CPM explores how a biostimulant seed treatment can help plants to overcome challenging conditions right from the off. By Janine Adamson With plant...
  9. Lofty1984

    Just what we need another pollution incident

    https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/slurry-pollution-rivers-dulas-carmarthenshire-26262602?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
  10. H

    Cereal seed prices….

    Has anyone been able to get a price for cereal seed yet this year?
  11. teslacoils

    Take all

    Haven't seen takeall for years but there clearly was some in some second wheat (5th cereal) this year. Field is due to go into wheat again - anything that can be done to reduce risk?
  12. M

    Farm saved seed

    I usually dress around 10-12 tonne of my own wheat seed. This year I was for various reasons including grass weeds was going to buy ‘c2 seed’ from the merchant. However having received orders /invoice for £575 a tonne and now falling prices I’m thinking home save what I’ve got again( after...
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    Machinery Focus: Farmall – the first 100 years

    Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland If the Fordson was the major innovation that brought mechanisation to farming, it was the International Farmall which picked up where Henry Ford left off and carried on with the revolution. The name was first introduced in 1921 for a lightweight and...
  14. Bramble

    Swollen wheat seed

    Drilled some wheat after grass (ploughed, cultipress, drilled with Rapid) and about 30-50% of it hasn’t germinated, it’s just sat there and swollen up, looks like it’s rotting. Any ideas why or what may have caused it?? The headland, which was drilled last, looks a lot better that the middle...
  15. Phil P

    Is it way too late?

    To drill winter barley now? Long story short (probably won’t be 😂), just finish drilling the the last 50ac block of wheat today and I’m left with a little 5ac field that was supposed to be the last field and destined for a first wheat. Anyway turns out I’m a bag of seed short 🤦🏻‍♂️ don’t...
  16. Sir loin

    Barley pea mix .

    Just thinking aloud for next spring cropping. A barley pea mix would need no nitrogen !!!. Would be high yielding and a high protein feed for the cattle. A win win there but there are downsides that I am well aware of: A) Rats will love it B) Could this be cut with a mower without...
  17. F

    Old treated Seed vs off the heap Seed.

    Looks like I will be about 1/2 a bag short of wheat seed. I have some old seed that is 3 years old that was treated with single purpose and latitude, it's either that or use some off the heap? Reason for asking is I heard somewhere that the seed treatment can affect germination after a time.
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    Seeds – Challenging the status quo

    Written by cpm from CPM Magazine Download PDF There’s anecdotal evidence that growers are increasingly drilling untreated cereal seed. CPM explores why and asks whether the associated risks are worth taking With bunt and loose smut, levels are able to multiply very quickly if not managed. By...
  19. Case290

    Did Seed dressings kill slug eating Beetles?

    Noticing lots more ground Beetls since I’ve stopped using seed dressings. Any one else noticed this They can eat up to 10 slugs a day. Y have we be lead down this path of seed dressings / slug pellets at all.
  20. Wheat

    BYDV tolerant varieties

    I keep reading about BYDV tolerant Wheat and Barley varieties, but from what I can see the majority of the recommended list do not fall into this camp. I am aware there are one or two resistant varieties in the pipeline, and even now being grown commercially, but is the any tolerance in...
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