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  1. Wigeon

    Winter cover crops on heavy land... what a disaster

    I farm heavy silty clay with flints. No ditches, no land drains. Good strong wheat land, if unforgiving. I've been trying to grow cover crops on and off for the last 9 yrs. With one exception, they have all been disastrous. Summer cover crops in place of a spring crop, on the other hand, can...
  2. skye @ bofin

    Whose land was wettest?

    We need your wettest trip pictures! We are requesting that all of our Slug Sleuths upload a photo from their wettest slug trap monitoring day below. All who contribute will receive 1.5 points⬇️😃
  3. D

    Sheep being shot

    In the last two nights there has been four attacks around the village. Ewes and even fornight old lambs have been shot and left in the fields. A couple at each farm, but the same each time with some being shot in the head and some being the body. Spoke to the police about it today and there is...
  4. bobk

    Looking grim .......

    10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .
  5. T

    Bullock T15 flexi seeder

    Hi All, looking at one of these to mount on a 6m harrows, are they any good? It says it comes with a self contained GPS unit, how does that work? Thanks
  6. bobk

    Accord drill setting for NUM3

    Anyone hazard a guess at sowing this stuff at 7kg an acre , not sure what seed it's similar to
  7. Andy26

    AgOpenGPS Rate Controlling a Stocks FanJet

    A little project to fit auto rate control and variable rate control to a Stocks FanJet Plus, this has an electric driven metering wheel, that at present is controlled at a set speed from a VS-2 control box: So I'm using an RC11 PCB the same as for my Knight Sprayer, This has a motor...
  8. CPM RSS

    Spring slug risk

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine After high autumn slug pressure and a mild, wet winter, growers are encouraged to assess and manage risk of damage to spring cereals. Keith Walters, professor of invertebrate biology and pest management at Harper Adams University, says slug...
  9. neilo

    Hedgehog numbers on the rise

    I’ve just watched a Sky news item on an apparent increase in hedgehog numbers in the UK, after years of decline. There was no mention of the badger culls for some reason.🤔
  10. Gerbert

    1995 Claas telehandler

    I thought that the ranger was the first claas coloured telehandler. Who made this and is it any good? https://www.troostwijkauctions.com/l/1995-claas-486-verreiker-A1-16932-95
  11. K

    UK slug tour: South of England

    As part of my work on the SLIMERS project, I spent last week traveling around the South of England meeting our slug sleuths and visiting their farms. Following this successful trip, I thought the slug circle would appreciate an insight into the trip: Day 1 Farms visited in Bedfordshire and...
  12. Clive

    Capital grants - Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024

    So to get our heads around how useful this support offered by Rishi yesterday, who plans to take advantage of the FETF capital grants this year ...
  13. Laggard

    Best Avadex applicator for drill mounting.

    Which is the best Avadex applicator for retrofitting to a drill please? Best way of mounting the applicator too please?
  14. spin cycle

    how does ....

    one of these .. replace something like this?
  15. glow worm

    Government support for farmers announced today

    Did I hear right!!!? Millions coming our way to improve our IT etc so that we have less reliance on foreign workers? and better outlets for food we can't sell? Apart from installing robots, I can't see, on the face of it, what impact this would have on the dairy industry. What about other sectors?
  16. Farm Classifieds

    Sumo Versadrill, Metcalfe NG Leg conversion, Stocks applicator

    Sumo Versadrill, Metcalfe NG Leg conversion, Stocks applicator Advert added by: George Apter Machinery Details Category: Tillage Drills Price: £22950 Condition: Good Description 2011 Sumo Versadrill 4m trailed. Front hydraulic folding legs upgraded to...
  17. D

    checking to see if a Gator / Mule is stolen before buying, and which to buy..

    Looking to upgrade our ATV's - so many iffy looking adverts out there, especially on FB! some of the private ones seem genuine but is there a data base you can check on to see if its legit? any advice on Kawasaki Mule vs JG Gator vs Polaris also welcome. looking for one to let the old man...
  18. F

    SAM2 Mulitspecies cover, who is doing it and what's your plan?

    I had previously been overlooking SAM2 mutlispecies cover. Is it really as simple as we drill autumn cereal crop as usual, give it a light sprinkle of some other species and claim it as Sam2? Seems to have the potentially to be the most reward for least cost/effort option of all SFI...
  19. Bury the Trash

    Will No till put paid to the plough ? asks a piece in the FT.

    https://www.ft.com/content/9b819b0c-663a-46f0-86a8-5e570913317a we havnt had a good ploughing vrs DD dust up for awhile :sneaky:it all seems dominated by the politics of rt nfu et al :rolleyes:
  20. TrewithickFarm

    MATBRO TR200 no hydraulics

    Hi all, serviced my TR200 hydraulic oil and filters. Now got no hydraulics can anyone help?
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