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  1. steveR

    IW Trailer with combi doors

    We are wondering about a new trailer and I have long thought a set of combination or barn doors would be really very useful on the farm. The ability to lob a pallet or IBC in the trailer easily is the motive. I think I might have seen one on a show ground somewhere, but never one out "in the...
  2. G

    Lucerne

    Just curious to know what peoples thoughts are on Spring vs Autumn (August/September) drilling of Lucerne. To date we have only established in the spring, but no rain in May really slowed it down, the flip side is grass weed competition in the Autumn, being organic we don't have the option of a...
    • Graham.T
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    • agronomist clay cranesbill dairy direct drill drainage drilling drought establishment glyphosate grass grass weed grazing herbicide lucern maize organic poppy reseed resilient roots ryegrass seed seedbeds sheep slug wheat yields
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  3. CORK

    Variable rate N

    Hi all, I’d like to hear what people’s experiences have been like with variable rate N. I’ve been looking at the Yara Atfarm system and it looks quite accessible for the likes of me (not into too much tech and not farming 1000’s of acres). I’m not looking at this because of the current N...
    • CORK
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    • ahdb application avatar beans boom cereals drilling establishment fertiliser levy mapping ndvi nitrogen nozzles oats oilseed oilseed rape osr satellite seed slug software variable rate vra wheat yara yields
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Cropping
  4. Bigjon44

    Winter beans

    Anyone's beans come through the ground yet??!! Planted ours back at start of November and still not showing!
    • Bigjon44
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    • agronomist application barley beans beet blackgrass break crop cereals disc disease drilling elatus establishment fertiliser fungicide fungicides gas glyphosate grass hallmark harrow herbicide insecticide manganese nitrogen oats pendimethalin polysulphate pre-em prosulfocarb rust second wheat seed signum slug slugs sprayer spraying spring bean spring beans storm t1 t2 teb weaving wheat wild oats winter wheat yields
    • Replies: 220
    • Forum: Cropping
  5. SR7

    Easycare sheep experiment

    Currently have 400 indoor lambing mules and texel/mules. I bought 15 sucked hoggets and 25 ewe lambs to try over the next year. Ewe lambs purchased for £105 weighing roughly 45kg in September and sucked hoggets for £150 at around 60-65kg. Tupped half with Charollais and other half to beltex...
    • SR7
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    • application barley baycox beef beet cattle cocci continental cover crops dairy deadweight death disease downland dual purpose ear tag establishment fertiliser fertilizer flystrike fodder fodder beet forage glyphosate grass grassland grazing health lambing lick loader maintenance market mart mastitis milk nutrition operator organic paddock parts peas performance pig premium quad resilient roots shearwell sheep silage slug software stress tmr transport variety wheat worm resistance wormer worming worms
    • Replies: 746
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  6. Direct Driller Magazine

    Farmer Focus – Neil White

    Farmer Focus – Neil White 2021 has seen me, after 5 years, drill into cover crops for the first time. I had a big volunteer oat crop due to cutting wet oats at harvest, which I left into winter. Every cloud has a silver lining though as this then provided some winter grazing for a neighbour’s...
    • Direct Driller Magazine
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    • barley beans compaction cover crop cover crops diablo direct drilling drainage drilling establishment fertiliser fertilizer flooding glyphosate grazing harrow insecticides malting nitrogen oats organic organic matter roots seed sheep slug slugs spraying spring beans variable rate wheat
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Direct Driller Magazine
  7. Claydon Drills

    Claydon to launch a new 9m mounted Straw Harrow at LAMMA 2022

    The new 9m mounted Claydon Straw Harrow. Claydon developed its new 9m mounted Straw Harrow, being launched at LAMMA 2022, to bridge the gap between the company’s popular 7.5m mounted and 12.5m trailed models. Manufactured in the UK by Claydon, European market leader in direct strip seeding crop...
    • Claydon Drills
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    • claydon direct drilling drilling establishment harrow health lamma market mounted seeding slug transport
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: News and PR
  8. Flat 10

    Front seed tank question

    Going to be very stupid here; but, if you have a front tank on a folding drill it balances lovely at the ends but weights the tractor down creating massive ruts if you are working on tender ground? I know you shouldn't be on the land if wet but sh!t happens. If you try to be clever and put press...
    • Flat 10
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    • compaction drilling drills harrow horsch seed slug slugs tyre pressure weed control wheat
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Machinery
  9. A

    The benefit of rolling

    Got rained off when rolling a field of newly drilled winter wheat and it never got finished. Took this 3 weeks later slugs have hammered it where it hadn’t been rolled. Won’t make that mistake again!
    • A1baz
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    • agronomist application barley beans beet blackgrass cereals death direct drill drilling grass harrow herbicide maize manganese massey nettles nozzles oats osr parts pgr poultry quad residual rolled barley ryegrass second wheat seed slug slugs t0 umbilical wheat winter wheat
    • Replies: 115
    • Forum: Cropping
  10. Defra Farming

    UK National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (Plant Protection Products) February 2013

    Details The UK’s longstanding and rigorous pesticides regulatory regime and other existing statutory and voluntary controls, incentive schemes and research programmes, mean that it is well placed to prepare a comprehensive and effective National Action Plan (NAP). The Government has communicated...
    • Defra Farming
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    • analysis application cereals defra health horticulture mrl oilseed oilseed rape parts performance pesticide pesticides risk mitigation sheep slug slug pellets su variety
    • Category: Defra
  11. Steevo

    Will you be looking to take part in the future SFI/ELMS scheme? - 7/12/21

    I ran one of these on 21st September 2021. Someone suggested running another given we have had some more recent announcements, so here it is. Same question as before: Based on your current understandings of the scheme today, will you be looking to take part in the future SFI/ELMS scheme...
    • Steevo
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    • application cereals cover crops defra drilling elms fertiliser fertilizer grass grassland mapping red tractor seed sfi slug stress wheat
    • Replies: 72
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  12. N

    Feeding stuck to one side of high level 30t bin

    Have a 30 tonne Collinson feed bin. There’s a barley blend stuck up towards the top on one side? There’s no hatch at the top just a vent. Anyone experienced this? Tips to remove it? Thanks
  13. steveR

    Will a GSHP work on generator?

    Just been chatting with Herself about the after effects of Arwen and the problems of out total reliance on electricity... The property's hot water and heating comes from a GSHP, installed in 2011, and got the RHI approval a few years later which runs out (I think) next year. Both the houses I...
  14. Oldmacdonald

    When is a Christmas Party not a Christmas party?

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  15. Janet Hughes Defra

    Sustainable farming incentive details published today

    Morning all Today we'll be publishing some information about how the sustainable farming incentive will work when we start rolling it out from next year in England. I'll post the links here as soon as they're online, and will be here on this thread over the next few days to answer your...
    • Janet Hughes Defra
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    • 750a agronomists ahdb analysis aphids application atlantis baling barley beans beef beef cattle beet belfry blackgrass break crop brome buffer calf calving caravan carbon carbon capture cargill carrots cattle cereals compaction continental cover crop cover crops cows cranesbill croptec csfb cultivations dairy deere defra direct drill direct drilling disc disease drainage drift drilling drills drought elms environment agency establishment feed block feed blocks fendt fertiliser fertility finance fodder forage foxtrot fungicide fungicides fusarium gas glyphosate gps grass grass leys grass weed grassland grazing groundsel groundswell harrow harvesting health healthy soils herbicide insecticide insecticides insurance investment fund irrigation lambing legumes liability maintenance maize mapping market methane milk milking miscanthus mycorrhizal natural capital nitrogen oats omnia organic organic matter osr parts peas performance pesticides pig pollution potato potatoes pre-em pre-emergence premium rainfall red tractor regen ag renewable energy renewal repair reseed residual residuals risk mitigation roots rpa rtk rural payments agency rye ryegrass satellite savings seed seed treatment seedbeds seeding sequester sfi sheep silage slug slug pellets slugs slurry software soil assessment soil carbon soil health soil sampling soil test soil testing soil tests soyl sprayer spraying spring bean spring beans storm stress sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive syngenta telehandler terravesta thistles transport variable rate varieties water infiltration water management weaving weed control wheat wild oats winter wheat worms yielding yields
    • Replies: 1,643
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  16. F

    Commodities and covid

    Grain prices here last week were surging ever higher along with fertilizer prices,now with the announcement of the new variant the stock market is falling. Tomorrow will tell if commodities follow this sudden downturn. Personally I can’t see any reason for them to drop, if anything investors...
  17. snarling bee

    DD Drill and SLUGS

    I had a demo of an Avatar drill in October. We drilled WW straight into straw removed wheat stubble and then continued onto cultivated ground. Compared to a tine drill and Vaderstad in the same field there is a huge amount more slug damage, both on the stubble and cultivated ground. Nothing was...
    • snarling bee
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    • 750a accident agronomist avatar barley beans blackgrass bydv cereals cover crop cover crops csfb direct drill direct drilling disc drilling drills earthworms establishment foliar glyphosate grass grazing harvest health insecticide insecticides ipm maize market nematodes nitrogen oilseed oilseed rape osr pre-em second wheat seed slug slug pellets slugs sprayer spraying sprinter treated seed vaderstad weaving wheat worms
    • Replies: 57
    • Forum: Direct Drilling General Discussion
  18. Boysground

    Nroso heavy handed email

    I am at the end of my 3 year cycle for Nroso. What with one thing and another I have not managed to do as many training events as usual and ended up with 29 points. Saw this on my statement and coincidentally my local NIAB conference was last week so I popped along and signed the BASIS and Nroso...
    • Boysground
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    • agronomist agronomy ahdb application beef buffer calving cattle cereals cows dairy defra drainage fertilizer grass gusto health horticulture market milk mounted nitrogen nozzle nozzles nroso operator organic peas pesticide pesticides pig pollution potash potato potatoes red tractor registration renewal sheep slug slurry sprayer spraying stress sustainability syngenta
    • Replies: 236
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  19. Chips

    Is ploughing bad ?

    I know being from plough manufacturer they have a vested interest but an interesting read .
    • Chips
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    • accident analysis application barley bazooka beans beef beet blackgrass broadway star brome bulk density carbon carbon capture carrots cereals cover crop cover crops cows cultivations dairy death defra dff direct drill direct drilling disc disease drainage drilling drills elms establishment fertiliser fertility forage fungicides fusarium gas glyphosate grass grass leys grassland grazing herbicide horsch insecticides kverneland market methane mole plough mycorrhizae mycorrhizal nitrogen oats oilseed oilseed rape openers organic organic matter osr parts potatoes pre-em pre-emergence rainfall residual roots satellite savings second wheat seed self propelled sequester slug slug pellets slurry sprayer storm trailed sprayer weaving wheat wormers worms yields
    • Replies: 212
    • Forum: Direct Drilling General Discussion
  20. S J H

    Who's joining me?

    Just had the red tractor inspection, I sadly haven't passed so won't be able to sell stock at the premium. I failed on health plan, health and safety plan, haven't got a needle certificate and when the dog was wormed. The whole thing has become an utter joke. BVD testing is recommended now, so...
    • S J H
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    • agronomists ahdb aicc application barley beef beef cattle calf calves carbon cattle cereals cows dairy direct drilling disease drilling ear tags fertiliser fertility grain store grass health health and safety insurance integrated pest management ipm market milk nroso pig poultry premium red tractor renewal seed sell cattle sheep silage slug slug pellets slurry stress wheat wormer worming
    • Replies: 237
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
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