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They must be doing something right over there...

Never grown them before, recovering OSR grower. Which is a good winter variety and what seed rate if ploughing or Claydon drilled please? Any other advice welcome.

Any advice would be welcome on this. I have 80ha of heavy, flinty, hilly land going into winter wheat that currently looks like this: It's chest/ head high, completely alive with insects, and is mainly spring linseed, buckwheat, sunflowers, phacelia, and a bit of clover and vetch. I don't...

Can anyone recommend training providers in east anglia, east mids for this and is there any fundings currently available? Thanks

As above. If not why not as stripper headers are used to harvest wheat in North America. In theory it is the way to go to increase the output of a combine. Why haven’t strippers headers been popular in the uk???

Well , Indian summer , better than nowt Get ready for the drought thread from the Devonians

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine With soil moisture levels high this summer, accurate application of product is the key to controlling burgeoning slug populations, urges a molluscicide expert. This includes the calibration of spreading equipment, says Adama’s Andy Bailey. “Wet...

What do people find are the most durable slug pellets? Been using Sluxx for several years thinking they were very good all round but this year don't like how quickly they seem to be disappearing amongst the showers.......thanks.

Nearly all cont wheat here , the last field to cut always has the straw chopped It's incredibly consistent , not record breaking but very reliable May start chopping more often ,

I’ve bought a s/h set of 12m rolls that have a stocks fanjet mounted on them. Will I actually be able to get the feed slow and consistent enough to work at 8-10kph 12m wide rather than 25/30kph at 18/24m on a quad bike. The rolls were the right money regardless of the slug pelleter but would be...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF As wet conditions push slug pressure into the red, many will unknowingly be reaching for a biological control to protect their broadacre crops. CPM explores the evolution of ferric phosphate into the reliable crop protection product it is...

Got both rape and turnips to sow next few days into stubble. Mix the seed? Drill 24m alternate straps of each? Just sow separate fields? Always grow rape but trying some turnips this year, thanks

Red tractor rang this afternoon to arrange an audit for cereals and beet right in the middle of harvest. This just shows what little they know about the industry they ride on the back of. Dry days are out of the question. If only I could arrange for a wet day when nothing needed fixing...

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So is Osr still part of your plan, with some decent rain around conditions good. Is osr worthwhile, bit weary of slugs and csb...

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...

Latest SFI update has now given option for NUM3 Legume Fallow to be rotational. See screenshot of the guidance. Non-rotated we have to establish within 13 months of agreement start date, so say we start agreement 1st Sept 2023, then we'd need to establish by 31st Aug '24, then leave it there...

We are chopping wheat straw and plenty of it apart from the organic matter return what value does this have?

Never sown companion crops with the OSR before but got fields surrounded by woods/trees destined for it this year when we get the wheat off. Was wanting something that might grow taller than the OSR without smothering it to deter pigeons landing in it. Think buckwheat might tick this box? Any...

Morning everyone. Could I have some suggestions for establishing clover (white and or red) in mature grassland. I'm looking for alternative methods what don't cost much. I could graze it tight and drill it but timing, cost and weather really are big factors as I wouldn't have more than one...