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  1. Renaultman

    Simtech owners Thoughts, tips, advice

    I've been meaning to do this for ages, sorry if it's been done before and would be interested in others doing it for other drills, also interested in hearing from other tined DD users. Just going into our second season with ours. A bog standard 3m box drill. First impressions are. Really happy...
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    • Replies: 118
    • Forum: Regen Ag and No-till Machinery
  2. Clive

    Toppers - educate me please !

    As we increasingly become more “park keeper” thanks to SFI and CSS and have more cover crops and margins than in the past we have options that need management involving cutting Having never owned a topper or mower bigger than a garden ride on I find myself confused by what i should buy...
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    • Replies: 190
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  3. steveR

    Westerwold advice?

    I didn't want to hijack the current thread on a similoiar topic. I am going to have 10-12ha of S Oat stubble that is earmarked for Bumblebird mix next Spring. (Not CS or SFI) In the past I have been very happy to drill some of the "spring sown) mix in the Autumn and have an early start on some...
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    • agronomist agronomy analysis application barley beet boots cattle cover crop cover crops cultivate cultivator dairy death disc drilling drills elms establishment first cut forage fuel gate glyphosate grass grassland grazing harvest health hybrid rye immune insurance legumes maize mower nitrogen oats plough ploughing potash premium quad roots roundup rye ryegrass seed seeding sfi sheep silage slug slug pellets slugs slurry soil health spraying stubble su tillage tmr triticale urea varieties variety weather weed control wheat yields
    • Replies: 98
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  4. skye @ bofin

    Movement patterns of the grey field slug (Deroceras reticulatum) in an arable field 2023-07-31

    Movement patterns of the grey field slug (Deroceras reticulatum) in an arable field John Ellis, Natalia Petrovskaya, Emily Forbes, Keith F.A. Walters & Sergei Petrovskii* Summary We report the results of an experiment on radio-tracking of individual grey field slugs in an arable field and...
  5. skye @ bofin

    Movement patterns of the grey field slug (Deroceras reticulatum) in an arable field

    skye @ bofin submitted a new resource: Movement patterns of the grey field slug (Deroceras reticulatum) in an arable field - Scientific results by Ellis et al., 2020. Read more about this resource...
  6. skye @ bofin

    Field experiments demonstrating that slug patches are present in all arable fields. 2023-07-31

    Stability of Patches of Higher Population Density within the Heterogenous Distribution of the Gray Field Slug Deroceras reticulatum in Arable Fields in the UK Emily Forbes , Matthew Back, Andrew Brooks, Natalia B. Petrovskaya, Sergei V. Petrovskii, Tom Pope and Keith F.A. Walters,* Summary...
  7. skye @ bofin

    Field experiments demonstrating that slug patches are present in all arable fields.

    skye @ bofin submitted a new resource: Field experiments demonstrating that slug patches are present in all arable fields. - An academic paper by Forbes et al., 2021. Read more about this resource...
  8. skye @ bofin

    Development and use of RFID implants to track slugs and first evidence for patches. 2023-07-31

    Locomotor behaviour promotes stability of the patchy distribution of slugs in arable fields: Tracking the movement of individual Deroceras reticulatum Emily Forbes, Matthew A Back, Andrew Brooks, Natalia B Petrovskaya, Sergei V Petrovskii, Tom W Pope and Keith FA Walters* Summary: The...
  9. skye @ bofin

    Development and use of RFID implants to track slugs and first evidence for patches.

    skye @ bofin submitted a new resource: Development and use of RFID implants to track slugs and first evidence for patches. - An academic paper by Forbes et al., 2020. Read more about this resource...
  10. skye @ bofin

    Sustainable management of slugs in commercial fields 2023-07-31

    Summary Slug damage to cereal crops in the UK caused primarily by the grey field slug (Deroceras reticulatum) is of increasing concern to farmers following removal of methiocarb from the market and stewardship guidelines introduced for metaldehyde. This study assesses whether the discontinuous...
  11. skye @ bofin

    Sustainable management of slugs in commercial fields

    skye @ bofin submitted a new resource: Sustainable management of slugs in commercial fields - An academic paper published by Harper Adams University (Forbes et al., 2017). Read more about this resource...
  12. G

    Chopping straw

    How do you manage for your next crop if you chop a biggish crop of wheat straw i am ploughing will it plough down ok or will it be a night mare to manage the following crop never done it before have plenty straw baled for myself now with last years carry over could sell it but if if this dambed...
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    • amazone autonomous barley brome carbon compaction csfb cultivation cultivations digital direct drill disc groundswell harvesting herbicide mapping nematodes oilseed oilseed rape osr plough ploughing roots sequestration slug slug pellets slugs stubble weather wheat
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Cropping
  13. Sid

    Overseeding

    Was on a Superg farm walk this week talking about over seeding grass and clover https://www.super-g.eu/ It was interesting to see very little difference between the 3 plots on both farms. Control v slotseeding v rotor seeding. In terms of yields, protein or energy. There was a rise in the...
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  14. skye @ bofin

    Arable farmers needed for £2.6m slug control project - FW

    Arable farmers are being sought for a new Defra-funded project which aims to develop alternative solutions for slug control. Since metaldehyde pellets were banned from April 2022, ferric phosphate pellets are the only chemical option left for slug control. Now a £2.6m research project, funded...
  15. skye @ bofin

    Arable farmers needed for £2.6m slug control project - FW

    skye @ bofin submitted a new resource: Arable farmers needed for £2.6m slug control project - FW - FW Article - 04/07/2023 Read more about this resource...
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    SLIMERS to supply slug-control solutions - FPJ

    £2.6m Defra-funded project launched to revolutionise slug control for farmers A new £2.6m Defra-funded project that seeks to provide farmers with precision slug-control solutions launched yesterday (28 June). Strategies Leading to Improved Management and Enhanced Resilience Against Slugs...
  17. skye @ bofin

    SLIMERS to supply slug-control solutions - FPJ

    skye @ bofin submitted a new resource: SLIMERS to supply slug-control solutions - FPJ - FPJ Article - 29 June 2023 Read more about this resource...
  18. skye @ bofin

    SLIMERS slug control project launched - CPM

    Farmers could soon have a new precision slug control solution, following the launch of a £2.6M Defra-funded project. Strategies Leading to Improved Management and Enhanced Resilience Against Slugs (SLIMERS) is a three-year research project involving more than 100 UK farms and six industry...
  19. skye @ bofin

    SLIMERS slug control project launched - CPM

    skye @ bofin submitted a new resource: SLIMERS slug control project launched - CPM - CPM Article 30/06/2023 Read more about this resource...
  20. skye @ bofin

    SLIMERS 2023-07-28

    What is it about? SLIMERS is a new £2.6M farmer-led research programme set to change the way slugs are monitored and treated, in a bid to drive sustainable solutions for slug management. Slugs are arable farming’s biggest pest issue, estimated to cost the UK industry about £43.5M per year. Since...
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