slugs

What would be the reason for grass seed to fail twice in the same field after winter barley? The field in question has been In arable cropping for a very long time. The first attempt at seeding was with a Weaving Fenix direct disc drill and the only place the grass germinated was where the...

10 years ago now in the early days of TFF we ran a trial here on my farm for some of the direct drills that were available at that time. The thread that blogged that can be founds here ........... the result was interesting ...

My 1st early seed pots have arrived, Francis is the variety and some of them are massive ,big enough to be a jacket spud.!!! Is it ok to cut these in half or even thirds. If so when is best. Pre chitting or just before i plant? Planting by hand,in mid february. TIA

Farming in Devon, we get almost 1200mm of rain down here. I've been using a Claydon drill for 14 years with some successful years and some less successful years. in the less successful years the poor or bare patches in the fields have corresponded with wetness or clay soils. Being a livestock...

I am interested in this. https://theweedzapper.oldschoolmanufacturing.com/about/ I think it would be ideal for docks thistles and ragwort in an organic situation. I know there was an English firm at Groundswell a year or two back experimenting with it, but I don't think that they got as far as...

Interesting thread on X, started by a farmer in Ontario who was inspired to try something new by his father who sadly recently passed away. Here he's rolling in the frost to reduce slugs. Is there interest here in the UK in doing a trial on this? It would be very much depend on whether we...

Thinking of sowing some seeded kale mix next year for winter grazing for in lamb ewes and ewe lambs Can you only drill them with a precision drill and when is the best time to drill them?

4 years into DD and since I’ve started the headlands have always been the best part of the fields, totally opposite to when we ploughed or Max tilled with Patriot/discs/vaddy 🤷🏻‍♂️ Doesn’t matter whether it’s LD or Paraplow’d the headlands still the best. Appreciate this field has been hammered...

I want to put clover into quite a lot of the grazing ground next year. I was hoping to have done half this year but my contractor let me down and didn't turn up. I will be doing a complete reseed on 25 acres in the spring and then have 32 acres I would like to stitch in at some point. I'm...

We have 2 examples where we have been drilling bought in winter wheat seed and the switched to home saved. Same field, same drill, same settings, same day etc etc. On both blocks the home saved has been quicker out of the ground with seemingly better germination and vigour. Anybody else found...

I really want to make a trailed tub grinder to pick up straw in the swath, grind it and then spread it 12 meters! Before I embark on such a project which will surely bankrupt me with little chance of actually getting it to do what I want is there such a thing already being built?? I’m sure I...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland According to the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB), winter wheat drilling is almost complete in England, Scotland and Wales. The latest figures indicate that 27% of winter wheat was drilled in September, 46% in October and 22% in...

The Roy Dennis foundation and the Exmoor national park are planning to release sea eagles on Exmoor. There has already been some released on the Isle of Wight and these have travelled long distances with 7 already visiting Exmoor and we have seen them above our farm. The people pushing for this...

2 years ago we decided to try to do away with ploughing and bought a direct drill. Since then, we have found that the ploughed and combi drilled crops have done a lot better than the direct drilled ones. This year we found the direct drilling on the heavy clay soil the slots just filled with...

What is most challenging in growing oilseed rape? What pests are hardest to control? how weather impacts crops?

New technology experts join SLIMERS UK agri-tech specialists Farmscan Ag and Fotenix have become partners in a major project to develop autonomous monitoring and control of arable farming’s biggest pest. Strategies Leading to Improved Management and Enhanced Resilience Against Slugs (SLIMERS)...

Clemmie submitted a new resource: ARTICLE: New technology experts join SLIMERS - Farmscan Ag and Fotenix become partners in SLIMERS Read more about this resource...

Completed the 5th slug count for this year! Some concluding thoughts: - The trial was kept in the same place as 2023 with a 2nd wheat crop. Noticed a considerable difference to the ground conditions across the 1ha trial compared to last year. Last year the heavier areas of the ha block made...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has published its Cereal Quality Survey for 2024. The wheat and barley sample sizes were 2,177 and 9,645 respectively. According to the AHDB, milling wheat samples in the 2024 survey have...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has published its Cereal Quality Survey for 2024. The wheat and barley sample sizes were 2,177 and 9,645 respectively. According to the AHDB, milling wheat samples in the 2024 survey have...