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  1. Wigeon

    Muir hills putting down the power

    Were Muir Hills especially good? They were before my time, but someone has sent me some late 70s and early 80s photos of the farm. One shows a MH 121 is pulling a 9 leg shakearator up a mediumly serious hill, with the frame basically at ground level. This is on heavy ground, which in...
    • Wigeon
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    • Forum: Classic Machinery
  2. Chris F

    De-risking OSR establishment

    De-risking OSR establishment Farmers are reporting positive benefits of drilling primed seed Despite 37 years’ industry experience, Agrii agronomist David Vine readily admits that growing oilseed rape successfully year-in, year-out can still be a huge gamble for many growers with significant...
    • Chris F
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    • Category: Technology
  3. Chris F

    Arable Soil Farmer of the Year - A farm walk with David Miller

    Arable Soil Farmer of the Year - A farm walk with David Miller Written by Emma Adams on behalf of The Farm Carbon Toolkit The second in our series of farm walks was with David Miller in Hampshire. This year’s Arable Soil Farmer of the Year, David is keen to demonstrate how a regenerative...
    • Chris F
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    • Category: Soil Science
  4. TFF

    Economic and ecological benefits of reduced tillage in the UK

    Summary This report reviews the economic benefits that can be achieved from reduced tillage. There are opportunities to maximise yields and gross margins whilst making savings to labour, machinery and fuel costs. Often reduced tillage is used in combination with other pillars of conservation...
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    • Category: Regenerative Agriculture
  5. Jerry

    State of your crops 2023

    Well I guess it’s time to start another annual thread about how peoples crops are looking at the start of the year. All pics taken today. Generally I’m pretty happy at present other than one but of rape that looks a bit thin in places thanks mainly to pheasants🙄 Wheats Skyfall Two year...
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    • Forum: Cropping
  6. Trinity AgTech

    Excellent results from the 2022 harvest, but what next?

    Excellent results from the 2022 harvest, but what next? With the harvest safely gathered in Jeff Claydon, Suffolk arable farmer and inventor of the Opti-Till® direct strip seeding system, discusses the results and looks ahead to next season. 18 August 2022 It has been a very...
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    • Category: On-farm Projects
  7. carbonfibre farmer

    SFI payments, anyone like to pull this apart?

    Currently being "sold" to us as an easy to do, well worthwhile scheme.
    • carbonfibre farmer
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    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  8. W

    8/ 16/ 24m CTF

    Hi all, First time poster, long time reader! Looking to transition my farm slowly towards a 8m CTF system. Just hoping to hear from anyone running the same, and whether there is anything I should particularly be aware of before going down this route? I guess learnings from running this system...
    • Wilbada
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    • blackgrass cereals claas compaction cultivations disc drainage drilling establishment first cut gate gps harvest learning lexion management plough seed slug slugs sprayer sprinter stubble
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Cropping
  9. P

    Sprinter vs Sabre Tine

    Currently considering a 6m sprinter on dutch/metcalf etc, but also giving consideration to Sabre tine (new type 4 row prob front tank). Anybody run both? Would be used either as direct drill or on very lightly cultivated ground? Sprinter would need full width packer for depth.
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    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Machinery
  10. P

    Direct drilling into combined grain Maize residue?

    I drove by a field of grain maize yesterday which was being combined. So just wondering if any of you successfully direct drill in to the large amount of leaf debris left on the ground. What type of drill copes with so much residue?Certainly a test for any direct drill especially if soil a bit...
    • Pilatus
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    • avatar barley compaction coulter coulters cover crop direct drill direct drilling disc drilling forage grass maize oats rapid silage slugs stubble vaderstad vaderstad rapid wheat
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Regen Ag General Discussion
  11. Castlemaine

    Are these slug eggs ?

  12. icanshootwell

    Leather jackets after grass.

    In a nutshell there eating the wheat, chemical is band that would sort the job out. If I re-drill the same will happen, not sure what to do, any advice.
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    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Cropping
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