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Harper are taking significant sums of money (certainly 6 figures, possibly 7) from Defra to research a problem that doesn't exist. Rumenco are backing this to the hilt - cash possibly, resources certainly - as there will be plenty of money to be made in solving that problem that doesn't exist...

Just wondering what everybody is paying for 0.12.12 fibrophos at the moment?

How are others lighting their sheds? Just had a quote through for proper 200lux lights. Dad disagrees with it being worth it as this isn’t our bottle neck. I tend to agree but want decent level of lighting. Ignoring milk production increases has anyone seem a fertility improvement from better...

Really interesting book on processed food, it's effect on our diets and increasing corporate control of the human food supply chain. Listen to Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken on Audible. https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0BL1M9XCL?source_code=ASSOR150021921000R

We’ve got about 30 water troughs on the mains supply on a couple blocks of ground we own and some we rent, and always have algae in the, some worse than others, and after putting in a brand new trough get algae within a month, wondering if fish would be a potential solution or if anyone has has...

Please can anyone share their experience of grass staggers with me? I have just lost my 6th animal (cattle) in the last few weeks. The youngest was only 6 months old and the oldest around 10 years. Some with a calf at foot, others not. My vet has indicated grass staggers yet both a blood test...

Hi all Stepping up our biosecurity with boot washing in and out of our sheep fields (since we had scab!) but am going down rabbit holes with finding a permitted disinfectant as we're in organic conversion. The Welsh Organic Standards list the following ingredients as being permitted...

To day a Canadian friend visited us for the day and he was telling me that excess sodium and salt is a big problem in parts of Australia. Does the above problem occur on any soils that you farm in the Uk? Perhaps @Farmer Roy may have heard of the problem. My Canadian friend and an Australian...

Sainsbury's have no beef sausages, why?

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Saw this article and didn’t realise it was on the cars so soon. Interesting guesses on future populations too. I dont know much much about farming in India. How self sufficient are they?

Many of my holsteins are fussy grazers, don't hit good residuals. So think I need to change the cow type, for a grazing system. Autumn block. So do I start crossing my holsteins, or sell and buy? If I cross, what with? TIA

Is there anything that will do both of these in one pass? Blackgrass has got away a bit so don't think anything will touch it now,other than a knapsack

I've been away from farming and herbicides for too long now to be up to date. When the Roundup ban came in here I bought 5 L while it was still available , which I use to treat our gravel yard - it's s a big area! I'm down to the last litre now & want to keep the last litre for nasties in the...

I must thank my Australian friend John Maddock for sending me this sorry it is long winded Home Blog Battery Storage Australian Researchers Develop Vegemite-Based Sodium Gel Batteries Australian Researchers Develop Vegemite-Based Sodium Gel Batteries by Ronald Brakels 22 Comments SHARE...

Ladies & Gents As an intro I'm sticking this battery chemistry thread here so it is out there, (there are numerous Li- chemistries some more advantageous than others, being new to market the only current info has to be dug around for, but this is something you will likely be offered down the...

Hi all, I'm planning to invest in a diesel tank for our smallholding. My dilemma is that the only practical place I can put it would be right at the side of the garage on full view. So I'd like to house the tank inside a shed/enclosed lean-to on the side of a brick garage, for both asthetic...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Is it time we had a major rethink about how we approach weeds? Renowned agroecologist and soil expert Nicole Masters certainly believes so. CPM gets some insight on why that is and how the information can be utilised by growers. By Emily...

Hi Is there a granular fertilizer available in the UK that has Trace Minerals inc Copper ? Able to be sown by a fertilizer spreader Thanks

We have a persistent TBC problem which runs just below the payment threshold but occasionally spikes so we are continually "on the brink". We have taken advice from our vet and our parlour engineer without reaching a long term solution. It's a new plant (less than 3 years old) so we really want...