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  1. D

    Rough grass best way to get it to yield

    I have taken on some rough grass. Current plan graze with sheep direct drill westerwolds and spray the docks. Either this September or next plough up for wheat. When I've had chance to sort ph p and k etc. Any other ideas?
    • dannewhouse
    • Thread
    • cattle direct drill docks fertiliser flail grass plough sheep silage slurry soil test wheat
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Cropping
  2. P

    Potash

    Hello just bought some land I’m planning on taking 2 cuts of silage off it this year just soil sampled it ph and p fine but potash just 1;s how much bagged potash do I need to bring it up to a 2 , planning on giving it 12 tons to the acre of finishing cattle muck as soon as ground drys up
    • Plain steer
    • Thread
    • application carbon cattle dairy microbial organic organic matter potash silage slurry soil test stores testing
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  3. N

    Need Advice From Old Hands

    Hi looking to buy 30 acre hill farm in north west Ireland. Never farmed in my life but have new wellies lol. Not looking to make a living at this more a hobby to cover my expenses and the outlay of the land etc. what should I start with on the hill farm with zero experience? I know everyone...
    • New Wellies
    • Thread
    • barley beef buy cattle buying cattle calf calves cattle chickens children cows dairy deere docks drainage environmental finance financial flock glamping grazing handling lambs maintenance management market mart organic parts poultry savings sheep sheepdog soil test stress training variety woodland
    • Replies: 47
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  4. Kevtherev

    Reduction in arable acreages

    Just a thought Straw shortages for the livestock industry Less cereals for feed Less acreages for the spraying contractors Less agronomy and chemicals Les’s fertiliser sales And so on Hearing big acreages of SFI
    • Kevtherev
    • Thread
    • agronomy ahdb ahl1 ahl2 barley beans break crop break crops cabbage calving carbon cereals cover crops cows dairy defra diesel direct drilling disease dressing drilling environmental establishment ewes fat hen fertiliser fertility finance flea flock flooding forage gold grass grassland grazing harvest health health and safety herbal hse insecticide insurance ipm1 lambing lambs legumes loader management market milk milking num1 num2 num3 osr overdraft parts peas pesticides plough pollinator premium red tractor repair rpa ryegrass sam1 sam3 seed sfi sheep soil test spraying storm stubble trading variety weather wheat winter wheat
    • Replies: 197
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  5. CPM RSS

    Crop nutrition: Zoning in on net zero

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Managing crop nutrition is a nuanced subject at the best of times but add in net zero goals and it becomes a whole new ballgame. CPM explores how crop nutrition can go hand-in-hand with environmental goals. By Melanie Jenkins and Rob...
    • CPM RSS
    • Thread
    • agronomist agronomy aicc analysis barley calcium carbon carbon capture chickens compaction cover crop cover crops crop nutrition croptec drilling environmental establishment fertiliser fertility fuel gas gold harvest health herbal hydrogen insecticide legumes magnesium mycorrhizal nitrogen npk nutrients nutrition organic organic matter performance phosphorus platform potassium potato roots savings seed sfi slugs soil health soil test sulphur sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive technology tillage training water quality weather wheat winter wheat yara yields
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: News, PR, Shows and Events
  6. C

    Fodder beet growing advice...

    Having a go at fodder beet for first time in my "career"... South coast, dry sandy free-draining soils. Beet is for grazing store cattle over winter. Have bought a grazing variety. Any useful advice for a first-time grower? Thanks in advance 👍
    • crashbox
    • Thread
    • agronomist agronomists agronomy aphids barley beef beet blackgrass boron brome cattle disease drilling drought ewes fat hen fertility fertilizer fodder fodder beet foliar fungicide fungicides gate grass grassweeds grazing herbicide maize nitrogen nozzles nutrition oats online plough ploughing potatoes pre-emergence ramularia roots rust sandy seed sheep soil test spraying stubble variety weather wild oats yields
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  7. B

    Maize

    What seed rates would people recommend maize is drilled at ?
    • Benji Smith
    • Thread
    • beet drilling fertiliser fertility foliar forage maize manganese nitrogen organic roots seed slurry soil test sulphur varieties variety vigour
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Cropping
  8. Bigsingle

    Welsh Sustainable Farming Scheme AND Protests

    This is the number someone has come up with for the Welsh government for losses down to the new agriculture policy. Great news. Not.
    • Bigsingle
    • Thread
    • accident analysis antibiotic atv barley beans beef boots bovine brewing buffer buying cattle cabbage calf calves calving camping candidate caravan carbon carbon capture carbon sequestration cattle cereals children clamp co2 cover crop cover crops cows cpd dairy death defra derv developers development diesel disease disinfectant docks electricity elms environment agency environmental establishment ewes family farmyard fastrac fendt finance financial fire flock fluke fodder forage forecast fuel gas gate gates genetic glamping grass grassland grazing handling harvest health hedge herbal immune ineos insurance irrigation jersey lambing learning levy maintenance maize management mapping market mart massey methane milk milking mounted nettles nitrogen nutrients ofc online orchards organic parasites parts peat pension performance pickup pig planning permission platform plough ploughing polaris pollution potatoes ppe premium quad quicke range rover rapid red tractor registration renewable energy repairs resilient roots rpa rye satellite security seed sequester sequestration sfi sheep silage slurry soil carbon soil test soil testing soil tests soya storage stress sustainability sustainable farming technology testing thistle thistles trading training transport turbine turnout weather wheat woodland worms yielding
    • Replies: 1,794
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  9. Vizslaman

    Applying Lime

    I have a 12.5 acre field that has an average ph5. And a problem with reeds as the field gets very wet. I have been advised to apply lime to up the ph level and wonder how much per acre. TIA
    • Vizslaman
    • Thread
    • agronomy analysis application barley buffer calcium dairy drainage dressing fertiliser fertiliser spreader fertility gas grass grazing hydrogen legumes liming magnesium maintenance mcpa microbial nitrogen paddock parts phosphorus plough ploughing pollution premium prilled rainfall roots roundup seed sfi silage slurry soil test soil tests sulphate sulphur testing
    • Replies: 114
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  10. Andrew_Ni

    Ca:Mg Ratio

    Just seeking a few tips on how to try and balance our soils. (If it even is possible). Gary zimmer made a comment on a video that some farms are naturally high in certain minerals/nutrients and you’ll never live long enough to be able to alter them. we’ve high magnesium and quite low calcium...
    • Andrew_Ni
    • Thread
    • agronomy ahdb albrecht analysis application calcium cows learning liming magnesium management manganese minerals nitrogen nutrients seedbeds sodium soil soil test sulphur tillage wheat yields
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: Regen Ag General Discussion
  11. Drillman

    Break crops

    Taken on a lump of heavy land it’s been barley after barley after barley and I’m sure is sick of the stuff. It’s also as tight as and needs a good pull up. OSR I’m not impressed with the returns or the risk any more, And never got control of it till it was too late. Spring oats?. Nah too much...
    • Drillman
    • Thread
    • barley basf bayer beans beet blackgrass break crop cattle cereals disease dressing drilling fodder fodder beet fungicides grass grassweeds herbal oats osr peas pests pig ploughing proline seed sfi slurry soil test stubble third wheat varieties weather wheat yields
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Cropping
  12. G

    Farm assurance again

    Had an inspection booked for weeks now she the inspector rings this morning and asks if her boss is ok to come with her and inspect her i told her no its bad enough having 1 of you she seemed a bit put out what am i going to tell him the truth i said said she will have to rebook when i have time...
    • Gedd
    • Thread
    • ahdb beet carbon cattle environmental ewes financial grass grass leys harvest insurance maintenance nroso organic premium red tractor repairs sfi sheep soil test sprayer spraying stress training wheat
    • Replies: 53
    • Forum: Cropping
  13. melted welly

    Blood test for food allergies

    I know it’s a farming forum, not a health service, but has anyone had this done? Our little boy has been at the allergy clinic since the age of 2, been on abstention diet of meat, fish, fruit and veg for the duration since (despite a bit of pressure to try scratch tests and eating trials) and...
    • melted welly
    • Thread
    • antibiotics beans beef dairy health milk peas sodium soil test variety wheat
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Manflu Corner
  14. Neddy flanders

    Lime advice

    Quick test results attached. What would you recommend please.
    • Neddy flanders
    • Thread
    • agronomist liming sandy sheepdog soil test yara
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Cropping
  15. Stephensonlouis

    AHL2 - Winter Bird Food

    Has anyone ever autumn established SFI AHL2 after a crop off winter wheat, grown fast seeding crops such as mustard and then gone into a spring barley late March early April? Probably a good reason why it isn’t being done!
    • Stephensonlouis
    • Thread
    • ab8 agrii agronomist agronomists agronomy ahdb ahl1 ahl2 ahl3 analysis application avatar barley beans beef beet biodiversity blackgrass boots break crop break crops buffer buying group bydv cabbage carbon carrots cattle cereals children clamp claydon cleavers co2 combi combo corteva cover crop cover crops cultivate cultivation cultivator dairy death defra desiccation development diesel direct drill direct drilling disc disease docks drilling drills drought environment agency environmental establishment ewes family farmdeals fat hen fertiliser fertilizer finance financial fire flail flea fodder fodder beet forage forecast fuel fungicide gate gleam glyphosate gold grain store grass grass leys grass weed grassland grassweeds grazing groundsel harvest harvesting health hedge herbal herbicide hoof insecticide insecticides insurance integrated pest management ipm ipm1 ipm2 ipm3 ipm4 knight kuhn lamma landowners learning legumes levy loader loader bucket maize management market mayweed milk miscanthus mower natural capital nfu mutual nitrogen num1 num2 num3 nutrients nutrition oats ofc oilseed oilseed rape organic organic matter osr parts peas peaty performance pesticide pesticides pests pig platform plough ploughing pollinator pollution poppy potato potatoes pulses rapid red tractor renewal reseed residual roots roundup rpa rural payments agency rye ryegrass sam1 sam2 sam3 sandy satellite savings second wheat seed seedbeds seeding seedling sequencing sfi sheep silage slug slugs slurry software soil health soil test sprayer spraying spring beans storage stores stress stubble su sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive t3 teat thistle thistles triticale urea varieties variety water logging weather weaving weed control wheat wild oats winter wheat worms yielding yields
    • Replies: 1,491
    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  16. yellow belly

    SFI - Self Help and Tips

    Starting a thread with solutions to application please keep it to practical solution there are other threads for rants and complaints
    • yellow belly
    • Thread
    • agronomist agronomists agronomy ahl2 ahl3 ahl4 analysis application barley beans beef beef cattle blackgrass boots break crops brother buffer carbon carbon capture cattle cereals cleavers combi cover crop cover crops cultivating dairy death deere defra digital direct drill disc drainage dressing drilling drought environmental establishment family fertiliser fertility fertilizer financial flail fodder forage fuel fungicides gate glyphosate gold gps grass grass leys grass weed grassland grassweed grazing grh11 harvest harvesting health hedge herbal herbicide hoof horsch horticulture hrw1 hrw2 hrw3 igl1 igl2 igl3 insecticide insecticides ipm ipm1 ipm2 ipm3 ipm4 lambing lambs lig1 lig2 maintenance maize management mapping market milk nettles nitrogen num1 num2 num3 nutrients oats online operator orchard organic organic matter osr paddock peas peat pension pesticide pesticides pig plough ploughing pollinator poultry pre-em renewal reseed roots rpa rye ryegrass sam1 sam2 sam3 satellite security seed seeding sfi sheep slug slug pellets slugs software soil assessment soil health soil sampling soil test soil testing sprayer storage supplement sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive technology testing thistles triticale turnout varieties variety weather weed control wheat wild oats woodland yields
    • Replies: 806
    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  17. 4

    sfi you can now apply

    5.45 am this morning rec email from defra saying as youve registered your interest you can now start your application. ok thinks me will try . First thing to do will be go get some more ink and a couple of reams of printer paper as will have to download the 40 pages of the new guidance of how...
    • 4course
    • Thread
    • agronomist agronomists ahl2 ahl3 aphids application barley beans beef beet biodiversity blackgrass break crop brome buffer bydv carbon carbon capture cattle cereals combi cover crop cover crops cultivation death defra dff diesel digital diquat direct drill direct drilling disc docks drainage drift drilling drought elms environmental establishment fertiliser fertilizer finance financial fire flea fodder forecast fuel fungicides gate gates glyphosate gold gps grain store grass grass leys grassland grassweed grassweeds grazing harrow harvest harvesting hedge herbal herbicide hoof hrw1 hrw2 hrw3 igl1 igl2 igl3 insecticide insecticides ipm ipm1 ipm2 ipm3 ipm4 lambs learning legumes liberator lig1 maize management mapping market methane milk mor1 nematode nematodes nettles nitrogen num1 num2 num3 nutrients nutrition oats oilseed oilseed rape online organic osr parts peas pension pesticide pesticides pests pig platform plough ploughing pollinator pollution poultry premium reseed residual roots roundup rpa rye ryegrass sam1 sam2 sam3 satellite seed seeding sfi sheep silage slugs software soil management plan soil sampling soil test spraying spring beans storage stress stubble sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive technology thistles tillage trading training triticale varieties variety vra weather weed control wheat wild oats winter wheat woodland yields
    • Replies: 744
    • Forum: Tenant Farming, Subsidies, BPS & Legal Issues
  18. bobk

    SFI the verdict .....

    Seen the latest proposals and I think it's better to be in than out , also learnt today mid tier will be incorporated in to SFI So what are you doing , think I'll have a pop .
    • bobk
    • Thread
    • agronomy ahl2 antibiotic application autonomous barley beef beet biodiversity blackgrass boots break crops calf calving caravan carbon cattle cereals cover crops cows cultivation dairy defra diesel direct drill direct drilling docks drilling drought elms environmental establishment family farmyard feed wheat fertiliser fertilizer finance financial first cut flail flock forage fungicide gas gps grass grass leys grassland grazing handling harvest haulage hedge herbal herbicide hoof igl2 insecticide insecticides insurance jcb knight lambs learning legumes lig1 lig2 maintenance maize malting management mapping market milk natural capital nitrogen num2 nutrients oats organic organic matter osr parts pension pesticide pig plough rpa rye ryegrass sam2 satellite seed seeding sequestration sfi sheep silage slurry soil test soil testing soil tests storage storm stress stubble sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive teat technology thistle tillage trading training vra weather wheat wild oats woodland yielding yields
    • Replies: 452
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  19. TFF

    Principles of autumn reseed

    UK farmers embark on a crucial agricultural practice that is pivotal to the success of their livestock management and forage production: autumn reseeding. This is one of the most cost-effective on-farm investments. It involves establishing new pasture or fodder crops during autumn to ensure a...
    • TFF
    • Resource
    • ahdb application biodiversity chickweed compaction cultivation docks drilling dual purpose environmental establishment fodder forage glyphosate grass grassland grazing harrow harvesting health herbicide legumes management nitrogen nutrients nutrition pests phosphorus plough ploughing potassium pre-emergence reseed ryegrass seed seedling sheep silage slugs soil health soil sampling soil test soil testing sustainability sustainable farming weather weed control
    • Category: AHDB
  20. Dog&stick

    Gypsum

    We have soil with index 5.2 magnesium, what tonnage rate is needed to help rectify issue, also good product supplier . Thanks
    • Dog&stick
    • Thread
    • application barley calcium haulage magnesium plough pollution soil test stubble
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
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