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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
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- antibiotics beans beef dairy health milk peas sodium soil test variety wheat
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Lime advice
Quick test results attached. What would you recommend please.- Neddy flanders
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- agronomist liming sandy soil test yara
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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
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- ab8 agrii agronomist agronomists agronomy ahdb ahl1 ahl2 ahl3 analysis application avatar bank account beans beef beet biodiversity blackgrass boots break crop break crops buffer bydv 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 fodder fodder beet forage forecast fuel fungicide gate gleam glyphosate 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 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
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- Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
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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
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- agronomist agronomists agronomy ahl2 ahl3 ahl4 analysis application 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 gps grass grass leys grass weed grassland grassweed grazing 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 pesticide pesticides 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 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
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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
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- agronomist agronomists ahl2 ahl3 aphids application bank account 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 fodder forecast fuel fungicides gate gates glyphosate 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 organic osr parts peas 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 sampling soil test 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
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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
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- agronomy ahl2 antibiotic application autonomous 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 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
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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
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- 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
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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
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- application calcium haulage magnesium plough pollution soil test stubble
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Establishing clover in grassland
Morning everyone. Could I have some suggestions for establishing clover (white and or red) in mature grassland. I'm looking for alternative methods what don't cost much. I could graze it tight and drill it but timing, cost and weather really are big factors as I wouldn't have more than one...- Davy_g
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- analysis application beef boots break crop calves calving carbon cattle cereals chickweed compaction cows cultivating cultivation dairy dandelion defra direct drill direct drilling disc docks doxstar drilling drills drone drought elms establishment ewes fat hen fertiliser flail fluroxypyr fodder forage forecast fuel gate glyphosate gps grass grass leys grassland grazing harrow health herbal herbicide hoof insurance lambing lambs legumes leystar lice lick liming loader maize management market mcpa milking mower nettles nitrogen num2 nutrients organic organic farming organic matter paddock peas peatland pig plough ploughing potash potato quad rapid recommended list reseed residual roots roundup rpa rust ryegrass sam3 sandy seed seeding seedling sfi sheep silage slug slurry soil health soil test storage stubble thistle thistles thistlex tillage varieties variety vicon weaning weather weed control weighbridge wheat yielding yields
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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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...- Sid
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- agronomist animal feed application break crop cattle corteva cows cultivation dairy direct drill direct drilling disc docks doxstar drilling drought establishment fertiliser fertiliser spreader fertility financial fire first cut fodder forecast fuel genetic glyphosate grass grass leys grassland grazing harrow harvest herbal lambs liming maize management minerals mixer wagon nitrogen nutrition organic pests platform plough ploughing quad rapid reseed residuals roots rye ryegrass sandy seed seeding sheep silage slug slurry soil test stubble thistles varieties variety weather weed control weighbridge wheat yields
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Building resilience to risk in the stretch zone
Reducing risk and building resilience are two of the strategies being deployed by farmer Andrew Pitts to respond to the environmental and geopolitical challenges that the last five years have presented the agricultural industry. Andrew will be part of the Farmer Panel at Agri-TechE’s 2023 REAP...- TFF
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Dairy advice: Correcting soil pH with lime on silage fields
After second-cut silage is a good time to spread lime on silage fields and correct any pH deficiencies to improve soil health. Many farms are still waiting to harvest their second cuts of silage, with the wet weather delaying harvesting for many. But once it has been harvested it is a good...- TFF
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- dairy fertiliser fertility grass harvest harvesting health nitrogen savings silage slurry soil health soil test soil tests urea weather
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Anyone have any idea if anything is happening re: Scottish Rural Payment reform.
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- analysis beef carbon carrots cover crops establishment grass health herbal mart organic organic matter potatoes soil test soil testing soil tests sprayer
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- Forum: Tenant Farming, Subsidies, BPS & Legal Issues
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Fibrophos price
Just wondering what everybody is paying for 0.12.12 fibrophos at the moment?- hally
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- application boron calcium disc fertiliser grass grazing harvest haulage liming nitrogen oilseed osr parts potash premium prilled seed sheep sodium soil test sulphur vra
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Red clover: Availing of the benefits on beef farms 2023-06-23
As chemical fertiliser prices reached new highs last year, many beef farmers looked at ways of reducing the amount of fertiliser that they applied on their farms. In this article, DairyBeef 500 Advisor Fergal Maguire highlights the benefits of red clover. Since early 2022, interest in red... -
Stubble Turnips
5 days and up Amazing what a bit of rain does The stones arnt as bad as they look- Derrick Hughes
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- agronomist agronomists agronomy azoxystrobin baling beet blackgrass broccoli brother bydv cabbage cattle cereals chickens clamp clopyralid compaction corteva cover crop cows csfb cultivate dairy death direct drill direct drilling disc disease docks dow drainage dressing drilling drone drought establishment ewes fat hen fertiliser fertility first cut fodder fodder beet foliar forage forecast fungicide fungicides gate glyphosate grass grazing harrow harvest health hedge herbal herbicide insecticide insecticides lambda lambs limagrain maize management market mcpa milk minerals mounted needle nitrogen nutrients nutrition oats organic osr pests phoma plough ploughing potatoes pre-em prothioconazole quad rainfall reseed residual roots roundup ryegrass seed seedling sheep silage slug slug pellets slugs slurry soil health soil test sprayer stress stubble su sulphur swine tmr tup turnout varieties variety water logging weather wheat wild oats wormers worms yielding yields
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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Livestock SFI - what would you like to see ?
So it’s clear from many other threads that SFI seemingly offers very little or nothing that’s attractive to livestock / grassland so what do you want ? Use this thread to outline your own livestock / grassland SFI standard that both delivers public goods and natural capital for tax payers...- Clive
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- accident agronomist application beef beet biodiversity blackgrass boom buffer bvd carbon carbon capture cattle cereals chickens cover crops cows dairy defra direct drilling disease downland drilling drills drought elms environmental family farmdeals fertiliser financial fire forage gates gps grass grass leys grassland grazing harrow health hedge herbal herbicide insecticide insecticides lambs legumes liability lick liming maize management market natural capital nitrogen organic parts pig plough pollinator pollution potatoes rain gauge reseed roundup rpa ryegrass seed sequester sequestration sfi sheep soil carbon soil test soil testing soil tests storage stress stubble sustainability trading tup varieties variety water quality weather woodland worms yields
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Questions for Janet Hughes at Cereals next week
I am on panel chaired by David Exwood next week at the cereals event speaking with Janet Hughes I have been asked to talk about my experience of Sfi pilot and Sfi so far .............. frankly I don't have a lot to say on that as it's been pretty straight forward other than issues around how...- Clive
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- agreena ahdb analysis animal feed application beef biodiversity blackgrass break crops brother buffer calcium carbon cattle cereals cover crop cover crops cows dairy defra diesel digital direct drilling downland dressing drilling drills elms environment agency environmental establishment family farmdeals fertiliser financial fodder forage forecast fungicides glyphosate grass grass weed grassland grassweeds grazing groundswell harvest harvesting health herbal herbicide insecticide insecticides insurance interest rate ipm learning legumes levy lice lifeline maize management market methane natural capital nettles num3 organic organic matter osr parts performance pig platform plough ploughing pollinator premium red tractor residuals roots rpa rye seed seeding sfi sheep silage soil health soil test soil testing soil tests storage storm stress stubble sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive thistle tillage weather wheat winter wheat woodland worming yielding yields
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Focusing on Smarter, Sustainable Fertilizing Strategies
Learn strategies and best practices for investing and sustaining your soil’s ecosystem to improve crop yields while withstanding environmental threats and stripping of key nutrients. Dear No-Till Farmer, As you know, in agriculture, improved management practices have to make sense in dollars...- TFF
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- application environmental fertility fertilizer health herbicide management nutrients nutrition phosphorus potassium soil health soil test soil testing tillage yields
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Yellow Rattle in Fields and in Hay
Introduction - not a farmer, bought our place when we retired as we wanted somewhere rural with some land (other half has a couple of horse). We bought at auction and ended up with nearly 40 acres, a bit more than we actually needed but not really a problem. Basically the horses have the run of...