soil tests

  1. B

    BESS reinstatement bond

    Been approached for a battery energy storage system. Who knows if grid connection will be available, so not getting too excited yet, although right next door to mahoossive substation. Anyway, 100MW and big rental figure. Will be getting an agent to look at it, but any friendly advice...
  2. T

    Liquid agricultural lime

    Good Morning. Can anyone please tell me where I can get hold of agricultural lime but in liquid form. I have 20 acres in Wales I need to raise the PH on but I only have a quad and sprayer. I have read many articles saying that the liquid lime is effective in raising the PH on pasture, but I cant...
  3. TlymarT_028

    Cleaning up and putting right

    Hi all, Got a patch of land (about 70 acres) that hasn't had any stock on or anything done with for best part of 4 years. 6ft tall docks, good crop of buttercups, and a thatch that would go well on any old cottage. We cut some, grazed some bare (don't shout at me 😂 ) and still got some that...
  4. S

    Labour Agri Policy 2025

    Traditionally, Labour redistributes wealth and massively increases its civil service for checks and balances. What would you want put in place to support the production of UK food remembering that most of us like consistent prices for our budgets? The choices are: 1. Socialism of the supply...
  5. icanshootwell

    Lamb birth issues

    Had a couple of ewe,s that have had the 1st lamb alive, but 2nd lamb was barely alive, the ewe i just helped had a healthy lamb which was coming ok but just needed a slight pull, the 2nd however looked ok but never showed much sign of life, the lambs are a good size as well, what could be wrong...
  6. Green oak

    I have to do a soil sample what’s the best time to do it.

    Red tractor have shut me down basically. selling grain because I haven’t got a up to date record in last 5 years.
  7. Lofty1984

    Just what we need another pollution incident

    https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/slurry-pollution-rivers-dulas-carmarthenshire-26262602?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
  8. Grass And Grain

    UK Flour Millers: Press release about grain assurance

    I see UK Flour Millers have recently put out a press release about grain assurance. https://www.ukflourmillers.org/post/assurance-of-imported-wheat-shows-the-value-of-red-tractor ^^^the pdf at bottom of this page goes into further detail. They clearly like Red Tractor/ SQC, and highlight...
  9. H

    Soil analysis advice

    Can anybody tell me what to do about a soil analysis that shows a normal pH, v high phosphorous, normal potassium and v high magnesium? That's all the info it gave me. The pH is actually quite variable across the field (5 acres), but averages 6. There are lots of buttercups in patches. I use it...
  10. TFF

    Urban Agroforestry Case Study: Utilizing Agroforestry in Floodplain Restoration Projects 2023-02-05

    By Katherine Favor, NCAT Agriculture Specialist Leah Gibson, Conservation Program Coordinator with the City of Austin’s Watershed Protection Department, and Sari Albornoz, Community Engagement Planner at the City of Austin. Photo: Katherine Favor, NCAT ABSTRACT Severe flooding is a significant...
  11. Chris F

    Farmer Focus - Simon Cowell

    Farmer Focus - Simon Cowell Autumn Drilling After the summer’s hot, dry and easy harvest, my drilling season proved to be somewhat frustrating. Soils were baked hard and cracked right through until the middle of October, small bits of 3 to 5 millimetres of rain dried within twenty-four hours...
  12. Trinity AgTech

    How farmers approach soil carbon sequestration? Lessons learned from 105 carbon-farming plans

    Highlights • 105 farmers were asked to plan for increasing carbon storage on their fields. • The plans were evaluated through expert panel and simplified carbon balance modeling. • Farmers chose methods with co-benefits to soil productivity and yield. • Most plans were suitable for research and...
  13. S

    YEN

    How many of you have done the YEN stuff where they analyse your grain and you theoretically work backwards to see what you could have improved on nutritionally? If so, any want to discuss it? I've done it
  14. DrDunc

    Human corpses used for fertiliser

    Human remains are being composted to be used for soil https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64140571 The solution to over population and unviabley high priced fertiliser?
  15. Farma Parma

    SFI Soil Management plan?

    Whats folks doing as in approx costs for every arable field you plan too put in this? one quote ive had is £90 for every field. Which is pretty much going to wipe out 80% of my first years payment So thats deffo not happening. Looking for a cheaper way of gathering this info. I allready soil...
  16. neilo

    Welsh SFS ‘Co-design’

    Interested to hear if any of our brethren farming in Wales are part of this. I had a Teams meeting this afternoon, as part of above. They’ve apparently had a dozen or so groups, each of 10-12 participants, to discuss (for 90 minutes) various aspects of the proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme...
  17. TFF

    6 soil carbon schemes for farmers to consider

    © Gary Naylor Selling excess stored carbon or carbon associated with emission reductions as carbon credits could be a lucrative new income stream for farmers. In theory, at least. It will help other firms offset their unavoidable carbon emissions after that firm has taken all steps to reduce its...
  18. steveR

    DAP on grazing grassland?

    Never used it here, but my agronomist is suggesting it might make sense (depending on fresh soil tests) to use DAP next time on some of the PP, as the sewerage sludge applications will have essentially run out now, after many years since applications were put on in liquid form. The P indices...
  19. Chris F

    Are you working towards net zero emissions by 2040?

    Saw this and thought I would put It to a poll. Some maybe at net zero already so they should answer “yes” in the spirit of the poll.
  20. O

    Lime through West muck spreader

    I know this has been asked before but havent seen anyone mention a west side spreader, obviously wont be the prettiest of spread but is it worth it just for a few acres? i can get lime delivered fine but its not worth getting a contractor out to spread it. cheers
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