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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- ollied
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- analysis application bedding beet buffer calcium diesel disc dressing drilling fertiliser fertiliser spreader fertility fertilizer gate grass grassland harrow lambs liming loader loader bucket loader tractor maize needle organic peat plough sandy seed slurry soil test soil testing soil tests vicon
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- Forum: Machinery
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Spring Sown Environmental Crops
The Expression of Interest (EOI) window for the Spring Sown Growing for the Environment opened yesterday and closes on the 18th November 2022. The minimum grant award is equivalent to the payment rate for 1ha of eligible crop,and the maximum grant is £5,000. EOI's must be submitted via your RPW...- Derrick Hughes
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- ahdb application beans beet cereals chickweed cover crop defra environmental establishment fertiliser fodder forage fungicide fungicides fusarium grass grassweeds harvest herbicide maize management oats organic peas pre-em roots rye ryegrass seed slurry soil test soil testing soil tests stubble triticale varieties weed control wheat
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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Worm and vit drench
Is it ok to worm then drench together , not mixed but two dosing guns if that makes sense? Or best do them a few days apart- Wood field
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- application basalt bolus cattle disease drought establishment ewes fertiliser forage grass grazing handling health hydrogen lambs legumes liming maintenance manganese milk minerals organic organic matter parts performance rainfall roots rumen scour sheep soil tests storage sulphate tupping tups urea wormer worming worms
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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Fertiliser
Livestock farming has an elephant in the room...... Static beef price, and lamb struggling to hold it's own, how do we afford fertiliser at £1000 a tonne??? I just cannot see how to cut inputs and still have enough income to cover feed, fuel and fertiliser increases??? Is everyone in the...- DrDunc
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- application backload bedding beef calf calves calving cattle clamp colostrum cows dairy death deere diesel disease disease resistance docks drought dual purpose environmental ewes fertiliser fertility fertilizer finance financial flock fodder forage gas gps grass grassland grazing health hedge holstein lambs lifeline liming limousin maize management market mart milk milk powder milking nitrogen nutrients nutrition oats organic peas performance pig plough poultry premium reseed seed sheep silage slurry soil health soil sampling soil test soil testing soil tests storage storm supplement trading transport tup turbine turnout urea waterproof wheat yields
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As requested " Bio Solids"
I note today in The Sunday Times that Kaleb has done a deal with Severn Trent Water to supply excreta to Jeremys Farm. I am aware of injecting waste water into the soil but JC mentions the more solid product as a fertilizer .What rates do people apply to the soil/crops and when and how.?- uztrac
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- application bedding carbon fertility fertilizer grass health liming maize mapping sheep soil health soil sampling soil test soil testing soil tests wheat
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Catchment scale soil sampling
With soil health promoted as being key to future agricultural policy (plus new measures of success for agriculture being developed), we want to work with farmers and together get ahead of the game identifying and supporting healthy soils. Most farmers think of a healthy soil as one which...- TFF
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- anglian carbon cover crop drought establishment health healthy soils magnesium nitrogen nutrients organic organic matter pesticides potassium soil assessment soil health soil tests stress yara
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Wildflower Meadow - Potassium Fertilisation
Sowing a meadow for a client, area of roughly 370 m/sq. Conducted soil tests at 5 evenly spaced sites in proposed meadow area. Only nutrient level of concern is Potassium which is sitting at about K0.5 - looking to raise to K1. The clients have previously tried to sow a wildflower meadow with...- tamggardens
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- application docks drought environmental establishment fertiliser fertility grass grassland hedge legumes nettles nitrogen phosphorus potash potassium sandy seed soil tests sulphate
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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The "Confused about Carbon" Q&A
There have been a lot of posts about quantification, certification and sale of Carbon and biodiversity natural capital on the forum over the last couple of years and the SFI has made us all aware of these previously hidden assets we all have on our farms both livestock and arable It’s all very...- TFF
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- agronomist beans beef biodiversity buffer carbon carbon capture cattle cereals co2 combi cover crop cover crops cows dairy defra direct drilling disease drilling drought electricity elms environmental fertiliser financial fire flail flock gate glyphosate grass grassland grazing harvest health hedge hoof liability maintenance management market methane milk milking natural capital organic organic matter peat peatland plough pollution premium red tractor renewable energy sandy savings seedbeds sequester sequestration sfi sheep software soil carbon soil sampling soil tests sustainable farming tillage trading trinity trinityagtech water quality wheat yields
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Sheep sick ground again
Nearly sure Iv asked this before but can’t be bothered searching back. Is there any easy cure for it other than sell sheep totally ? Have sold a portion already and wondering if more needs to go Sorry for being a bore and repeating myself- will6910
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- beef beet bolus bovine break crops calcium calves cattle cows dairy disease ewes fertiliser fertility fodder forage grass grazing lambing maize mart nitrogen nutrients parasite parasites parts performance pig plough reseed roots ryegrass seed selenium sheep silage slurry soil test soil tests stress supplement tupping wheat worms
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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Muck for straw what would you be happy with?
Arable farmer suppling wheat straw in the row roughly 1.7 tons an acre. livestock farmer bales and carts straw turns it into muck from bull beef so intensively fed. Then spreads it on stubble with no stockpile etc. with no cost or work from arable farmer What tons of muck per acre would you... -
How ELMS etc. affects us all.
Having paid much interest in ELMS and other environmental schemes, I realised that as a livestock farmer they offer me nothing. As such I decided to simply carry on, in my own happy way, and ignore them all. I realise now that this was a rather naïve and stupid thing to do as whether I claim or...- Jackov Altraids
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- application beef break crops caravan cattle cereals co2 compaction dairy defra direct drilling drilling elms environmental fertiliser financial flock glamping grass grazing harvest harvesting health hedge learning malting market organic organic matter osr premium red tractor registration rpa seed sfi slurry soil testing soil tests storage stress sustainable farming thistles training worms yielding
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts
This is a thread for those who feel guilty about cluttering up dear old GUTH’s beloved price tracker with the chit chat that stop us all being that miserable our families would throw us all out to sit with the dog in the porch. All are welcome, you can even post prices if you want. The only rule...- Anymulewilldo
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- abbey abortion accident adblue adjuvant af agriwebb agronomist agronomy agrovista ahdb ahl2 allflex alliance alligator amazone amc ammonium analysis animal feed anthelmintic anthelmintics antibiotic antibiotics aphids application asbestos atv autosteer avatar avian ayshire baling baling hay baling silage bank account banking basalt bateman baycox bazooka beans bedding beef beef cattle beet belmont billericay biodiversity bkt blackgrass blowfly bolus boom boots bovine bravoxin break crop break crops brewers grains brewing bridgestone broccoli brome brother buffer builders buy cattle bvd bydv cabbage calcium calf calves calving camping campsite candidate caravan carbon carbon capture carrots cattle cattle crush cctv cereals ceva chainsaw chickens children chloride claas clamp claydon clopyralid clostridia clostridial cnh co2 cocci colostrum combi combo compaction continental coulter cover crop cover crops covexin cows crime crusher crypto crystalix crystalyx cultivate cultivation cultivator cvt cydectin dairy dandelion dashcam deadweight death dectomax deere defender defra deutz development diablo diarrhoea diesel diet feeder digital direct drill direct drilling disc disease disinfectant dmax docks down to earth downland drainage drainage pipe dressing drift drilling drills drone drones drought dual purpose dycoxan ear tag elanco electricity electrolytes elms environment agency environmental enzootic enzovax establishment ewes family farmdeals farmyard fastrac fat hen fcn feed blocks feed lick feeder wagon fendt fertiliser fertiliser spreader fertility fertilizer finance financial fire first cut flail flock flooding flotation tyres fluke flystrike fmc fodder fodder beet foliar footbath forage forecast friesian front tyres fuel fungicide fungicides gas gate gates genetic genetics genomic gleam glyphosate gps grain store grass grassland grassweeds grazing grenadier groundswell hail hallmark handling harrow harvest harvesting haulage health health and safety hedge heptavac herbal herbal ley herbicide hilux holstein honda hoof hse immune ineos injury insecticide insecticides insurance interest rate inventory isobus isuzu jcb jersey kawasaki keenan kerosene ketosis kleber knight krone kubota kuhn kws l200 lambda lambing lambs lamma land rover landrover lantra leakage learning legumes lely levy liability lice lick lifeline liming limousin liveweight lloyds loader loader bucket loader tractor lungworm macerator magnesium magnum maintenance maize management mapping market mart massey massey ferguson mastitis maxx maxxum mccormick mchale mcpa merlo methane michelin microbes microbial milk milk powder milk replacer milk yield milking mineral bucket minerals mongrel mounted mower mrl msd musso mycoplasma natwest navara needle nettles new holland nfu mutual nitram nitrogen nozzles num3 nutrients nutrition oats ofc oilseed oilseed rape online openers operator optilix orchard organic organic matter osr overdraft ovivac oxbury paddock parasite parasites parts peas peat peaty pedestal performance pesticide pests phosphorus pickup pig piglet piglets platform plough ploughing pneumonia polaris pollution poppy position potash potassium potato potatoes poultry ppe pre-em premium prilled pto pulses puma quad quadtrac quadtrack rain gauge rainfall rapid red tractor registration rehydrate rejections renewable energy renewal repair repairs replacer reseed residual residuals resilient respiratory robotic roller mill roots rotavirus round baler round bales roundup roundworms rpa rumen rumenco rural payments agency rust rye ryegrass sam2 sam3 sandy sassy satellite savings scab mite scour seaweed security seed seed treatment seeding selenium self propelled sell my livestock selling cattle sellmylivestock sencrop septoria sequencing sfi shearwell sheep shorthorn silage sip slug slug pellets slugs slurry sodium software soil health soil test soil tests soya sprayer spring beans sprinter stihl stock feed storage store sale stores storm strautmann stress stubble sulphate sulphur supplement sustainability sustainable farming swine t7 teagle teat teats technology tedder telehandler theft thistle thistles thistlex tillage tmr tower toyota trading training transport trelleborg triclamox tubby tubers tungsten tup tupping tups turbine turnout udder umbilical unimog urea utv vaccinate vaccination valtra variable rate varieties variety vicon vigour viking vitamins volac warbles warranty waterproof weaning weather weather station weed control weigh cells weighbridge wheat winter wheat woodland workwear worm resistance wormer wormers worming worms yamaha yara yields zetor zoetis zolvix
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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SFI v Carbon Payment Schemes - Can we receive both?
Can we claim SFI if we have signed up to carbon schemes from the likes of Agreena, Trinity, Soil Capital etc? Sorry if i've missed this being covered elsewhere. Thanks- Robert
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- agreena application carbon co2 cover crop cover crops defra elms environmental grass grassland groundswell harvest market nitrogen sfi soil tests storage trading trinity
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Best way to break permanent pasture
Hi all, Looking for recommendations on the best way to get some totally unproductive very weed laden ( thistle, dock & general rubbish) ground into an arable rotation. It's useless to me in its current state after years of the previous owners ring feeding cattle on it 365 days a year. Not sure...- Mowerzstuff
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- beans break crop cattle compaction cover crop dressing drought fertility gate glyphosate grass grazing harrow harvest nutrients pests plough potatoes roundup seed sheep soil test soil tests thistle treated seed wheat winter wheat
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- Forum: Cropping
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The Haney Test and Soil Health
Helping growers improve their soil health is an important part of the role we play at Truterra. While carbon and carbon programs seem to be stealing the spotlight in the media, it is not lost on us that increasing carbon sequestration leads to better soil health, which can lead to higher...- TFF
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- agronomists calcium carbon co2 cover crop health magnesium manganese nitrogen nutrients organic organic matter phosphorus potassium roots soil health soil test soil testing soil tests yields
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Rewilding horse pastures?
Why is this never discussed? Why is it always farming land that has to be re-wilded? Is it because a lot of the people who support re-wilding also like horse riding. Surely a hobby shouldn't carry more weight than feeding a nation?- Chris F
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- analysis atv carbon cattle diesel disease elms fertiliser fertility finance grass grazing gusto levy methane milk nettles nutrients nutrition paddock plough pulses quad reseed roots savings sheep slurry soil tests storm thistles transport
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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50% BPS from today?
Rumours the 50% advance is meant to start today, everyone paid by next weekend (ie 31st). Anyone paid yet?- Overby
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- accident application beef biodiversity blackgrass boom carbon cattle continental cows dairy death defra elms establishment ewes feed blocks fertiliser fire first cut flail flock fodder gas gate grass grassland grazing harvest health hedge legumes market mart milk minerals nutrition parts performance pig plough rainfall red tractor reseed resilient roots rpa satellite seed sequester sfi sheep soil health soil tests sustainability sustainable farming wheat yielding yields
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Sustainable Farming Incentive is open for applications
Good afternoon all, I wanted to let you know that we've opened the Sustainable Farming Incentive for applications today. You can find a summary of what's available in this initial rollout here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/a-summary-of-the-sfi-in-2022 - we'll be expanding the scheme to cover...- Janet Hughes Defra
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- agreena agronomist agronomy ahdb alliance ammonium analysis animal feed anthelmintic application autonomous autosteer baling baling hay beans bedding beef beef cattle beet biodiversity blackgrass blight boom bovine break crop break crops brewing buffer bydv calf calves calving camping caravan carbon carbon capture cargill cattle cereals clamp claydon co2 combi compaction cover crop cover crops cows csfb cultivating cultivator dairy death defra dff digital direct drill direct drilling disc disease docks drainage dressing drift drilling drills drought electricity elms environment agency environmental establishment ewes farmdeals feed blocks fertiliser fertiliser spreader fertility fertilizer finance financial fire first cut flail flock flooding flufenacet fodder forage gas gate glamping glyphosate gps grain store grass grass leys grassland grassweeds grazing groundsel groundswell hail harrow harvest harvesting health health and safety healthy soils hedge herbicide hoof horticulture hsbc hydrogen ineos injury insecticide insecticides insurance integrated pest management investment fund ipm irrigation lambing learning legumes lexion liability liberator lifeline loader loader tractor maintenance maize management mapping market methane milk milking minerals miscanthus mounted mycorrhizal natural capital nettles nitrogen nroso nutrients oats ofc oilseed oilseed rape orchard orchards organic organic matter osr parts pdm peas peat peatland pedestal performance pesticide pesticides pests pickup pig pincer platform plough pollution potash potato potato harvester potatoes poultry ppe pre-em premium quad rainfall rapid red tractor regenerative agriculture registration renewable energy renewal repair reseed residual residuals resilient robotic roots roundup rpa ryegrass sandy satellite savings seed seeding sellmylivestock sequester sequestration sfi sheep silage slugs slurry software soil assessment soil carbon soil health soil resilience soil sampling soil test soil testing soil tests soya sprayer spring beans storage storm stress stubble supplement sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive terravesta thistle thistles tillage trading training transport triticale tup turbine urea variable rate varieties variety water management water quality weaning wheat winter wheat wormers worms yielding yields
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Drought
Is it dry as a nuns with anyone else? Another couple weeks without a decent rain and east yorkshires going to start turning brown, and I don't just mean the crops!- beardface
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- agronomist agronomists agronomy axial baling beans beet boots calves caravan carrots cattle cereals combi compaction cover crops cows dairy defra direct drilling disease docks drainage dressing drilling drought elms environmental ewes fendt fertiliser financial fire flooding fodder fodder beet forage forecast fungicides grass grassland grazing hail harrow harvest harvesting health heat stress hedge hoof insurance irrigation land drain laureate learning legumes lick loader maize malting market massey milk nettles new holland oats orchard orchards osr paddock parts performance pgr plough pollution potato potatoes quad rain gauge rainfall roots rpa rye ryegrass sandy satellite seed seeding sheep silage slurry soil health soil tests sprayer spring beans storm stress stubble thistle thistles trading triticale tupping turbine variety weather wheat wild oats woodland yielding yields
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- Forum: Weather
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Welsh 'Growing for the Environment' scheme
Heads up on another new Welsh grant has just been announced, with the rules published today. https://gov.wales/growing-for-the-environment "This application window supports the establishment of an unsprayed cover crop following autumn harvesting of cereals or maize where soil, after...- neilo
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- application beans cereals cover crop cover crops dairy drilling establishment fertiliser forage grass grazing harvest harvesting maize mower plough rye ryegrass satellite seed sheep soil testing soil tests stubble wheat
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters