Should we worry both as consumers and producers?
Glyphosate on oats is the obvious one.Recently highlighted by tim Spector on one of his zoe podcasts.
Do we know if glyphosate is toxic in any way.
Is it messing with our microbiome?
Also as a strawberry grower I am well aware of the very short...
Starting to get a little worried now. Spring seed might be short... Weather doesnt look great on the forcast - given how sh!t harvest was, could we be in for just as bad an autumn?
Precision fermentation which can make dairy protein without the cow! Seemingly cream cheese and ice cream being sold in the US now using this method!
https://perfectday.com/...
Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine
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As harvest comes to a close for another year, CPM takes a look at what some of the leading manufacturers have brought to the market.
By Melanie Jenkins
Harvest is as ever, a short time window which is incredibly weather dependent, so...
The latest episode of FeedCast is brought to you by Chris Davidson our Raw Material Expert. This episode has been delayed in order to wait for the release of the September USDA report.
Chris dives into the USDA report, discussing what the end stocks are looking like in the US and around the...
Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland
This year’s UK Dairy Day takes place at the International Centre, Telford, tomorrow (Wednesday, September 13), with over 270 exhibitors expected across the indoor and outdoor areas.
The weather for the free, one-day event is expected to be good, with...
While undergoing an endoscopy procedure this morning the doctor said to his student that my condition has become widespread in the last 20 years and was rarely seen before that, he blamed “these farmers” for using different varieties of wheat…. I pointed out (after the tube was out and I could...
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Intercropping, bi-cropping, companion cropping – call it what you like, but interest is increasing. An EU project aims to transform this from a niche to mainstream. CPM reports.
By Mike Abram
It’s perhaps unlikely a workshop about a bi-cropping project would have attracted nearly...
Wheat has potential to absorb more carbon than it releases
Wheat can sequester more carbon than it emits into the atmosphere, potentially paving the way for the crop to be part of the carbon market, according to scientists in Brazil.
Research by research organisation Embrapa and the Federal...
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New series kicks off on BBC Scotland, on Monday, August 28th at 8pm, before starting on BBC2 on Tuesdays at 8pm, starting on the following day, August 29th
https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/23743494.this-farming-life-new-series-hit-television-screens/
This thread should be used to discuss feeding pulses. Please share any tips or tricks you have for feeding pulses along with any struggles you have experienced. We hope that through interaction and the sharing of different experiences, the NCS project will encourage a decrease of up to 50% of...
Do you have a problem with how others choose to farm ? Are you opposed to certain livestock management or crop establishment systems ?
Do you feel that certain practices should simply be banned ? Feeding soya meal ? Ploughing ?
Or do you take an 'each to their own' attitude ? Horses for...
I always suspected the oat milk trend was rubbish – now I’ve been proved right
Forget the ridiculous health and planet-saving claims, these substitutes aren’t the magical wholesome alternatives they’re marketed to be
CELIA WALDEN15 August 2023 • 8:00am
Over the past 20 years, it feels as...
What's the most the high yielding people on here have fed to their cows? I've gone up to 13kg before but was wondering how much more I could push it? Will be for cows doing 50-60 if not more litres
They'll be having 3-4kg rolled wheat, 4kg soya hulls and 1.5kg of hipro soya through the parlour...
PepsiCo just dropped an announcement. They're actually shaking things up with their delivery trucks in England.
https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/23721303.cooking-oil-transport-potatoes-around-country/
How is everyones milling wheat quality this year.
we cut some last week of july/first few days of august, all that is full spec
just sent some laid cut last week and waiting for results.
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