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  1. E

    Should we be worried about pesticides on food?

    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...
  2. Jsmith2211

    2019 all over again?

    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?
  3. B

    Could this be the end of the dairy industry as we know it?

    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/...
  4. CPM RSS

    Combine machinery for 2023 from leading manufacturers

    Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF 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...
  5. KW Alternative Feeds

    KW Feedcast - 14 September 2023

    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...
  6. N

    Silage analysis results

    First time ever getting silage tested. Any idea if this is good? Or point me in the direction of information on reading the results? Thanks
  7. Agriland RSS

    UK Dairy Day 2023: Timetables, parking info and maps

    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...
  8. Andrew1983

    What’s changed with wheat varieties

    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...
  9. TFF

    Leguminose: Transforming a niche 2023-08-31

    Download PDF 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...
  10. TFF

    Wheat has potential to absorb more carbon than it releases

    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...
  11. Gary Warren

    New series of 'This Farming Life' starts next week

    Love this show! 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/
  12. skye @ bofin

    Feeding pulses – top tips and queries

    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...
  13. D

    Why can't we live together ?

    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...
  14. Selectamatic

    Whats the price of beans now?

    Evening all, Im struggling to find a price for field beans, can anyone enlighten me please...? Thank you!
  15. Steevo

    Nice to see some sense being talked - "I always suspected the oat milk trend was rubbish – now I’ve been proved right"

    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...
  16. J

    How many kg of concentrates?

    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...
  17. JP1

    AHDB CEO vacancy

  18. B

    OSR this year ?

    So is Osr still part of your plan, with some decent rain around conditions good. Is osr worthwhile, bit weary of slugs and csb...
  19. Gary Warren

    PepsiCo have switched to a 'more sustainable fuel'

    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/
  20. snipe

    Milling wheat 2023

    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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