A £1m Innovate UK project that aims to have a significant impact on reducing the need for UK imports of soya has been announced today.
The ‘Pea Protein’ project is a collaboration between Germinal, a grass and forage seed specialists, and seed breeders, using a discovery made by John Innes...
For myself, leaf and pod spot is the biggest problem of growing field beans - maybe made worse by slightly early sowings, pushed by some wet autumns.
is anyone growing a variety with resistance/tolerance?
Is it effective?
Does it come with different issues (like no yield?🙄)
Or does it reinvent...
Harper are taking significant sums of money (certainly 6 figures, possibly 7) from Defra to research a problem that doesn't exist.
Rumenco are backing this to the hilt - cash possibly, resources certainly - as there will be plenty of money to be made in solving that problem that doesn't exist...
Any thoughts/opinions on a Clover, Clover, wheat, wheat rotation? Thought it might fit in well with my 4 arable fields. Trying to come up with a simple rotation without growing OSR . Would a ley be better with grass in it or would it be a pain in the following wheat? Any value in Clover hay?
How can we become carbon neutral?
Progress update from Bishop Burton Net Zero iFarm
A recent review of the carbon footprint at Bishop Burton, one of our Net Zero iFarms in East Riding, Yorkshire, has shown a carbon reduction of 2,441 tonnes of CO2 e between 2020 and 2022.
Despite the farm being...
The latest episode of FeedCast is brought to you by James Barker, our Raw Materials Buyer. As usual he will be providing an outlook on the protein, mid protein and cereal markets.
James starts with discussing the USDA plantings report and how its affected the market. A couple of main headlines...
I work with numerous Food factories to reduce their waste. Many sell their food waste (cake, bread, carrot peels, hydrated pasta) direct to farmers, AC Shropshire’s or Sugarich. There’s not much material on who is looking for food waste feed or what the competitive rates are. Where would I find...
Currently feeding maize, barley soya and straw and urea to beef cattle. But the maize is going fast and im looking at options to bridge the gap til next maize harvest.
Usual options of Hay more straw etc. but is there another cost effective route?
I appreciate different parts of the country...
Finlay Carson MSP
June 2023
Science for Sustainable Agriculture
From every conceivable direction, the Scottish Government’s position on gene editing places Scotland’s farmers and growers at a disadvantage. Now the wind in Europe appears to be blowing in the opposite direction, and with...
Afternoon all,
Today we've published a handbook containing all the detailed information about the sustainable farming incentive offer for this year.
The handbook is here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfi-handbook-for-the-sfi-2023-offer
An overview blogpost is here...
The latest episode of FeedCast is brought to you by James Barker, our Raw Materials Buyer. As usual he will be providing an outlook on the protein, mid protein and cereal markets.
James starts by discussing the changes we have seen from Friday 16th June in regards to the weather, the markets...
Let’s start a harvest 23 thread! So how far do we all think we are from starting? Winter barley rapidly ripening here early start is on the cards. First week of july maybe, rape just starting to lose its greenness also!
Whats this AB6 he was on about, leaving stubble over winter and get £522 pounds a hec. Been trawling through dozens of gov. uk pages where they say a lot but typicaly tell you nothing. :rolleyes: :facepalm:
The latest episode of FeedCast is brought to you by Chris Davidson, our raw material expert. As usual he provides an outlook on the protein, mid protein and cereal markets.
Starting with a general overview of the markets, we have seen the markets move away from South America to focus on North...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
A new collaborative project has been launched to help farmers reduce agricultural emissions by increasing the use of pulse cropping.
‘Nitrogen Efficient Plants for Climate Smart Arable Cropping Systems’ (NCS) is a four-year £5.9M research project...
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In a bid to reach net zero, what practical solutions are available to help growers decarbonise farming? CPM joined conference delegates at Harper Adams University to find out.
By Janine Adamson
The race is on – according to the NFU target, the UK must achieve net zero by 2040...
Game changer?
Will AHDB and DEFRA follow?
Where does this leave the NFU push for methane inhibitors?
I'm pleased to hear NFU have now recognised GWP*. Not sure what took them so long, but at least they got there. Maybe now there'll be a shift of message from "cows are killing the planet", to...
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