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I’m thinking of making the move back to spreading fertiliser instead of using liquid. Anybody done it and regretted it? We can’t put on liquid P & K so have to use a contractor and as we are 36m spread pattern is hit and miss. We’ve had scorch last year and this year with this year in...

Apply now for a water screening study Written by Andy Turner Climate change affects the amount and timing of water availability, as well as demand. We want to support farmers and growers to plan for and secure a more resilient water supply. So, from today, small groups of farmers in England...

How do i wire up a 12v. powered controller to be able switch on and off a 240v pump? Im no electrician :cautious: but a willing learner :oops: TIA.

Ive a 3 bay 30 x20 shed needs lights 13ft tall at a guess Considering 5 ft twin led batton ?? Enough light to see i guess , storage not really work shop Any wisdom please

some pretty generous grants about, all seemingly based on reducing out put. we know from sheep and cattle prices, numbers are short, if they were not, prices wouldn't be where they are. the world is getting more dangerous by the day. And yet, politicians here, from all parties, think we can...

Hi, Has anyone got any experience around if you need planning permission for a 20ft shipping container on arable land for own use like animal feed and chainsaw etc ? Tried asking local council and didn’t say yes or no just said apply for planning which means paying to do so but dont want to pay...

Be gentle... ignorant arable farmer asking for a friend on this one... Let's say you had £25k, and wanted to get into livestock. You have access to low imput permanent pasture (heavy land), and occasionally some rotational leys. You have access to a loader, You have an old shed, potential...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The National Drought Group (NDG) has said farmers are currently facing the problem of too much water, rather than too little. The Environment Agency chaired its regular meeting of the group yesterday (Thursday, April 18) where it discussed the...

Hello all, we currently making around 300 4 foot round bales of hay per year, all sold as horse feed. Once winter set in we started to see some mould on the outside layer of the bale. It’s like a green dusty mould. Once you take off the first layer the bales are really nice but the outside is...

I could have A right moan on about how hard things are here currently but that won’t change anything and there are plenty of farmers of what ever guise having just or much worse time of it. so my question is this. We are constantly told we need to build resilience into our businesses.to you...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Openfield Group has teamed up with Voltloader to trial fully electric trucks in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. The partnership will see grain loads moved from Openfield member farm gates to consumer customers using an all-electric fleet, which is...

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There’s no such thing as a benign beef farm – so beware the ‘eco-friendly’ new film straight out of a storybook | George Monbiot Written by George Monbiot from the Guardian A highly misleading new documentary claims soil carbon storage can redeem the livestock industry – it’s all so much...

Heaps of manure in pens cows laid in /on it. sh!t everywhere. Is this normal practice??

A bit hypothetical , but if it goes really dry how would you cope ? I'd be fine as I've written off this year .

Reports the 970 acre 'Sibleyback farm' on Bodmin has been sold to rewilders....£10 million to turn it into native woodland and bog. Where does this all end?

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF A tricky start to planting plus the potential of growers managing unfamiliar varieties due to short seed supplies means weed control could require some careful planning. CPM explores herbicide timings and programme choices for the season...

I expect my staff to take a 30mins dinner break at noon. Which is unpaid. Is this reasonable? If we are busy and they don't stop I pay them.

Is it too late to plant now ..diablo variety , field very different in the fact one end is quite shallow and stoney , other half wet and heavy?

Just wondering how many of my fellow teuchters know about this? Wood is our only source of heat and hot water. Any renovations would include same. Plus oil. A heat pump wouldn't keep the bathroom warm, much less the whole house. I used to live near Memphis; they tried them there and it didn't...