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SFI....FUBAR
starting a new thread so i can have a 'rant' sfi.....Fekked Up Beyond All Recognition what happens now?,,,,are we? 1/supposed to put 25% of land into conservation then take that money and subsidise food ergo putting it mr tesco's pocket? 2/ have 'bird cover entitlements' been created so...- spin cycle
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- Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
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New limits to SFI.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-ensures-food-production-remains-primary-purpose-of-farming- Yale
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Blackgrass nearly heading
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Lemken and Krone ‘combine powers’ to expand utility of field robots
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland The joint venture between Lemken and Krone to produce an autonomous tractor will be stepping up a gear this season with the companies appearing to have now thrown their full weight behind the project. Known as Combined Powers, the new joint division...- Agriland RSS
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- agritechnica autonomous baling cultivation cultivator development diesel digital dressing financial front linkage grassland krone management mounted operator organic plough pto robotic seed software stubble technology tillage
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Spring drilling
Anyone managed to grab bits? I grabbed some real light bits but any clay and it’s a wet shitty mess. Not sure when to throw the towel in and go for sfi- willy
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- adblue agronomist ahl2 amazone application beans beet boots carbon cattle cereals children claas claydon combi coulters cover crop cows cultivation cultivator death disc drilling drills drought family fastrac fertiliser fertilizer fire fodder fodder beet forage forecast foxtrot fuel fungicide gps grass grassland grazing hail harrow harvest harvesting herbal herbal ley herbicide horsch lambing lambs laureate loader maize malting manganese mounted mzuri nettles nitram nitrogen oats openers opico organic osr overdraft parts peas pgr plough ploughing pre-em propino quad rain gauge rear tyres roots roundup rye ryegrass sandy seed seedbeds sfi sheep silage slug slugs sprayer spring beans stubble t0 t1 tillage topdown tractor tyres trading transport urea valtra varieties weather weaving weed control wheat yielding yields
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- Forum: Cropping
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Inhibitors for Urea (solid or liquid) for applications from 1st April
just a reminder to make sure your orders are in and if not your paperwork is in order Dont want anyone falling foul of the red tractor policing unit as you know they will be clipboards at the ready with eyes on the forecast for lack or rain etc God help anyone that has a RT Audit coming up in...- graham mc
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- application calcium cattle crusher dairy diesel fertiliser foliar forecast grain store grass grassland harvest hse liquid fertiliser maize milk nitrogen nroso oilseed oilseed rape osr pesticide red tractor slurry sprayer stubble urea weather
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Mower Claas doesn't cut properly
I bought a second-hand Claas Disco 3200 Contour mower with conditioner and when the grass is wet it sticks to the bar and leaves rows uncut. Cuts very poorly in wet conditions. Will I have to change the bottom or the plates? I putted some grass where it gets stuck when moisture. -
Hogs at £200 plus….what price shearling ewes?
I’ve a number of last years ewe lambs running , the plan was to sell half as shearling breeding ewes as they are decent sorts. But the price of hogs at the moment means they need to be £250 plus as shearlings……- Jerry
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Amazone Cayenna
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Winter cover crops on heavy land... what a disaster
I farm heavy silty clay with flints. No ditches, no land drains. Good strong wheat land, if unforgiving. I've been trying to grow cover crops on and off for the last 9 yrs. With one exception, they have all been disastrous. Summer cover crops in place of a spring crop, on the other hand, can...- Wigeon
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Twin lamb disease
Hi all, looking for some advice please. Having some difficulty with twin lamb, had 5 cases in 48 hours in freshly housed ewes. Details Problem specifically in twins. No issues in trips or singles. Twins were on good quality stubble turnips until last Weekend (2 weeks out from lambing)...- What the flock
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- bedding calcium crystalyx electrolytes ewes grass ketosis lambing paddock silage stubble
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Skyfall - How late dare you sow?
Got some Skyfall seed wheat left, but unsure how late I dare sow? Cambs/Norfolk. Anyone had any previous experience drilling it this late?- Mixedupfarmer
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- agronomist ahdb beet cattle cereals development dressing drilling drills fertiliser forecast harrow lattitude market nitrogen oats plough rapid ryegrass seed sheep silage storage stubble varieties variety weather wheat winter wheat
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Looking grim .......
10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .- bobk
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- agronomist agronomists amazone application atlantis avatar baling baling hay beans beef beet blackgrass boots break crop brome brother calves carbon cattle cereals children claydon combi cover crop cows cultivations cultivator dairy dff diesel direct drill disc disease drainage dressing drilling drills drought environmental ewes family fendt fertiliser financial fire flail flock flooding forage forecast fungicide fusarium gates grass grass weed grassland grassweeds grazing hail harrow harvest harvesting health hedge herbal herbal ley herbicide horsch insecticide insecticides lambing lambs lattitude learning maintenance maize malting management market markets minerals mounted mower nitrogen nroso nutrients oats oilseed oilseed rape osr paddock parts pgr pig plough ploughing pollution poultry quad rainfall range rover rapid red tractor repair roots roundup rpa rye sandy seed seedbeds seeding sfi sheep silage slug slug pellets slurry solar sprayer spring bean spring beans sprinter stubble teat teats thistles tillage treated seed triticale upl urea vaderstad vaderstad rapid vicon weather wheat wild oats winter wheat yielding
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Malting barley shortage
Quickly approaching the end of optimal timing for spring barley planting. Although the planned area will be substantially higher than normal how much will now get drilled vs a catch crop and what does get drilled will surely be at risk of being poor quality. Another 8mm today FFS! BB- Banana Bar
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- cereals distilling drilling drought forecast harrow harvest malting oats peas plough ploughing seed seedbeds sheep stubble weather wheat yields
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Grazing turnips upto lambing.
Due to being so wet we housed all fat lambs and there now all gone off cake probably got about 15 acres of very big roots for ewes left. They are due in a month and I've got lifeline buckets out for them, is there anything I need to be watching grazing this? I could vit drench them tomorrow...- paul&mandy
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- beet bolus ewes fodder fodder beet grass grazing heptavac lambing lambs lifeline minerals roots sandy sheep silage stubble
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Machinery Focus: Sky Agriculture keeps Sulky simplicity
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Amidst all the talk of the wonders of technology and how farming is being transformed, it is often overlooked that it has to be operated at farm level by people who are not as versed in software engineering. There are a few companies which are now...- Agriland RSS
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- cover crops cultivation cultivator development disc drilling family fertiliser grass grassland isobus management new holland operator organic precision ag silage sip software stubble technology tillage weather
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Accord drill setting for NUM3
Anyone hazard a guess at sowing this stuff at 7kg an acre , not sure what seed it's similar to- bobk
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- beans coulters defra drilling drills grass num3 seed sfi slug stubble weather wheat winter wheat
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no till
if no till becomes a sfi option will we be able to claim twice a year ? for instance if doing over winter cover crop then a spring crop just a thought- Billboy1
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- 750a amazone avatar cereals claydon combi coulter coulters cover crop cultivating cultivation cultivator deere defra diesel direct drill direct drilling disc drainage drilling drills environmental fertiliser fuel grass grassland herbal herbicide insecticide mzuri plough ploughing quad roots rpa seed sfi slugs sprinter stubble tillage weather wheat winter wheat
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Spring slug risk
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine After high autumn slug pressure and a mild, wet winter, growers are encouraged to assess and manage risk of damage to spring cereals. Keith Walters, professor of invertebrate biology and pest management at Harper Adams University, says slug...- CPM RSS
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- agronomist application cereals cover crop cultivation direct drilling drilling management organic organic matter seed seedbeds seedling slug slug pellets slugs stubble
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Dutzi
Morning All Just wondered if anyone has had any expiences with a Dutzi rotavator with legs? Any good as a single pass? Would we be able to put wheat in after maize with one or would it just turn it to S#*t the same as a conventional rotavator as the bledes look different. Also reliabaility and...