Writing up my spray records from just applying some pre-ems, I looked back to mid 2000's. The amount of chemicals we use now compared to then and how we got by with simple fungicides makes it look like the industry has gone down the pan. A lot of actives have gone and those left we have been...
We have taken our arable operations back in-house and I am costing up sprayer options as the contracting bill is likely to be £7k-£8k per year and I have my PA quals, having been using a simple 12 m mounted for all our grass and stewardship stuff.
We have 90 ha of cereals in 3 blocks of 29-32...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
A new Group 4 soft wheat candidate variety is showing promise, thanks to its wide sowing window and solid disease profile.
Blackstone (Elsoms Seeds) is currently the highest yielding of this year’s Recommended List Group 4 soft wheat candidates and...
After this springs exercise with spring barley that was spun on (undressed hss seed ) . We were getting late last week of March so spun on the seed and a very light cultivate in with a wilrich cultivator and rolled in and it had a pre em . If we had waited any longer it would of been mid April...
As above. Could use a backup tractor that is nippy enough with a loader and can also pull the 18 ton trailer without getting damaged so no soft gearboxes.. Budget £20k or just over and I don't like changing machines as in my experience they always come with minor and major problems!, so will be...
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A Group 2 winter wheat has bucked recent trends of low specific weights for milling quality to perform beyond expected for one Northamptonshire grower.
Emma Bletsoe says she’s ‘delighted’ with her first crop of Mayflower and as a result, plans to...
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...
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Effectively managing the canopy characteristics of sugar beet is the foundation of a healthy and profitable crop. In a world where the list of pest and disease threats keeps growing, CPM explores the importance of maximising the green leaf...
It's time for the annual "why does the GPS that was fine last spring now now work" day.
Trimble 250 and 500s. Neither will go into the "green" bits. Today saying 12 satellites, but "uncorrected".
Anyone care to point me to obvious things they have changed? We are on waas / egnos only.
Today’s Star. Defilthed and pasted;
People's brains are getting smaller as IQ levels plummet over last 50 years
A leading expert has warned our children and their kids' future is at stake after poor diet is said to have contributed to a rapid drop in IQ levels over the past 50 years
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What have I done wrong? Sprayed 1l/ha of oskar/foxtrot at 200l/ha volume in winter wheat at gs 37 on Monday 8th of May.The wild oats have shrugged it off since and growing away. I can only assume I should have sprayed at 1.2l/ha. Didn't want to go earlier as I wanted to get any spring wild oats...
Have a newish to me 6150R which, when on a long drag uphill the temperature climbs steadily. Reached 114 deg C on the monitor and was just below the red on the gauge, screens were clean etc
Since then I have blown out the rads (which weren't clogged/ very dirty), screens spotless and added...
My old sanderson teleporter has stopped going forward, reverse works fine. Good old machine used for a few minutes everyday on yard duties. Anyone have any ideas who could mend this for me near to Huntingdon. I am not a mechanic so any help or pointers would be very much appreciated. Ford engine...
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:
Hi All,
For those who use an agronomist to help with work load who’s got a rec for T3?
Its very dry and wheat of our sensible varieties here very clean (Siskin /Extase etc)
Is teb/prochloraz the general go to in this rusty weather?Will it be needed?
For those that prescribe for themselves...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Some winter barley crops are at a high risk of lodging, if the weather turns wet between now and harvest.
This is the view of agronomist, Richard Owens, who manages a selection of cereal and potato crops in counties Antrim and Down.
“I walked a...
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