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Compromise spot sprayer for grassland weeds
Not really a precision farming thread but mulling over options while spot spraying thistles with a quad mounted sprayer. Generally creating spirals around the field and repeatedly spraying some plants in error! Option two is to put the sprayer on a tractor with second person and walk along... -
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Thistles
I re seeded a field last year and there's a lot of thistles growing on it, what's the best spray or way to get rid of them? It's a 10 acre field so might spot spray with knapsack- Weasel
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- adjuvant boom cattle cows drought grass grazing leystar mcpa quad reseed sprayer thistle thistles thistlex
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Don’t let grassland weeds add to your woes this season
A wet autumn followed by a very wet spring means weeds are thriving and giving grassland farmers yet another problem to grapple with. Many pastures were left unsprayed in the autumn as the wet weather set in, allowing grassland weeds to become more established than ever. Ryan Came-Johnson...- Corteva Updates
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Creeping thistle or Sow thistle.
I have some ground going into vegetables and also into sunflowers. The thistles are putting on good growth and everything else was taken out by a Feb Glyphosate application. I really want to do the thistles properly, roots and all, but not leave potentially crop-damaging chemical residue. What's... -
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Black grass sprays in forage maize
What chemical options are people using to control black grass in forage maize? Last year I used PDM pre-em and a nicosulfuron post em but poor results. Would dual gold or wing -P alongside PDM be a more robust pre-em option for black grass ? I know they are not cheap!! thanks -
Fert applications
With a supreme bout of optimism, I walked a couple of my grass fields today as I thought, foolishly as it turned out, that maybe I could travel with the baby compact tractor and the even smaller single rotor disc spreader. 100kg at a time. It really would be great to spin a bit of fert on to get...- steveR
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- ammonium beef beet calves cows dairy disc drilling drought ewes fodder fodder beet forage forecast grass grassland grazing hedge herbal herbal ley lambs milking nitrogen osr parts polysulphate quad sheep silage sulphate thistles weather wheat
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Sheepy Diversification!
Sent by my SiL down in deppest Herts. Read and boggle.... But got to be in the right location I suspect! ;)- steveR
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- caravan disease ewes family flock insurance lambing lambs sheep thistles tup variety weather
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Organic conversion
I have been considering organic conversion for various reasons. I see there isn't a grant under sfi but there was in countryside stewardship. I'm starting My 3rd year of a mid tier agreement. Can I apply to add organic conversion to my existing agreement? And will countryside stewardship be...- Laminated
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- organic sfi thistles
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- Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
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Dockstar ?
Anyone know the current price for a 3 ltr. pack ?- Tha Ulsterscot
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- adjuvant adjuvants ammonium boom chickweed corteva development docks doxstar fertiliser first cut fluroxypyr fodder foliar forage grass grassland herbicide maize market mounted nettles precision ag quad residual roundup savings thistle thistles thistlex weather
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AHL2 duration.
Starting a new thread because the other one has got too long to find any information within it. So this AHL2 option in SFI looks ok initially but not so sure when you dig deeper. The aim is copied below and in the ‘how to do it’ section it says ‘It’s up to you how you complete this action, as... -
OSR weed control: Smooth operator
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF A difficult season for herbicide application is likely to have resulted in an unwanted bounty of weeds in oilseed rape crops. With the final window having arrived for mastering some control, CPM digs deeper into the role of water...- CPM RSS
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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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Advice on a topper
Hi, I want to cut docks, thistles, nettles in horse pastures. I want to cut them high so I leave the grass long and uncut. any advice on equipment that can do this. So far, a Rhino 9 looks good as it cuts at 300 mm. I’m just looking for some other options or ideas. thank you charlie -
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When to plough?
I have a small 3 acre meadow/pasture which could do with ploughing down, i did a similar field right next to it a few years ago August time. Only problem was at the time it was quite dry and these fields are a little spongy/mossy on top so never made a great job of ploughing and it went straight...- ollied
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- beef cereals chickweed fodder forage grass peas plough ploughing reseed seed sheep silage slurry thistles weather
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BNG ongoing costs
Anyone that's started down the road of using some land for BNG unit creation? The initial selling price of the units looks attractive but I'm trying to get some idea on what the ongoing costs and management restrictions are? Putting in a mixture of Other Neutral Grassland and Lowland Meadow...- Agric
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- biodiversity docks grass grassland groundswell landowners management thistles wheat woodland
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Calling on the TFF collective knowledge
Having a clear out in the workshop, came across this unopened 25L drum. Picture of the only identification on it. So what is it 🤷♂️ :rolleyes::X3::scratchhead::LOL:......- JJT
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- adjuvants agronomist boom cows docks fendt mounted nettles organic organic farming roundup silage sprayer thistles
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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how does ....
one of these .. replace something like this?- spin cycle
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Welsh Sustainable Farming Scheme AND Protests
This is the number someone has come up with for the Welsh government for losses down to the new agriculture policy. Great news. Not.- Bigsingle
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Defra now looking at capping SFI
https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/business-management/agricultural-transition/defra-minister-hints-at-elm-cap-to-maintain-food-production?utm_source=hometopstories- jackrussell101
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Would a "Growing strike" work?
With the DEFRA payments for not growing crops being a better risk-reward than growing crops. Should we seek to get EVERY ARABLE FARMER to declare they are going 100% into "Herbal Lays" etc. and 0% into combinable crops. (Maybe 0% feed crops, as I know many farmers are a bit workaholic) We could...- Panicnow
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- beet brewing children continental cows dairy defra environmental family fodder fuel grass herbal hybrid rye insurance maize market milk oats parts rye security seed sfi sheep stress thistles transport variety wheat wild oats woodland yields
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