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  1. Henery

    Lady Carnarvon, “You Can’t Eat Trees” !

    http://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/1566/reader/reader.html?social#!preferred/0/package/1566/pub/1566/page/61/article/NaN Hope this link works, at last …. Rewilding is NOT the answe
  2. F

    RPA Inspection of Equipment Bought Under Original FETF Grant

    I have had a call today saying that They want too inspect the equipment we bought under the FETF grant. It is not a problem as we have all of it in working order. However they want the original invoices and bank statements to show we paid for it and also when we received the grant money...
  3. Jackov Altraids

    Will SFI cause a cycle of boom & bust?

    The budget for SFI is the same as when SPS first started. It was about £100/ acre then, which would be worth about £55/ acre now. So if everybody that claimed BPS, claimed SFI on the same area as before, and on similar value options, that is what we would all get paid. This would probably not...
  4. D

    Rewilding : A bourgeois indulgence funded by the State.

    Well isn’t it?
  5. Grass And Grain

    GFC disgrace: Here's what NFU, AHDB and RT have signed us up for

    I'm livid about this, and I hope British Farming Union will hold NFU, RT, AHDB and the other farming unions to account over it. Read on.... According to F Weekly article, Red Tractor planned to introduce the GFC to help several supermarkets meet their “WWF basket” commitments to source 50% of...
  6. Jsmith2211

    Sprayer

    Looking at getting a small sprayer to go behind an MF135, looking at the 400l hardi 6M ones (around the 4 grand mark). They do a 12M 800l one for 6800, but thinking that may be a bit big for some of the small fields I might end up doing. Will be getting a bigger sprayer in a few years when I...
  7. J

    SFI Sam3

    Just had a look at this, it’s seems a lot more open to interpretation than GS4 am I right in saying I could put a herbal ley in that is 70% rye grass with the other grasses / herbs etc making up the other 30% , leave it between start may and end july for 5 weeks , ie take a 1st cut late May/...
  8. B

    heavy rushes - plan of attack

    Hi - I'm looking for some advice. We have several fields that through neglect have built up dense rushes over the last 15-20 years. A couple were drained in the 1980's / 90's, one was not although does not seem overly wet. Soil PH around 5.6-5.8. P&K fine. Some although not all of the land may...
  9. F

    Cereal Stubble to Grass - How To do it.

    Thinking of just spraying off the stubbles then broadcasting the grass seed, chain harrowing it in and Cambridge roll - or should I be going all out ploughing, power harrowing etc etc?
  10. Laggard

    Rotting seeds

    Why does wheat seed rot but blackgrass doesn’t?
  11. W

    Minette Batters NFU president

    She's clearly biased towards the coporate members of the NFU compared to the farmer members. She's finishing naturally in February apparently but should she still be there today? When she first took over she was on the Red Tractor board and wanted to remain on it whilst being NFU president...
  12. bobk

    Is it possible to make hay from a herbal ley ?

    A thought came to me
  13. B

    Thristlex

    Hi I sprayed 10acres with Thristlex today how long would you have to keep sheep of it for? There’s plenty of grass on it so looking to get back on asap cheers
  14. milkloss

    What are you doing in SFI?

    A thread for grassland/livestock farmers. There's lots of discussion threads covering arable too but seeing as SfI seems to want to see the back of livestock farmers I was hoping we could share what we're doing to recoup some lost subsidies. the options seem few and some very negative opinions...
  15. Wigeon

    Glyphosate in with pre-ems?

    It's chuffing windy I want to go drilling. I have some big weeds (groundsel, thistles) but not many grassweeds in the seedbeds yet. From memory you're only allowed 1.5lts of 360 post drilling. Is gly with pre-ems a waste of time? Thanks!
  16. Chris F

    Berlin calls for glyphosate ban in the EU

    https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/23/glyphosate-berlin-calls-for-a-ban-in-the-eu/
  17. T

    newbie to sheep farming -scabby mouth lamb won't drink or eat -

    I have 5 lambs with chronic maggot infestation - did treat 5 weeks ago with Crovec.......- one lamb, in addition to maggots, has scabby mouth and cannot drink or eat - should I bottle feed with warm salty water?
  18. 4R Man

    Local Farming Expressions

    Having worked in different parts of the country I aware of different terms used within farming. Some of which still make me smile.... Leading bales - is obvious, but I still see a bale wearing a show collar (like showing cattle) in my head! Reene - Open furrow left when finishing ploughing a...
  19. L

    The humble year of an organic farmer

    Under request from @Bokey I have decided to dedicate a thread to the trials and tribulations on the farm, I shall endeavour to splice the good with the bad. A bit about us, 600 acres all told, 450 cropable, 8 years into organic, mainly arable with a few wooly critters, an impatient old man and...
  20. G

    Sibling inheritance tax ?

    We are two late middle aged farming brothers , no issues , when one of us dies the estate goes to the survivor ,the IHT will be considerable, any ideas on how to mitigate the tax bill ?
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