thistles

Hi everyone, I have been lucky enough to purchase a small house with just over 40 acres of land. I have zero experience in farming and at 52, probably a bit to old to start. The land is all overgrown pastures split into between 2 and 6 acre plots. I was wondering if I should approach one of...

Was chatting to someone in the village about the weather, said possible looking at loosing money due to losses if milling premium losses. He said well you'll get money off the government for that

Morning everyone. Could I have some suggestions for establishing clover (white and or red) in mature grassland. I'm looking for alternative methods what don't cost much. I could graze it tight and drill it but timing, cost and weather really are big factors as I wouldn't have more than one...

As we increasingly become more “park keeper” thanks to SFI and CSS and have more cover crops and margins than in the past we have options that need management involving cutting Having never owned a topper or mower bigger than a garden ride on I find myself confused by what i should buy...

Was on a Superg farm walk this week talking about over seeding grass and clover https://www.super-g.eu/ It was interesting to see very little difference between the 3 plots on both farms. Control v slotseeding v rotor seeding. In terms of yields, protein or energy. There was a rise in the...

Read a couple of articles on this lately, with supposed all sorts of benefits from dwg to natural worming & even pain relief.... Just wondering if anyone here been doing it long enough to comment on it? We've plenty of willow growing in certain parts of farm, happily harvest some & chuck in to...

Hi, are they any good for tidying fields up, cutting bents etc or only any good for heavier stuff like thistles, rushes etc? Thanks

I have always pulled any Ragwort I have see around my farm ( 320 acs) for the 25 years I have been here and it's usually about a three hour job with a quad to run around . I did have 260 ac arable and 60 ac PP grass and my note in my diary last year said that it was approx 50/ 50 number of...

Hi All have a cow this afternoon not behaving quite right. Trotting to and fro in a small area (30yards) every 10 minutes, eats down, looking at the sun and rubbing her face in thistles/long grass as she walks. There may be some selling on her face but minor at the minute and hard to tell...

I have a livery yard. Sometimes there are un-grazed fields. Turn my back and those un-grazed fields are covered in brambles, nettles, docks, thistles and long grass. I cut it down but then the stuff lies on the ground spreading their seeds and choking new growth. I have looked for a rough...

Hi - I've got a topper mower that I'm using for the first time, and I think I must be doing something wrong. I'm hoping it's something obvious and I can hold my hands up for being an idiot. I've got an old International B250, and I believe I have a PTO speed of 540 on this. The PTO shaft from...

Does anyone get any problems with going grass to grass reseed? Any advice on making sure it is successful. We put in stubble turnips last winter then reseeded this spring, worked well but would like to do more this year but have no real use for the extra break crop, we didn't spray last year but...

Trying to grow grass in ploughed harrowed field it failed IN June as weather thistles took over now been sprayed off , any one near Buckinghamshire thats reasonable price? to come sort power harrowed and seed it with grass seed for horses 5 acres to do .didnt know what area to post ? MK just...

Whats the cheapest way to expand your flock? Is the best prices at the marts?

In today's agricultural landscape, there is a growing need for sustainable practices to produce increased crop yields whilst minimising the impact to the environment. Farmers play a key role in addressing these challenges and face various pressures, such as reduced availability to chemicals for...

I’ve a bit of stalky rye grass. Dried off ewes on it which worked well for them and they learnt to eat the seed heads. We’ve now had 46mm of rain in last 11 days which is a bit of a shock to the system for us in a dry bit of Devon. It’s flushing up green in the base of the crop now and...

Hi I've part inherited a small field, which is right next to a horse paddock. It's got some ragwort flowering, and the stables have asked the four of us (cousins, all owning a quarter... !) to deal with it. What should I be expecting to pay to keep it down, and ragwort free. Would this need...

My legume mix planted mid April is rapidly growing and now stands over 2 ft tall.how often are people cutting it.lots of flowers at moment so don’t want to destroy them.gov.uk stuff says to cut twice in first year but that’s assuming autumn drilling but they advise spring,summer autumn...

So had my farm assurance inspection 3 weeks ago, I failed due to not having my health plan up to date 🙄 waiting on the vet now…..anyway at the end of the inspection the inspector said I wouldn’t get the failure report on paper this time (he normally prints it out on site) as they are trying to...

Who can I employ to give me a detailed report on what grasses, legumes, flowers that grow in my grassland in anticipation of making a SFI herbal leys application?