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  1. Agriland RSS

    Is it time to prepare silage ground for the first cut?

    Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Although there are still many cows in the shed, and grazing has not fully taken off yet, it’s now time for silage preparation to begin. The harvesting of first cut silage will hopefully be taking place on most farms in early to mid-May if conditions...
  2. Jerry

    Whole Wheat in Creep - Lambs

    Last few years I have used whole barley with a protein pellet for lambs in creep feeders and its worked well. Far cheaper than bought in pellets. This year I have kept back my usual bit of barley to use but I also have a few tonne of wheat that never went at harvest. Thinking about adding that...
  3. J

    Anyone spread any fert?

    I'm getting a bit twitchy, not spread any yet, has anyone? I'm getting worried it's getting late but don't want it to tend up in a river! I'm thinking of going Wednesday as its looking dryish during the day and Thursday? What sort of rates for urea on silage ground and grazing g ground would...
  4. D

    Sulky fertitest app

    Does anyone use it and does anyone know why Origin products aren't on there it's a right pain!
  5. Grass And Grain

    AHDB recruiting farm assurance lead

    Interesting development:-...
  6. Zippy768

    Is this sulphur?

    Got two bags that look like this, on the right of the picture. On the left is what 4 other bags have looked like so far, and what bags I have checked in the stack. Should be 40n 14s. Looks to me like the other way around?
  7. CPM RSS

    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...
  8. CPM RSS

    Innovation Insight: Good inhibitions

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Regulations are now in place which restrict the use of urea fertilisers and it’s anticipated this will lead to a surge in uptake of urease inhibitors. CPM looks at the latest on a product which promises to deliver the goods for both the...
  9. CPM RSS

    Nitrogen management & nutrition: Bridging the gap

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF An on-farm trial investigating a two-pronged approach to NUE has now concluded. CPM catches up with the team in Darlington to assess the results and understand if it’s possible to reduce reliance on traditional nitrogen. By Janine...
  10. bobk

    Looking grim .......

    10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .
  11. O

    AN or urea for this year?

    We've reseeded a lot of silage meadows over the past 5 years and they've all responded well to urea but our old meadows dont seem to respond much to it compared to AN. Is it worth the hastle buying a few tonne of both old and new reseeds or just going for straight AN? We found the fields spread...
  12. Agriland RSS

    Sustainability payment for over 90% of milk supplied to Lakeland

    Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Over 90% of milk supplied to Lakeland Dairies has signed up for the cooperative’s Sustainability Incentive Payment, ‘Farming for a Better Future’. Farmers who have signed up to the initiative started receiving a 0.5c/L or 0.5p/L payment from January...
  13. Agriland RSS

    Missile strike sinks ship carrying 21,000t of fertiliser in Red Sea

    Written by Agriland Team from Agriland A ship carrying 21,000t of fertiliser sank in the Red Sea in the Middle East on Saturday (March 2) after being hit by a missile in February. According to the US military, the UK-owned ship Rubymar was initially struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile on...
  14. T

    Tow and Fert

    Hey, just a question for Tow and Fert users. Are they worth it?
  15. P

    Fertilizing winter cereal

    Whats everyone elses position. The wheats looking really hungry now and its so wet wondering whether just go and make a mess or be patient?! Must be loosing yield surely.
  16. A

    Up Horn/Down Corn

    A biggish fat lamb (50kg?) is worth £160. (the same as a ton of barley) A small fat beast (500kg) is worth £1600. (the same as 10 tons of barley). Has the value of finished stock compared to the price of grain ever been a high during the last 10,000 years?
  17. Wood field

    How do you …. Get out of farming?

    Mulling things over … now I love farming ( mostly) and as some of you know, I’ve said it’s all I ever wanted to do . But times are changing and with the weather on top of poor ground plus my age and aches and pains, I’ve been wondering if it’s time to say enough Part of me feels guilty as if I...
  18. H

    home mixed ration

    wanting to start home mix ration what is requried as far as red tractor is concerned and what about cross compliance in case of inspection??? please help?
  19. super major minor

    Kuhn Spreader disc's

    Hi there We have been advised we need to move from S4 to S6 disc's to spread urea now we have moved to 28m from 24. So do I need complete new disc's or just a set of vanes? (not a mechanic :()
  20. C

    Yara Amidas through a teagle centreliner

    Hi All First time with urea product through this machine just wondering if anybody had any settings? will be 24m at 10km/h Rates im aiming for will be 145kg/ha and 218kg/ha
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