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...
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...
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...
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?
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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?
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...
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?
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 :()
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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