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My supply will not keep me going until end of lambing this time and my usual supplier (and competitor) only want 5t drops. Any recommendation for a company that will deliver smaller loads, say 2 IBC's worth, or will allow collection with IBC's? Am based North of Telford. I can get a couple of...

Farmers worldwide are being squeezed between monopoly suppliers and monopoly buyers. With farmers fragmented, they have to be "price takers". With worldwide governments content to allow food producers to "go hang", food shortages are becoming ever more commonplace. Be it wheat in Africa, rice in...

Worth a watch - I watched part one tonight and it focused on Shirebrook pit & village and the division in the community at the time Some parallels from 20th Century mining, with farming in the 21st Century Break the dominance of the miners and then close the pits (despite those pits sitting on...

Written by Francess McDonnell from Agriland A new £3.3 million, UK government backed, research project has been launched to test a new approach to grassland farming that aims to “eliminate the dependence” on applied nitrogen fertilisers. Project “NUE-Leg” will employ innovations in plant...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Farmers in England are being urged by the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) to use an inhibitor when applying urea fertilisers this spring season. The agri-supply trade association said the use of an inhibitor for urea fertilisers will...

Anyone applied Glpho to cover crops when ground frozen but foliage dryish? say 11am?

Hi, has anyone experience of the NZ share milking process that had enabled new entrants to build equity to eventually start out on their own? I understand that it’s probably not viable now due to increased land prices but I’d still like to understand the process. How long it would normally take...

What do people do with there sheep if housing is not an option ? Lots of fields I’ve seen with sheep in are looking really messed up it must be a nightmare in this weather . If winters keep on getting wetter will people give up keeping them ?

I’m dreaming of drier times today and I’ve been offered by a neighbour his Italian/ perennial rye grass mix and I’m just wondering how many bales would you expect off it from 3 cuts? They are grass seeds planted in august. I’m just needing a rough guess so I know how much of my own stuff to...

As above usually put a bit with the barley to reduce the dust.

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/RedTractorStakeholder/ I have just had this bought to my attention. Red tractor survey to ‘inform’ the reviewers. first I have heard of it, nothing in the latest member matters, on any email or on social media. feels like they are trying to keep it quiet as usual.

As title really We are mixing Urea and AS. Am I right in thinking that for applications from 1 Apr 24 we need to include an inhibitor ? What's on the market to add to the mixing process or add to the sprayer when filling in yard/field ? Thanks S.

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland What exactly is grease, other than a Hollywood blockbuster? The National Lubricating Grease Institute along with countless manufacturers all have their own take on the substance. Yet it can basically be described as a lubricating medium which stays in...

Hi, got some tup lambs that I want to keep growing on over winter, grass is getting short now so wanting to know what everyone feeds their tup lambs over winter without stuffing them. thanks

We’re having some issues currently with cow performance being pretty poor and not consistent. Had a meeting with nutritionist and we’ve played around with some things and hopefully things will improve. Discussed with vets who also have a nutritionist and run the same program as far as I’m aware...

Having a nightmare with cows crashing their rumination and then in turn their yield , spoke with vet originally who recomended feeding limestone flour as it sounds like SARA, so borrowed a couple of bags and cows recovered , then my feed company recomended acid buff as a better alterantive , so...

Even the quad is making a mess now. Be glad when this year is gone🙈

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...

As the weather is pants in the UK , I'm searching for decent weather harvests , On watching the scale of operation is massive , 2 farms I found are Lock Valley Farms north of Adelaide , about 4000 acres half crops half sheep . decent ground but just father and son ...

I want to buy some spare seed my neighbour has, its bought in seed from Frontier, still sealed. Can we legally do this? I know you cannot trade FSS, but this is bought in seed.