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Apologies if already posted somewhere - a quick search hasn't revealed such a thread - but this is interesting and it may prove to be something big in the future:

Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland CF Fertilisers has announced a proposal to permanently close the ammonia plant at its Billingham Complex. It intends to continue to produce ammonium nitrate (AN) fertiliser and nitric acid at the Billingham site using imported ammonia, as it has done...

We've had an impressive couple of months with our collectives. We've had a lot of our members take advantage and get great prices on Urea, Gylphosate and more. We're running a number of collective deals ending over the next few weeks, I've listed below the deals of particular interest to arable...

As above really, text came through this afternoon asking for a 'farmers photo' I rang my dealer (a lady) immediately and without preamble she said "No, I don't want an unclothed picture" I am tempted to use one of a celebrity as we have never met and I don't want to shatter her delusions.

Reducing the crude protein content of dairy cow diets can substantially reduce ammonia emissions from manures. This is one of the findings of a major four-year project currently underway at AFBI. Ammonia is produced when faeces (which contains the enzyme urease) and urine (which contains urea)...

Improving the quality of grass silage offered to dairy cows can improve profitability by increasing cow performance and enabling lower concentrate inputs. Given that silage digestibility (D-value) declines by an average of 3.3% for each one-week delay in harvest date, silage quality can be...

After second-cut silage is a good time to spread lime on silage fields and correct any pH deficiencies to improve soil health. Many farms are still waiting to harvest their second cuts of silage, with the wet weather delaying harvesting for many. But once it has been harvested it is a good...

Seeing as it’s wet and miserable is it ok to spread urea on grassland at the moment- is the risk of volatilisation less?

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Lowering the crude protein content of diets can substantially reduce ammonia emissions from dairy cow manures. This is one of the findings of a major four-year project currently underway at Northern Ireland’s Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/19/meps-condemn-pesticide-companies-withholding-toxicity-data Why can't these multinational companies be open and honest. Let consumers have informed choices

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Ammonia, manufactured with ‘a zero’ carbon footprint, should be commercially available within the next two years. The claim was made today (Thursday, July 20) by an Israel-based development business, Nitrofix. The company’s patented technology uses...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland Yara, one of the world’s largest fertiliser manufacturers, has said that its financial results for the second quarter (Q2) of this year have been impacted by falling prices. However, the Norwegian company has said that a recovery is likely in Q3 based...

Something in the back of my mind from college days says you cant feed freshly combined barley to stock and it has to "mature" in the heap fr a few weeks, is that right?

We are a mixed arable / dairy farm. Last year split the farm between two partners, one doing the dairy and us doing the arable side. Last year was a walk in the park combining wise, this year… not so much. we’ve got just about 500 acres of cereals to go at, (over double previous years due to...

Any prices for D A P please

What prices of Wheat C2 have people had , Kws Dawsum sp £450 pay JAN

Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine As new season fertiliser purchasing begins, how will the new Defra requirements regarding the use of urea affect the coming season? CPM finds out. By Rob Jones Although urea accounts for 80% of the world’s nitrogen fertiliser, the high potential...

How can we become carbon neutral? Progress update from Bishop Burton Net Zero iFarm A recent review of the carbon footprint at Bishop Burton, one of our Net Zero iFarms in East Riding, Yorkshire, has shown a carbon reduction of 2,441 tonnes of CO2 e between 2020 and 2022. Despite the farm being...

Have an opportunity of getting some digestate on some of our ground - as it happens it'll likely osr. The cost to supply and spread is rather marginal to myself applying urea. P and K on our ground is good, so won't be saving on applications of bagged p and k. Is this an opportunity that...

Quick question, 15 acre meadow, weathers set dry but overcast, warm and sunny tomorrow. Rain for next two weeks after sat morning. Sheep are clammed up on little grass. Mow it today , ted tea time , ted tomorrow then row up for baler tomorrow tea time .. or leave it and hope for weather to...