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I'm trying to register the Steiger puma sold in the late Peter Ingle's farm sale , it was bought knowing as stated there was no paperwork and under the circumstances I don't want to be hassling the family but does anyone down there have any idea when he might have bought it in? I only remember...

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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...

Watch: Velcourt 2024 Written by The Team In this post, we share 3 videos from Velcourt 2024 featuring Farming and Countryside Programme Director Janet Hughes. The conference took place in Reading on 21 January. Transition update In this video, Janet gives an overview of the farming offer in...

This is written in the hope that it will induce drought like conditions... But anyway, anyone regularly broadcast and harrow spring corn in? I have barley and oats to go in, and the spring tine is going to be the only machine that will go, if it carries on anything like this.. I know, I...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF In a year where cereal crops will be hungry thanks to suboptimal conditions, plus continued nervousness around conventional input prices and supply, interest in alternative products continues to rise. CPM learns how biostimulants can help...

The perfect storm of continued volatile input costs, and challenging drilling conditions, have put even greater pressure on grower margins. However, alternative biological options, in combination with reduced chemical inputs, can offer cost-savings, yield and sustainability benefits. With the...

It’s a bit random, but I’m doing a local history on the British and World Ploughing Championships held in Shillingford, Oxfordshire and wonder if someone has any knowledge or point me in the right direction. The field used in these contests - 1956, 1993 & 1999 now known as Plough Field has been...

I had a email this morning asking me to vote for existing and 2 new council members None of the candidates I was ask to vote for have been nominated / seconded by farmers so I don't see that is actually a democratic process at all - its more a ratification of AHDB's interview and recruitment...

Has anyone read this next load of £hit coming at us from Red Tractor, Way beyond their remit . Cant find the link can someone help ?

Keir Starmer and Labour are considering scrapping agricultural and business property relief.(The Times).It would be devastating for family farms requiring the next generation to borrow huge sums or sell up to pay inheritance tax bills.What a disaster this would be for so many farms where the...

A group of TFF members have been 'talking' with the AHDB, since the beginning of the year, with regard to them being a touch more robust in the defence of their employers (us, the levy payers). Most of the discussion has revolved around their reluctance to refute the highly inaccurate figures...

Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF Biostimulants are increasingly entering the vernacular of farmers and agronomists as the solution to anything from plant establishment to off-setting disease pressure. CPM details some of the current options to canvas user opinions. By...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF During a particularly intense year for grassweed pressure, what learnings can be shared by three growers who’ve been investigating a novel method of control at harvest? CPM finds out. By Janine Adamson Although well-proven across the...

More trouble than it's worth ?

We rotate about 350 acres of wheat round the farm the rest is all hay and haylage for the equine market. Currently use a contractor who actually does us a good job we have no storage or drying facilities and do not intend investing in any all goes straight to local frontier store . At what...

Photo credit Andrew Clarke on his Facebook Group Posted individually so I don't lose track of the right caption with the right photos (and also easier to comment on) Steam Threshing at Hoylands farm, Monks Eleigh, Suffolk

I am meaning accidentally touching overhead cables with combines , telescopic handlers( when stacking bales in the dark) etc etc, especially in the dark, and we are all starting to get tired so concentration starts to go! Overhead cables certainly give me cause for concern :unsure: I have also...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF A farmer-led trial is putting harvest weed seed control through its paces. CPM visits a farm in Warwickshire with a New Holland combine harvester fitted with a Redekop seed control unit. By Tom Allen-Stevens There’s a sense of...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Agricultural machinery manufacturer Kuhn has announced the appointment of two new product marketing specialists. Rhodri Jenkins has joined the company’s grassland and livestock team and Edd Fanshawe has joined to cover Kuhn’s connected services...