water logging
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Mole Drainage
So….. question from someone who has come of chalk down land that never really needed draining. We are now living in central France with some very different ground to what I have been used to. During the winter the ground quickly water logs and takes a long time to dry in the spring. The farm is...- Matthew Britton
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- cattle cereals drainage drought financial grass mole plough operator parts peat quadtrac repair seed sheep silage soiler triticale water logging wheat
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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Red Clover
Who's growing it, and what are the up/down sides. I'm wondering about feeding it to young stock and restricted to sucklers along with straw. TIA- M-J-G
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- analysis anthelmintic application beans beef beet break crop buffer calves calving cattle cereals compaction cows cultivating dairy disc disease docks drainage drilling drills drought establishment ewes fat hen fertiliser fertility first cut fodder forage forecast fusarium genetic glyphosate grass grass leys grassland grazing harrow harvest health hedge herbal legumes maize management milk milking minerals mongrel mounted mower nettles nitrogen nutrients oats organic paddock parts peas performance platform plough potash potatoes rapid regen ag reseed residual residuals roots round bales rumen rye ryegrass sandy savings seaweed seed seeding sfi sheep silage slurry soil health sown leys sprayer spring beans storage stress stubble tedder thistles tmr trailing shoe tupping varieties water logging weather wheat yields
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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Legumes
Evening all I thought it may be a good idea of a dedicated legume thread for the livestock men. Clovers being the most popular inclusion in a grazing mix. Place to share ideas and info on alternative legumes used in grazing systems. Establishment methods/grazing management etc- Kevtherev
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- agronomist application avatar baling beans bolus break crop calcium calf carbon cattle clamp cover crops cows dairy direct drill direct drilling disease docks drainage drilling drought establishment fertiliser fertility fluke fodder forage gas grass grass leys grass weed grazing harrow harvesting health hedge herbicide irrigation ketosis legumes maintenance maize milk milking nitrogen oats operator organic paddock parts peas performance poppy potash potato pulses rainfall repairs reseed residual residuals resilient roundup ryegrass sandy seaweed seed seeding sheep silage slug slurry storage stubble supplement sustainability thistle thistles tmr urea varieties variety water logging wheat winter wheat
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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GS4 seed
Morning all, Has anyone got any opinions on gs4 seed mixes, particularly if your grazing sheep and cutting for hay. Are there any mixtures better than others? Any particular "must haves" in mixture from a grazing and cutting perspective? Thanks 😀- lou
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- chickweed dual purpose ewes fat hen fertility forage genetic grass grazing handling health herbal lambing legumes plough reseed rpa ryegrass seed seeding sheep tedder thistle tupping varieties variety water logging weather
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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Success of direct drilling in long term.
Having used a Dale drill successfully for 20 years of notillage leaving all straw chopped on the surface with a mix of autumn and spring sown cash crops . I have come to the conclusion that a notillage idealist approach is maybe not the answer and we have to be flexible to aerating the soil...- kiwi
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- agronomist blackgrass carbon cereals compaction cover crop cover crops cultivator direct drill direct drilling disc drainage drilling drills earthworms fertiliser fertilizer fusarium grass grazing harrow harvest health magnesium market oats organic organic matter peas plough ploughing repair roots rye seed silage soil health stubble tillage variety water logging weed control wheat wild oats winter wheat worms
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- Forum: Regen Ag and No-till Machinery
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New information about local nature recovery and landscape recovery
Morning all and happy new year. Further to the information we published about the Sustainable Farming Incentive in December (see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainable-farming-incentive-how-the-scheme-will-work-in-2022), today we're publishing information about the 2 other new...- Janet Hughes Defra
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- accident agronomist agronomy ahdb aicc alliance ammonium analysis anglian animal feed application autonomous autosteer baling bank account bedding beef beet blackgrass break crops brewing buffer calcium calves calving camping candidate caravan carbon carbon capture carrots cattle cereals cover crop cover crops cows cultivating cultivations cultivator dairy death defra direct drilling disease docks drainage drilling drills drone drought earthworms elms environment agency environmental establishment fat hen fertiliser fertility finance financial flail flock flooding fluke forage gas glamping glyphosate gps grass grass leys grassland grazing groundswell harrow harvesting health health and safety healthy soils hedge horticulture insecticide insurance integrated pest management investment fund lambing legumes liability liming liveweight loader magnesium maintenance maize mapping market methane milk miscanthus natural capital nettles nitrogen oats oilseed oilseed rape operator orchard organic organic farming organic matter parts peat peatland performance pesticide pesticides pig pollinator pollution potash potato poultry premium red tractor regenerative agriculture renewal repair reseed resilient risk mitigation roots roundup rpa rural payments agency rye ryegrass sandy satellite savings seed seedbeds seeding sequester sfi sheep silage slug slug pellets slurry soil assessment soil carbon soil health soil sampling soil test soil tests soya sprayer storage storm stress stubble supplement sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive telehandler terravesta thistles tillage trading transport urea varieties variety water logging water management water quality weaving wheat winter wheat wormers yielding yields zetor
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- Forum: Agricultural Matters
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New drainage ditch Vs french drain
Hello all. I have a six acre field that needs attention. After a two year battle I'm basking in the glory of defeating the rushes... ...for now. However, there is obvious room for improvement with the drainage. The field has a ditch on all four sides. These need maintenance but I don't think...- Petroldrinker
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- buffer cereals drainage farmxport grass maintenance mole plough rainfall reseed roots seeding soil test trencher water logging
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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Nitrogen fixing bacteria.
With the recent escalation of Nitrogen prices it has occurred to me that growers are going to consider alternative sources of N. Having been involved with some initial work on N fixing bacteria I thought it might be useful to have a thread on here so that farmers can ask questions about some of...- Simon Chiles
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- agronomists agronomy agrovista analysis application beans biostimulant blackgrass cereals desiccation disease disease resistance drought establishment fertiliser fertility fertilizer flooding fungicide fungicides gas grass health herbicide immune insecticide legumes maize market microbes microbial minerals mycorrhizal nitrogen nozzles nutrition organic organic matter parts peas performance pesticide pesticides pgr phosphorus potassium registration roots seed sequester soil testing sprayer su sulphur t0 t1 transport urea variety warranty water logging wheat winter wheat yielding yields
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- Forum: Cropping
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Extase potential problems
I have heard from my agronomist today that someone not far from me PE9 postcode, has been harvesting extase with a yield of about 2 t/ha. Apparently KwS are looking into this. Has anyone else had any problems.?- willy
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- agronomist agronomists agronomy ahdb ally max amistar aphids application baling beans beet blight break crop bydv cereals combi direct drilling disease drilling drills establishment eyespot fat hen fertility fodder foliar fungicide fungicides fusarium gatekeeper gleam gps grass grazing harvesting health herbicide insecticide insecticides insitor kws levy maize market oats organic osr peas performance potatoes rainfall red tractor registration revystar roots rust rye sdhi second wheat seed seedbeds septoria shabras slug slurry storm stress t0 t1 t2 teb tebuconazole variable rate varieties variety vigour water logging weighbridge wheat wild oats winter wheat yellow rust yielding yields zypar
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- Forum: Cropping
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Min till forage rape/stubble turnips
Looking to put some rape/stubble turnips in on spring barley stubble. Usually plough and drill conventionally for sheep. But looking to keep the soil structure firmer and try and out winter some suckler cows. What’s everyone doing to drill theirs? To tight to get DD in so was thinking a one pass...- Kernowkid
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- agronomist analysis application baling beet boom buffer calcium cattle cereals chickweed combi cover crop cover crops cultivating cultivator direct drilling disease disease resistance docks drilling drills drought establishment ewes fertiliser flail flock fodder forage fungicide glyphosate grass grass leys grazing harrow harvesting herbicide insecticide insecticides lambing maintenance management mayweed nitrogen nutrition oats oilseed oilseed rape osr parts pickup pig powdery mildew pre-em quad reseed roots roundup seed seedbeds seeding sheep silage slug slugs slurry sprayer stubble su supplement thistle tupping urea varieties variety vicon vigour water logging weaving wheat wormer worms
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- Forum: Livestock & Forage
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Blackgrass chemical attack
I know there’s another general BG thread but this is just a particular question about chemicals. Basically what are your ‘chemical’ approaches to BG. We aren’t doing a proper job so looking for ideas please.- warksfarmer
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- agronomist ahdb application atlantis basf bateman beans beet blackgrass break crop cattle cereals charlock combi compaction coulter cover crop cover crops cultivator death dff direct drilling drainage drilling drills establishment fertiliser flufenacet glyphosate grass grass leys grass weed grassweed harrow harvesting health herbicide hybrid rye liberator linseed maize malting market nitrogen organic osr pacifica pdm peas pincer pre em pre-em residuals roots roundup rye second wheat seed seedbeds seeding sheep silage soil health soiler sprayer spring bean stubble tame oats water logging weaving wheat wild oats winter wheat yielding yields
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- Forum: Cropping
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Maize 2021
Could be disappointing, I have one light field in with stronger land waiting for dry weather. I could have drilled a month ago but soil temperatures were very low, I'm not seeing any evidence yet that we missed a trick as nothing is showing for earlier sowings. It looks very likely that some of...- Will Blackburn
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- agronomist analysis animal feed application beans beef beet boron calf calving carbon cattle clamp compaction cover crop cows cultivator dairy docks drilling drills drone eyespot fat hen fertiliser fertility fertilizer first cut fodder foliar forage fungicide fusilade grass grassland grazing harvesting herbicide hybrid rye insecticides insurance krone kws legumes maize mapping milk nitrogen nutrition organic peas pig potash potato pre-em roots roundup rust rye ryegrass sandy seed sheep silage slugs slurry soil sampling storm stubble sulphur sustainability thistles tmr urea varieties variety water logging weed control wheat yields
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- Forum: Dairy Farming
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a question for the potato experts
My first lifted rocket have split and cracked . Can anyone explain why -
Is it going to rain again or is this 1976 mark 2??
As the title says!- jerseycowsman
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- accident beans beet break crop buffer carbon cattle cereals continental csfb cultivations dairy diquat direct drilling disease drainage drilling drought environment agency establishment fertiliser fertility first cut flooding fodder forage grain store grassland grazing hail health lambing lexion liability manganese milk nettles nitrogen nozzles osr paddock peas potatoes rain gauge rainfall repairs resilient roots rpa rye sandy sheep silage soil health storm stress stubble telehandler variety water logging wheat winter wheat yielding yields
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- Forum: Weather
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Farm Business Income report highlights a volatile year for farming
Written by Iain Hoey The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released the provisional figures for the 2020/2021 Farm Business Income report, which demonstrate the volatility farmers faced in a year defined by the Covid-19 pandemic. The forecasts for 2020/21, which are...- Farm Business RSS
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Huge Copper Planter/Vat
Stolen Friday Morning from outside 88 year olds farm bungalow a very large Old Copper, about a meter high and meter across. Herts Police crime number 41/21752/21- Chickcatcher
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- Forum: Crime and Security
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Autumn manure banned
I,ve heard down the grapevine that the EA are banning autumn slurry and solid muck applications as AHDB have told them there is no crop justification for applications of N or manur containing N apart from on osr This effectively means all and any livestock manures or digestate cannot be...- l'ordinary bonville
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- accident agronomist agronomy ahdb analysis application baling bedding beet blackgrass boom break crop buffer calcium calf carbon carrots cattle cereals clamp clomazone compaction cover crop cover crops cows csfb cultivating cultivations dairy death deere defra direct drill direct drilling disease drainage drilling drought elms environment agency establishment fertiliser fertility fertilizer first cut flock flooding fodder forage glyphosate grass grass leys grassland groundswell gusto harvesting health healthy soils hse hybrid rye insurance land drain levy liability maintenance maize malting methane microbes microbial minerals nettles nitrification nitrogen nutrition oilseed oilseed rape operator organic organic farming organic matter osr paddock parts pathogen peat peatland pesticide pig pollution potatoes poultry pre-em premium pulses rainfall red tractor regenerative agriculture registration repairs residual roots roundup rpa rye sandy savings second wheat seed seedbeds selling cattle sfi sheep silage slug slurry software soil assessment soil health soil sampling soil test soil testing soil tests soyl spring bean stubble tillage trading transport urea variety water logging water management water quality wheat winter wheat yara yields
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- Forum: Cropping
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State of your crops?
Given the late drilling date and the amount of rain that’s gone on them I’m pleasantly pleased with the state of my crops. I do have two small fields that are below par but most are looking well. How are others looking? Wheat and barley below, no rape this year but locally it looks well.- Jerry
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- 750a accident adexar agronomist agronomy ahdb ally max analysis aphids application avatar baling basf bazooka bedding beet blackgrass boom break crop broadway star brome brown rust buffer bydv cabbage calves carbon carrots cattle cereals charlock cleavers combi compaction cover crop cover crops csfb cultivating cultivations cultivator death dff direct drill direct drilling disease disease resistance docks drainage drilling drills drought electrum elms establishment fat hen fertiliser fertility first cut flail flooding florasulam fodder foliar forage fungicide fungicides fusarium gleam glyphosate grass grass leys grassland groundsel hail hallmark harrow harvesting hatra haulage herbicide horsch hybrid rye insecticide insecticides keenan kverneland kws land drain laureate liberator linseed maize malting manganese market mayweed mower nitrogen oilseed oilseed rape openers operator organic matter osr paddock pcn pdm pgr pickup poppy potash potato potatoes pre em pre-em premium propino rain gauge rainfall ramularia regen ag repairs residual residuals resilient revysol revystar roots rust rye ryegrass sandy sclerotinia second wheat seed seedbeds septoria sheep silage slug slugs slurry soiler sprayer spring bean sprinter storm stress su t0 t1 t2 teb tillage tractor tyres trading triticale umbilical urea vaderstad variable rate varieties variety vibrance vigour water logging weather station weaving weed control weigh cells wheat winter wheat yara yellow rust yielding yields zypar
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- Forum: Cropping
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Autumn Wheat drilling
You have blackgrass and sow from Early October onwards and struggle with conditions. Your wheat is pretty clean but will probably not achieve full yield. Your so called expert associate thinks you should start drilling in early to mid September and get drilled up in good conditions to hit higher... -
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To dual or not to dual
Is it better to squash down half the width 2” or twice the width 1”. It’s pretty wet so anything run on will suffer. The eradicators will dig out my wheelings to some extent. Also they are big heavy barstewards that are an utter pain to get on and off, and often seem to be at the back of the...- DrWazzock
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- agribib avatar axiobib boom bridgestone compaction deere drilling dual wheels establishment grassland harrow harvesting magnum maize mchale michelin nfu operator peat peatland potato rowcrop rye sandy scour sprayer tractor tyres transport tyre pressure velcourt water logging xeobib yields
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- Forum: Machinery