weed control

To introduce myself: my name is Peter Martens, we operate 1900ac/760Ha of Organic land roughly 400km north west of New York City. Most of our ground is loamy though we have areas of heavy clay made up of weather shale. We have plenty of round rocks but not too many flat rocks. We currently...

I'm very out of touch with spray contractor charges, last time I had some done it was £4/acre imagine far more now. 200 litres per ha pre-ems and post em herbicides what's the going rate.

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine A survey of UK farmers, contractors and agronomists has shown resilience among oilseed rape growers, as risk management strategies continue to evolve. During the survey, which was conducted by Corteva Agriscience, growers indicated a preference for...

Under request from @Bokey I have decided to dedicate a thread to the trials and tribulations on the farm, I shall endeavour to splice the good with the bad. A bit about us, 600 acres all told, 450 cropable, 8 years into organic, mainly arable with a few wooly critters, an impatient old man and...

Thinking about starting drilling wheat next week. This early drilled stuff is going in mainly after early potatoes and some overwintered stubble that has been ploughed and pressed. We have subsoiled and disc & pressed after the potatoes. All seedbeds are really good and the nice bit of rain has...

After this springs exercise with spring barley that was spun on (undressed hss seed ) . We were getting late last week of March so spun on the seed and a very light cultivate in with a wilrich cultivator and rolled in and it had a pre em . If we had waited any longer it would of been mid April...

See the EA and BBC are having another meltdown over some river bank maintenance... Need one every year or so. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-66893750 Dave must be having orgasms... :rolleyes:

Asking for a friend! Is it possible for the owner to claim delapidations when it all goes wrong? Looking at possible negatives to letting land for grazing Grazing let for livestock which never turn up, consequently the land has a fine crop of docks which should have been topped. The licence is...

Has anyone ever autumn established SFI AHL2 after a crop off winter wheat, grown fast seeding crops such as mustard and then gone into a spring barley late March early April? Probably a good reason why it isn’t being done!

Starting a thread with solutions to application please keep it to practical solution there are other threads for rants and complaints

Written by Matt Hopkins from Precision Ag Creative measures involving robotics, lasers, and artificial intelligence (AI) will eventually ease the pain of weed control, many […] The post Laser Weed Control in the Farm Field: Why Growers Need To Give It Time appeared first on Global Ag Tech...

Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF Trials are vital to help overcome the challenges involved with growing a healthy and successful potato crop. CPM learns about some of the latest research from a Hutchinson’s demonstration day. By Rob Jones and Melanie Jenkins Through a...

Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF A stack is no longer viewed as simply which active ingredients are in a programme, it includes cultural control methods too. CPM shares thoughts from grassweed experts. By Rob Jones Choosing herbicides for the autumn programme is an...

Had an interesting conversation today on the option available for grassland where the Farmer does not/cannot farm the grassland any longer, but for IHT reasons wishes the land to be managed properly* with stock and conservation. Got me thinking how this would actually work? Huge number of...

Written by Rachael Harper from CPM Magazine Download PDF A recent survey suggests that understanding modes of action and resistance management is already important to many farmers when it comes to weed control strategies, however, there’s room for improvement. CPM finds out more. By Janine...

5.45 am this morning rec email from defra saying as youve registered your interest you can now start your application. ok thinks me will try . First thing to do will be go get some more ink and a couple of reams of printer paper as will have to download the 40 pages of the new guidance of how...

Put grass seeds in about 3 weeks ago, they are up and away. Sprayed with roundup first, should I be spraying for docks again now or wait until Spring. I can see the little buggers there starting to grow. Our two Spring reseeds were not sprayed at all, tried to be clever, it didn't work, now...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Trial data suggests a short gap between spray off and drilling can leave a green bridge for aphids to survive and spread barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) to emerging crops. The trials, conducted by Bayer, show lower infection rates from a nine-day gap...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A miscanthus farm walk based in east Yorkshire will facilitate discussions on future proofing and Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) payments. Organised by miscanthus specialist Terravesta, the farm walk will be held on east Yorkshire farmer Rob...

Morning Presumably most are still planning on planting wheat in the next month or so. With current prices and profitability what’s everyone’s thoughts on pre em choices and rates ? cheers