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G'day everyone! I am from Australia and we have had a horrifically wet start to our cropping season I have been unable to plant 300ha or there about of my annual program. I am now looking to grow something in the early spring instead on those unspent hectares. Sunflowers seem like a good one to...

Simple question really, do you plan to grow more, less or the same area of this risky crop ? If less why ? price, csfb, slugs or other reason

What do you think the price will be for next year. Following at 48% increase for this harvest how big a drop are we expecting.

Hi, Picture from my spring wheat field drilled 10th of May. Had 2-3 mm of rain since then, so its very dry. I adjusted the depth of fert this year, and suspect it might have been a little bit too shallow, and as the ground is drying out and the roots seeking down they cant really get much...

Anyone read this? https://repository.rothamsted.ac.uk/download/15dbd549fa74257fc63569c61505830ccbe260ae4d5286937e77448f5e99f8c0/1517909/Poulton%20et%20al%20SUM%202022%20WLA%20yields.pdf Graph on p8 shows first wheat after 3 yr clover ley at 7T/Ha from 50kgN/Ha. We are considering sowing a 2...

USDA-ARS researchers found that corn plants grown in a four-year rotation following field peas have an increased plant height of 78 inches (200 cm) at 105 days after planting compared to 59 inches (150 cm) for corn grown in a two-year rotation following soybeans, leading to increased yields in...

Obviously I’d like to get them in at the end of July after some winter barley but the most suited field is in with spring barley which might not come off till third week of august, is that too late for a good crop of stubble turnips and would fodder rape do better then?

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Hi all the tips of my spring barley are turning yellow any ideas and how can I fix it

Hi, I have a field planted with spring barley at the start of May and intend on putting it in the pit when suitably ripe along with grass silage. What's the minimum spray plan needed to not effect the crop negatively? It will be cut with a chopper without a cracker so will be took earlyish.

Financial hit. Or taking poison fields of blackgrass to harvest.

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) advisors are confirming that the wet weather during much of March and April has made crop protection challenging. As a consequence, crops are under pressure, providing ideal conditions for...

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Download PDF From an Instagrammers’ paradise to commercial bird seed production, sunflowers have the potential to offer something for all. CPM speaks to growers who are making it happen for very different purposes. By Janine Adamson Helianthus annuus – the common sunflower. For many, the very...

None of the apps are showing any rain for the next fortnight, I’m already worried!

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Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF From an Instagrammers’ paradise to commercial bird seed production, sunflowers have the potential to offer something for all. CPM speaks to growers who are making it happen for very different purposes. By Janine Adamson Helianthus...