weed control

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...

33% of winter wheat in usa is apparently not worth harvesting. Worst since 1917

Our ground has a high clover content, but think it could do with an extra boost about now. What fertiliser should I be putting on to avoid doing too much harm to the clover but still getting a boost of grass growth. It’s only for sheep grazing. Upland/ hill farm

What can I say , I’ve probably ruined the shite lambing thread , with my rambling on about what to do etc so inspired by @Aspiring Peasants I thought yes that’s a good idea , a thread to share your aches and pains, your trials and hopefully your wins. As we get older things can become more...

We've had most of 5.5 ha of spring wheat eaten by leatherjackets, after 4/5 yr grass and clover leys and are going to plant a summer forage crop before re-establishing GS4-type herbal leys again. We realise this is risky if we can't reduce the leatherjacket population. The spring wheat was...

I stuck a few haof linseed in 10 days ago, if only to convince myself that I shouldn't grow more of it. Its on land that hasn't grown linseed in as long as anyone can remember. Just coming through now and getting absolutely smashed by flax flea beetle. Where do they come from, what are they...

Started drilling today and seems about right as it’s not been overly warm

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Any notions that organic farmers are somewhat detached from the mainstream and place idealism above sound business sense are soon dispelled when visiting the farm of Jac and Cornelis Eck of the Netherlands. The father and son duo have been running their...

Any disadvantages to Topik for a straight wild oats job, as opposed to Axial? Seems half the price and less hard on the crop, but would welcome views. Thanks

Anyone else seeing a big grass weed explosion with this wet weather? So depressing rampant ryegrass and blackgrass in fields that looked clean post Christmas.

This excerpt is from André Leu’s book Growing Life: Regenerating Farming and Ranching, and is reprinted with permission from the publisher. A neighbor once asked me, “When are you going to spray out all your weeds?” I replied, “Never, because we do not have any weeds. They are all cover crops...

Has anyone had good or bad success with stitching new grass seed into an existing high input/output silage sward? We have a block of land in its 5th year ley, fairly open sward with no thatch due to the hybrid/perennial ryegrass mix but it has thinned a bit and we want to rejuvenate it. It's...

Im sure alot of people have seen the phenomenon when spraying, you kill weeds them more grow next year etc, ive seen it a bunch but never understood why, im guessing now its becuase them chemical kills the microbes and the only thing that will grow is weeds? Ive sprayed gras out on drains with...

Download PDF Sequestering carbon and reduced CO2 emissions are broader societal benefits of min- and no-till practices already adopted by many arable farms for cost and soil structure reasons. CPM attends a ‘regenerative agriculture day’ in Sussex to learn how to turn these benefits into income...

We’ve never really seen it before but what started as a small patch on an environmental strip has now swamped 4 acres of crap OSR. It’s a carpet of small yellow flowers atop a small dark green plant that looks like a tomato plant type leaf. I think I will glypho the 4 acres soon as the OSR isn’t...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) crops advisor, Leigh McClean, is recommending that farmers should apply second nitrogen on winter cereals by early stem extension. Crops should also be inspected for recently emerged broadleaf...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Spraying technology continues to advance in an effort to help farmers optimise the use of chemistry. CPM scopes out some of the latest innovations to hit the market and others that are just around the corner. By Melanie Jenkins Although...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Insights into breeding research on a gene edited milling wheat variety and understanding how blackgrass thrives in waterlogged conditions were two of the topics discussed at a recent conference organised by the Association of Applied...

Parting ways with our agronomist and the parent company which is a well known, supposedly well respected and reviewed farming/ management service company. Long story short, lack of agronomist visits, agronomy done on timings rather than in field situation, non existent weed control this season...

This is my first hedge, and it wasn't defra funded, it's basically for screening. I glyphosated a line, planted my native hedging in March, thought there weren't many rabbits about, and they'd soon have plenty of other things to eat. So I economised and ordered no guards. I've now double...