winter wheat

With this extreme weather bursts we get now, its got me thinking what is the right drill for all weather conditions? We have all been led to believe direct drilling or min till is the best for your ground? but what is best for your income? After all this wet all us direct drill boys are now...

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...

Written by Administrator from Farming Monthly National The integration of hydraulics within modern agriculture has revolutionised farming operations, transforming the way farmers work, boosting efficiency, productivity, and precision. Yet, with high volumes of produce to distribute...

Favourable harvest reports and trial results as growers, agronomists and seed specialists sense a winner With only a few weeks to go before the announcement of the new Recommended List (RL), new Group 3 Soft wheat Candidate variety Bamford continues to generate very high levels of interest...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Group 3 soft wheat variety, Bamford, continues to generate interest following a series of industry and on-farm trials. The variety, from independent breeder Elsoms Seeds, is currently the highest yielding of this year’s Recommended List Soft Group 3...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Case IH and Väderstad have joined forces to launch a host of new products aimed at progressing and improving field tasks, including autonomous options and sustainable weeding solutions. CPM attended a press launch in Austria to see...

Hiya, Who has found the cheapest supplier of SFI-compatible legume fallow seed then? That will do a decent job for a full three year period. tia.

Sowed some winter wheat a couple of days ago and I'm just cleaning the last bits of seed out of my box drill this afternoon and found half a dozen of these grubs. I always clean out the box drill with a toothbrush. The seed has been laying in the drill for 2 days, I've never seen this before. Is...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF New urea fertiliser regulations are finally set to be finally implemented in the coming season, but there are still some grey areas that need clarifying. By Mike Abram After a year’s delay the industry’s new stewardship programme...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF How can growers cut greenhouse gas emissions on farm? Agronomist Chris Taylor’s Nuffield scholarship looked at how regenerative farming could help. By Mike Abram Enough carbon footprints have been carried out on arable farms over the...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Blackgrass is a particularly persistent weed of winter wheat. Its success is largely due to widespread, multiple-herbicide resistance. A new study has shown that whether or not blackgrass will be herbicide-resistant depends on more than just what is...

Anyone else normally drilled up by now and not started. Ditches are down and water is getting away but it's sitting on top and drains have been jetted last year etc so they should be fine. It's like it's sat on top but there must be 6 inch of water to plough in more in places West Lancashire...

We are taking on our arable operations ourselves, having been in CFA for 12 years (we are livestock/grass farmers historically). We have 90 ha of cereals, 60 ha of GS4 herbal ley in the arable rotation. We have subsoiler, discs, basic tine drill but not really set up for arable, plus grass...

Hi folks, looking for some advice. Due to a mix up in the co-op the wrong seed ended up being put into the contractors seed drill. We were meant to be putting in Winter Wheat after Winter Oilseed Rape, instead we got some Winter Barley seed. Obviously this makes a total mess of our rotation...

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Winter wheat varieties with a track record of delivering consistent performance over different growing seasons have again yielded well, despite the year’s challenging weather. That’s the message from Syngenta’s Kathryn Hamlen, who says arable crops...

Writing up my spray records from just applying some pre-ems, I looked back to mid 2000's. The amount of chemicals we use now compared to then and how we got by with simple fungicides makes it look like the industry has gone down the pan. A lot of actives have gone and those left we have been...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that the 2023 grain harvest in Great Britain (GB) is coming to an end, from a cereals perspective. Only a few crops of very late spring barley and oats in Scotland and the...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland By Barbara Collins Glastry Farm is a specialised dairy farm which extends to 247ac owned, as well as a further 190ac leased at Kircubbin, on the Ards Peninsula of Co. Down. The farming enterprise is run by Gareth and Liz Taylor, the sixth generation...

As above, anyone else had an email from BTO asking to do a survey on the effectiveness of AB9 Winter Bird food