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  1. J

    uk going gm

    no thread on this? it could be the biggest elephant the eu could restrict all your ag exports let alone the carry on here in irl with the border
    • jpd
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    • agronomy barley beans beet blackgrass cereals cleavers cultivations disease drought fusilade glyphosate herbicide maize market milk oats operator osr residual seed soya stress varieties weed control wheat yielding yields
    • Replies: 40
    • Forum: Cropping
  2. N

    To cross of go pure?

    Hi everyone. We are new into dairy 18months to be precise farming in Africa. We started with a crossed herd bought from a commercial farm near us (Holstein x Ayrshire). They only cross their lower end of the herd. They have been pretty good we wanted to go the Ayrshire way but not much straws...
    • newtodairy
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    • beef calf calves cows dairy fertility grass holstein market milk milking nutrition peas performance silage soya wheat yielding
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  3. G

    Wheat into orbit

    Up£3.75 today!!!
    • glasshouse
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    • ahdb application avatar barley beans beef beet biofuel blackgrass boom break crop buffer carbon cattle cereals cows death disease disease resistance docks drift drills drought establishment fat hen fendt fertiliser fertility fertilizer finance flooding fungicide fungicides gas gps grass harrow health herbicide hilux insurance legumes maize malting market nitrogen oats operator organic organic matter osr parts peas pesticide pesticides pickup pig potash poultry premium red tractor repairs residual risk mitigation roots rust rye second wheat seed sfi silage soil tests soya spring bean syngenta thistle transport urea varieties variety wheat wild oats yara yielding yields
    • Replies: 480
    • Forum: Cropping
  4. D

    Current market for autumn bulling heifers

    Hi folks, just wondering what the market is currently like for autumn bulling heifers. Been told its pretty flat so considering selling my BFx bullers in the store market. Also been told there is a massive glut of in calf spring calving for sale, although I can’t imagine these would affect...
    • Demolition Man
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    • beef calf calving cattle cows dairy grass grazing holstein market milk silage yielding
    • Replies: 38
    • Forum: Dairy Farming
  5. MX7

    How do you prepare very heavy land ready for a spring crop?

    I have never farmed very heavy clay land ,so just out of interest I was wondering what technique/s you use to set heavy land up in the Autumn so that you can "hopefully" drill it in the spring. It must be very difficult and only come with years of learning the hard way "by trial and...
    • MX7
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    • avatar barley beans beet blackgrass cereals cover crop cover crops direct drill disc drainage drilling establishment fertility grass harrow horsch maize osr peas rainfall renewable energy seed slug slug pellets sprinter vaderstad wheat worms yielding yields
    • Replies: 50
    • Forum: Cropping
  6. B

    is it worth it

    spending 125/a on N fert for second wheat ?
    • Billboy1
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    • agronomist barley cereals disease fungicide fungicides grazing herbicide interest rate liability malting oats rainfall savings second wheat seed sheep urea wheat yielding
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: Cropping
  7. MX7

    Which farming organisations do “DEFRA” liaise with?

    I see Janet Hughes has being interacting with TFF which is great. That said, I am interested to know which farming organisations DEFRA work with,to find out if the schemes DEFRA advisers come up with are actually practical, realistic, and “Financially Viable”. As I fear some of the staff that...
    • MX7
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    • alliance analysis application buffer carbon carrots cattle cereals cover crops defra drilling elms establishment fertiliser gas grass grass leys grassland groundswell health maintenance maize mapping market nitrogen organic pollution potatoes red tractor reseed seed sfi sheep soil health sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive wheat yielding
    • Replies: 98
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  8. Farm Business RSS

    Prime Minister urged to sign Britain up to new global coalition for agricultural productivity growth

    Written by John Swire from Farm Business Amid reports that Boris Johnson is set for on-to-one talks with President Joe Biden in Washington next week to discuss joint action on climate change, a prominent farming MP has written to the Prime Minister urging him to include food and agriculture on...
  9. Clive

    Fert prices vs fallow ?

    So at what price point for N do you fallow your farm ? early bought N which seemed expensive at the time now looks cheap, how about selling it on and taking a year out ?
    • Clive
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    • agronomist application barley bayer beans beef beet break crop calving carbon carrots cattle cereals cows cultivations dairy defra direct drill direct drilling disease docks drilling drought elms environment agency fertiliser fertility first cut fodder forage gas glyphosate grass grass weed grazing harrow haulage health insecticide lambing market methane milk minerals nitrogen organic organic farming peas pesticides pig pollution potatoes poultry premium pulses red tractor regen ag repairs roots rye ryegrass seed sfi sheep silage slurry soil health soya spraying transport tubers urea weed control wheat yielding yields
    • Replies: 239
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  10. Janet Hughes Defra

    LIVE - DEFRA SFI Janet Hughes “ask me anything” 19:00-20:00 20th September (Today)

    Hello, I’m Janet Hughes. I’m the Programme Director for the Future Farming and Countryside Programme in Defra – the programme that’s phasing out the Common Agricultural Policy and introducing new schemes and services for farmers. Today (20 September) between 7pm-8pm, I and some of my...
    • Janet Hughes Defra
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    • accident analysis application barley beef buffer carbon cattle defra direct drill direct drilling drilling elms fertiliser grass grass weed grassland grazing health liability malting market milk organic organic farming pesticide pesticides red tractor rpa seed sequester sfi storm stress sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive variety weed control yielding
    • Replies: 128
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  11. H

    Recent Energy suppliers that have ceased trading

    Hi, Over the last couple of months the following suppliers have gone bust: MoneyPlus Energy - New supplier is British Gas PFP Energy - New supplier is British Gas Hub Energy - New supplier is EON Next Utility Point - TBC Peoples Energy - TBC If you are supplied by one of these...
    • HarryatBalancedEnergy
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    • buying group carbon cattle clamp gas grass grassland greenstar maintenance maize market milk operator potato renewable energy renewal silage storm stress variable rate yielding yields
    • Replies: 86
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  12. Farm Business RSS

    Impressive yields from new varieties despite stop-start harvest

    Written by John Swire from Farm Business Despite catchy August weather that has left many farmers with the usual harvest headaches there have been some notable performances from several new varieties being grown for the first time, including two new winter barley varieties, that have exceeded...
    • Farm Business RSS
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    • ahdb barley beet blackgrass brown rust disease disease resistance distilling drilling establishment fungicide kws maize oilseed oilseed rape premium rhynchosporium rust seed septoria stress t1 t2 varieties variety wheat winter wheat yellow rust yielding yields
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: News and PR
  13. YorkshireTom25

    Thoughts on loosing BPS and replacing with ELMS?

    What are people’s thoughts and what are you doing to get ready for the change
    • YorkshireTom25
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    • ahdb alliance analysis carbon cattle clamp cover crops dairy defra direct drill elms fat hen fertilizer glamping grazing groundswell haulage horticulture hse insurance interest rate maintenance maize market nitrogen operator organic organic matter parts pesticides poultry quad red tractor renewable energy repairs resilient rpa satellite savings sfi sheep slurry spraying storm thistles wheat worms yielding
    • Replies: 240
    • Forum: Tenant Farming, Subsidies, BPS & Legal Issues
  14. happycows

    Farming without bagged Fertiliser

    100 cows on 100 acres Cutting frequently to bales or zero grazing. Regular reseed rotation and import quite a bit of nutrients in feed. Not used any p or k for years just urea and sulphur for first 2/3 of the season going little and often. Gone to all umbilical/dribble bar and just put in a...
    • happycows
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    • agronomist ahdb analysis application barley bateman bedding beef beet boom break crop calcium calf calves carbon cattle cereals chafer cows dairy disc docks dribble bar drought fertiliser fertilizer first cut fluke fodder foliar glyphosate grass grassland grazing harvesting health herbicide joskin lambing legumes loader lungworm lungworms macerator maize market milk milking mounted nitrogen nozzle nozzles nutrition organic organic matter parts pollution quad rainfall reseed roots rye ryegrass savings sclerotinia seed self propelled separator sheep silage slurry soil health sprayer spraying storage sulphate sulphur teejet trailing shoe umbilical urea warranty wheat wormer wormers worming worms yara yielding yields
    • Replies: 304
    • Forum: Dairy Farming
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