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A fresh look at fodder beet
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Despite popularity among some growers, the true potential of fodder beet is yet to be realised, is the message from an advocate of the crop. Among the many benefits is it’s the highest yielding forage crop, says Pembrokeshire agronomist Lyndon Harris...- CPM RSS
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Silage replacer
Losing 100 acres of silage ground to our landlord, flipping our cow grazing acres and a bit more grazing ground into silage ground, keeping them in 365 tho, what silage replacers could I use? I’m thinking fodder beet, crush it on farm and buy cleaned, 7kgs a day would save roughly 300 ton of...- supercow
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Cross compliance
Am I right in thinking that all cross compliance rules ended on the 1st January this year? And if that were to be true, does that mean that we can do away with the 2 meter margins along hedge rows and the likes now without fear of being fined? Many thanks.- FarmerBruce
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Too late for winter beans?
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Tillage: What’s new on the AHDB recommended lists?
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is currently listing six new malting barley varieties. All are under evaluation by the organisation’s Malting Barley Committee (MBC) – three for brewing only, two for brewing and malt...- Agriland RSS
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AHDB adds 2 new winter barley varieties to recommended lists
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has added two new winter barley varieties to its recommended lists (RL) for 2024/2025. These include LG Capitol and SY Buzzard. Capitol is a two-row feed variety from Limagrain, while Buzzard...- Agriland RSS
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Has 2023 been a good year for you ?
Personally it's been a total sh!t storm , everything from March went tits up , even now it continues to take Might go on the Wassiel in 2 days , burn a few virgins or whatever they do- bobk
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Given the arla news...
This is gonna be controversial so hold onto your knickers I'm after opinions.. Given arlas announcement today of up 2.58ppl shall I order some robots and buy some more pedigrees? what do we think realistically is going to happen to the milk price between April and September? Reason I ask is...- Jdunn55
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- buffer cattle cereals cows dairy drought environmental first cut flooding fodder forage futures genetic grass grazing health legumes maize management market milk milking overdraft platform rainfall reseed residuals resilient ryegrass seed silage slurry soya storage sustainability trading wheat yielding
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SFI for idiots
As a Scot in Scotland how does it all work. Is it competitive? I read about all these £500/ha options going in on up to 50% of some areas, surely its not that simple? On an arable farm what % could you theoretically do under the various options? We don't know what they are going to do up here...- Secret Agronomist
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- agrii agronomist agronomy application break crops cover crop cover crops environmental grass grassland hedge herbal integrated pest management maize management natural capital nroso osr rpa sfi sprayer yielding
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Maximising Output Per Acre is The Way to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Well isn’t it? If you can grow 4t per acre of wheat then isn’t the carbon footprint per ton less by virtue of the fact you’ve spread the fixed part of the carbon cost in growing the crop over more tons. This fact begs the question of what to do with marginal land. It would suggest it should be...- DrWazzock
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Hay
This is a slightly bizarre and definitely pointless thread but putting hay out yesterday for our dry cows and thinking what a fantastic feed it is; no plastic, no effluent, easy as pie to handle and transport, rumen friendly, cows love it. Got me wondering; does anyone know of anyone still...- DairyNerd
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sfi- the return of the barley baron?
With potential £229/Ha on the table for s barley under sfi, are we about to see the return of the barley baron. Been looking at sfi, i guess like many farmers, weigh up all the options, ipm1, sam1,2,3, num 1,2,3 …..hrw…..ahl… so on and so on , a bit of this and a bit of that, and it all starts...- Fish
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Sam3 adding herbal to existing grass
Has anyone done this and what was the best way to establish herbs into an existing ley- willy
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UFAC-UK launches new sustainable dairy feed alternatives
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland UFAC-UK has launched a new generation of sustainable feed alternatives to complement palm-free dairy feed supplementation. The new partial soybean meal replacement for dairy diets aims to improve yields, solids and feed conversion efficiency...- Agriland RSS
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How do you really feel during harvest season?
Calling all farmers. How do you honestly feel mentally and physically during the demands of harvest season?- louiespaddock
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Innovation Insight: Grand slam
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Achieving the highest yielding variety of the year is a bit like topping the music charts of the plant breeding world, but what does it take to do this across four different crops? CPM takes a closer look at this year’s headline varieties...- CPM RSS
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- ahdb disease forage genetic genomic limagrain maize oilseed oilseed rape osr pod shatter rust seed varieties variety wheat yellow rust yielding yields
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Theory to Field: Going beyond gold
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF RB209 has long been the cornerstone of crop nutrition guidance and an upcoming review intends to ensure it stays that way. While celebrating its golden anniversary, CPM investigates what the future might hold. By Janine Adamson Similar...- CPM RSS
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AHDB Recommended List: Ring the changes
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF It’s that time of year again – Christmas is fast approaching and therefore AHDB releases the latest iteration of its Recommended List for cereals and oilseeds. CPM reviews the changes including a BYDV-tolerant six-row hybrid winter barley...- CPM RSS
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Drone technology: Eye in the sky
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Drones may not be new to the industry but they are becoming increasingly sophisticated and are being utilised for more and more operations as the technology improves. CPM investigates By John Swire New aerial assessment techniques being...- CPM RSS
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AHDB: New Recommended Lists of cereals varieties
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has just published the online edition of its Recommended Lists (RL) of cereal and oilseed rape varieties for 2024/2025. They feature shorter lists for most major crops. Specifically included...- Agriland RSS
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