yields

Read a snippet in the Farmers Weekly this week that seemed to imply that the new rules regarding urea and the 1st of April were a Red Tractor thing. Is it just for farm assurance or is it a defra thing, and if it`s a defra thing then what can they do if you do spread after the cut off date??

Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine New modelling shows reduced yields of some crops if glyphosate is withdrawn, with alternative approaches to weed control offering mixed outcomes. A ban on the widely used herbicide could lead to an increase in weed abundance and a decrease in the...

As a distraction to the soggy non existent spring drilling programme, I'm looking ahead to the autumn and want to reduce my spring cropping area, currently about 1/3 of the farm thanks to blackgrass. Winter barley for feed isn't really any good for blackgrass control in terms of herbicide...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Agronomist, Richard Owens, has confirmed that continuing wet conditions are hampering cereal growers form getting on with critically important field work. “Some areas were hit that little bit harder with the weather than others. As a rule of thumb...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The latest UK crop update from the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) paints a very downbeat perspective regarding the harvest prospects for 2024/25. The information in the crop update was captured up to Tuesday, March 26, 2024...

Just wondering if there's any further information out yet as to what constitutes no till in the eyes of SFI? Is it a dts/mzuri/claydon direct into stubble? Or is it going to be lower disturbance tine or disc? Supposedly a claydon grain and fert meets the grant spec with the leading tine applying...

With the way things are and no improvement on the horizon ,how long will it be before a huge dealer shuts up shop.they mostly got very large expensive premises and massive stocks of parts and machines but they will be suffering the same as the smaller dealers.seems to be a weekly occurrence of...

Trying to cheer myself up with thoughts of cows grazing a forage crop in the sunshine. Which varieties are recommended? What is expected DM yield per hectare? Want to graze from first few weeks of July so was thinking to put in late April/early May. Thinking full cultivation to put in as I...

Written by Louise Hickey from Agriland A new study shows that cattle with higher heat tolerance have sustainable breeding benefits and offer the potential for improved breeding programmes. The joint study published on March 27, which includes researchers from University College Dublin (UCD)...

Mohamed Mansour has given the Tories £5 million and is to 'coincidentally' receive a knighthood. But I on the other hand have this year helped to supply well over 3 times as much to the public purse, simply by selling feed wheat (fag packet maths ensues, feel free to correct): 1 tonne of wheat...

Another soaking yesterday and not looking like any planting in the next two weeks with 170 acres unplanted which might not get done , how much is left to do , I recon most people around here are 1/2 to 3/4 planted at best.

How late have people gone, and still got a successful crop, obviously so many variables but interested in experiences had....direct drilled into terminated cover crop too.

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops advisors, spring barley seed may be in short supply this year. This is a direct consequence of the widespread poor harvest conditions that characterised last year. According...

Received an email today from NFU welcoming SFI cap and was a result of their lobbying. Can you believe it. !!

With the cut off date looming we have managed to spread most of the urea in store however we have a bit left that was destined for sp crops post emergence .We have a field of sp barley to go in and another of failed/drowned wheat to replace ,some has been ploughed and some cultivated earlier...

SFI unravelling as the policy makers realise food might be in short supply and as of yesterday (25th March) not taking land out of food production is suddenly important to the government. Is it important to the population as a whole to have home grown food production subsidised? What should SFI...

Any issues with feeding this in the parlour? Just going to place my first load and don't want a disaster. Palm kernel is screened Feed rep has warned about possibly not being that appealing to cows (bitter) but doesn't think it should be too bad. Plus I know people on here that feed it almost...

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-ensures-food-production-remains-primary-purpose-of-farming

Anyone managed to grab bits? I grabbed some real light bits but any clay and it’s a wet shitty mess. Not sure when to throw the towel in and go for sfi

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland The scarcity of skilled shearers in today’s market landscape is currently posing challenges in the Australian lamb trade. According to analysis from Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), leaving lambs unshorn can render it difficult to assess their physical...