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  1. CPM RSS

    Applied innovation: A spoonful of sugar

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF With soil organic matter levels reaching an all time low in some areas, utilising the benefits of molasses could help growers to start to rebuild these vital stocks. CPM finds out more. By Charlotte Cunningham It’s often said that a...
  2. Banana Bar

    Malting barley shortage

    Quickly approaching the end of optimal timing for spring barley planting. Although the planned area will be substantially higher than normal how much will now get drilled vs a catch crop and what does get drilled will surely be at risk of being poor quality. Another 8mm today FFS! BB
  3. Agriland RSS

    Tillage: Potash remains key nutrient for potato crops

    Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Potash is a key nutrient for potato crops, impacting on the yield and quality of tubers, as well as the general health of individual plants. It is involved in regulating the amount of water in the plant, because in the absence of sufficient...
  4. daveydiesel1

    What would this blend cost roughly

    650 kg maize 250 kg megalac 100kg dairy minerals
  5. T

    Tow and Fert

    Hey, just a question for Tow and Fert users. Are they worth it?
  6. P

    Fertilizing winter cereal

    Whats everyone elses position. The wheats looking really hungry now and its so wet wondering whether just go and make a mess or be patient?! Must be loosing yield surely.
  7. A

    Up Horn/Down Corn

    A biggish fat lamb (50kg?) is worth £160. (the same as a ton of barley) A small fat beast (500kg) is worth £1600. (the same as 10 tons of barley). Has the value of finished stock compared to the price of grain ever been a high during the last 10,000 years?
  8. carbonfibre farmer

    Beet 2024

    Being as its the first of March. I'm sure British Sugar would like us to start drilling.....! Anyone started yet. (We haven't lifted last year's yet🤐) I know @Breckland Boy likes an early beet thread 😉😄
  9. FarmyStu

    New John Deere RX

    So who will be the 1st in the UK to buy one of these? 830hp (boosting to 913hp) and a ballasted weight of 38 tonnes. There'll be some here in Lincs no doubt. I suspect the bigger announcement by Deere yesterday though was the autonomous tractor capability being built into many of their new...
  10. Agriland RSS

    Focus on silage quality for better milk margins – dairy expert

    Written by Brian McDonnell from Agriland Harvesting high quality silage is vital for farms that will be milking cows in the shed next winter, and now is the time to place a focus on this. The quality of silage or forage can have a significant impact on the cost of production during the housed...
  11. S

    SFI Options and Grassweeds

    What are people's thoughts on how they will manage Blackgrass and or Rye Grass in options like Wild Bird Food or Legume fallows? I've been reading through the SFI handbook and have found some options that would be a good fit for us, but I'm nervous of planting something that becomes swamped by...
  12. Syngenta UK

    Readjust management for backward wheat crops in 2024

    Arable farmers facing late-drilled and stunted winter wheat crops after the waterlogged start to the season may need to readjust certain aspects of how these are managed compared with crops in a more normal season, says Syngenta UK head of technical, David King, including cereal disease...
  13. crazy_bull

    Glyphosate ban on European milling oats

    Something to watch! Looks like glyphosate is being banned as a desiccant for milling oats in Europe, not here at the moment but I suspect it might happen. Is there anything left in the arsenal to desiccate uneven crops? C B
  14. D

    Reduction in Combinable Crops Output as a Result of SFI

    One for combinable crop growers.
  15. waterbuffalofarmer

    buffalo herd reduction

    hi I am reducing my herd of water buffalo and have available as follows milking cows heifers bulling cows/heifers young bull bull and heifer calves cull cows good temperaments, good yielders, parlour trained, good conformations contact for more info thanks
  16. Mythoughts

    Food security is a silly argument…

    Perception and perspective are very different things. Generally individuals and old farmers see food security as an existential threat eg if we had a major war (see WW2) and we struggle to have enough food in the UK. Retailers and governments see food security along the lines of “are the supply...
  17. D

    SFI from a dairy perspective

    Feel like i need to make a decision on what to do with this SFI. What are your plans? There are quite generous payments on offer. I have heard of several local farmers putting everything into SAM3, £360ish/Ha, buying some seed and throwing it around and thinking it's easy money. Even the...
  18. paul&mandy

    Sad looking farms

    As I finish off hedging for customers I found myself getting really depressed looking at all this cs and sfi sh!t. Once fields I mowed and baled in some fallow weeds. Fields I fert spread the arable on either fallow stubble or bird seed. The whole lot looks unloved. Then onto hedges. Got most...
  19. Clive

    Capital grants - Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2024

    So to get our heads around how useful this support offered by Rishi yesterday, who plans to take advantage of the FETF capital grants this year ...
  20. Agriland RSS

    Ukrainian farmers invest in dairy on land unaffected by war

    Written by Rubina Freiberg from Agriland Ukrainian farmers are investing in the dairy sector on land that has not been occupied by Russia, the president of the Association of Milk Producers of Ukraine, Andriy Dykun has said. There are thousands of dairy cows in Ukraine which cannot be exported...
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