Twice.
All things Dairy
- Thread starter Cows 'n grass
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Spudley
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Just to be different - once during the main season, twice if its wet or if we've premowed.
Twice
Twice here, I move the fence while the cows walk up the track.
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Twice, but often two paddocks as well. Far off in the day and closer to home at night. Most of the platform requires a road crossing. Bliss this week. Cows are next to the buildings at night, so can go straight out to graze from the parlour
You wouldn’t say that when an errant cow or two take a walk over your clamp, no problem for a net.
cattow
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- Location
- Leicestershire J11 M42
Glad I’m not the only one with this problem
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Far from it
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Keeping the maize man going
Before anyone else comments I'm sure the soil is badly prepped and yes I was a dirty, naughty, disgusting farmer and sprayed it first too
Yes I know its late but better late than never and there's f**k all I can do about it now so atleast jts in the ground
I've been assured by the man drilling it that the maize will be fine
Before anyone else comments I'm sure the soil is badly prepped and yes I was a dirty, naughty, disgusting farmer and sprayed it first too
Yes I know its late but better late than never and there's f**k all I can do about it now so atleast jts in the ground
I've been assured by the man drilling it that the maize will be fine
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Looks fine.Keeping the maize man going
Before anyone else comments I'm sure the soil is badly prepped and yes I was a dirty, naughty, disgusting farmer and sprayed it first too
Yes I know its late but better late than never and there's f**k all I can do about it now so atleast jts in the ground
I've been assured by the man drilling it that the maize will be fine
Keeping the maize man going
Before anyone else comments I'm sure the soil is badly prepped and yes I was a dirty, naughty, disgusting farmer and sprayed it first too
Yes I know its late but better late than never and there's f**k all I can do about it now so atleast jts in the ground
I've been assured by the man drilling it that the maize will be fine
Keeping him going with what - more seed or fish and chips?
Keeping the maize man going
Before anyone else comments I'm sure the soil is badly prepped and yes I was a dirty, naughty, disgusting farmer and sprayed it first too
Yes I know its late but better late than never and there's f**k all I can do about it now so atleast jts in the ground
I've been assured by the man drilling it that the maize will be fine
My neighbour has more to put in yet and talking to my contractor it's not unusual for them to drill it in June after potatoes.
- Location
- somerset
pretty certain if the right soil/conditions, no problem, just gets going and doesn't stop, ours went in on tuesday, min-til. Next year, trying strip-til.Keeping the maize man going
Before anyone else comments I'm sure the soil is badly prepped and yes I was a dirty, naughty, disgusting farmer and sprayed it first too
Yes I know its late but better late than never and there's f**k all I can do about it now so atleast jts in the ground
I've been assured by the man drilling it that the maize will be fineorganic boys leave it till june, to get a stale seed bed..
that ground looks fine, drilled ours 8jun last year, behind rye/vetch, came of 18 ton
this years went in tuesday.
our old pauls agrominist fine til mid june, not sure about that,
If its into pasture you'd be mad not to spray IME.
Allows me to min till maize in and avoid the plough.
- Location
- somerset
might have to get used to it, if they ban r-up.
grass ground was sprayed, but the w/wold seemed to grow away from it, should have upped the rate, although now in, doesn't show.
The people who will benefit most from a Glypho ban will be the refineries and plough manufacturers...
- Location
- somerset
when r-up came into farming, it was like 'magic', the first we bought was £72. a gallon/5litres we got the rate down to 3/4 pint/ac, mixed with fairy liquid, as a wetter.
How things have altered, its vastly cheaper, more widely used, but l suspect over used, and probably used where not needed, and that is one of the causes, of people wanting to ban it.
But, its been in use for 50 yrs, and many farmers today, will not have experience farming without it, in some fields, you would stop either end, to clear couch from the ploughs, similar to wire wool. There, hopefully, will be something to replace it, be a disaster, if there isn't, within a few years of using it, couch had almost gone, but l bet it would soon creep back. More to the point, it could reduce yield, and increase cost.
But we can only make the best of whatever befalls. The consumer will pay the price. I often wonder, what the climate change lobby, actually realise what the outcome of their rants/claims, will happen. For certain, a lot of 'their must do', will cause starvation, in those countries, we will have to import food from, because we will be unable to produce so much, ag product will be more expensive. Climate change, will/or might not, occur, and for certain, we should all farm, more 'sensibly', but by banning things here, those will be replaced, by imports, and many of those import's, will be produced without any climate reality, rather the opposite, desertification, deforestation etc. But to those zealots, out of sight, out of mind, how callous can they get.
Intensive, controlled farming, in the UK, has got to be more climate friendly, than uncontrolled rape of soils abroad, there, those zealots wouldn't be allowed/listened to, in many of those countries.
pine_guy
Member
- Location
- North Cumbria
Bit of grass on. 5.5 hours with a box and very handy lead and we’ve only scooped up about 15 acre 
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Fish and chips, I'm not that mean that I force him to eat the maize seed!