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[Steevo]

A fair quantity of my basic chem - stomp, CCC - comes from agrii.

Mine does via the buying group in special terms, but I totally agree with @neilo ’s sentiment. If you are a direct customer, they know how to extract the money. Boogie Xpro being a perfect example of less for more.

 

[Phil P]

A fair quantity of my basic chem - stomp, CCC - comes from agrii.

To be fair I had some pretty good deals on chem from the last year 19/20 but this year 20/21 they’ve been miles away on probably 80% of their prices!

 

[Bossfarmer]

Jittery bottom time so sounded out local supplier on N prices. They quoted £345 for 38N 19S,
£299 Nitram, £295 Pulan (all full load).

TSP is apparently £470 now, so glad spreaders are flinging some Fibrophos about today!

ive never bought tsp in my life, a bit of compound down the spout at drilling and some muck ploughed in should suffice?

 

[An Gof]

ive never bought tsp in my life, a bit of compound down the spout at drilling and some muck ploughed in should suffice?

Precision farming

 

[Farma Parma]

ive never bought tsp in my life, a bit of compound down the spout at drilling and some muck ploughed in should suffice?

Please tell me you have done soil tests tho? so only apply what the parcels of land need in every field
thats the modern way now, efficiency so i keep hearing
No Animals or Grass in my Arable Rotation
i do however bring in cattle muck.
No Bagged P&K gets applied the land that year

 

[thorpe]

i could get plenty of muck back for straw its just the grass seed i worry about.

 

[Mounty]

Please tell me you have done soil tests tho? so only apply what the parcels of land need in every field
thats the modern way now, efficiency so i keep hearing
No Animals or Grass in my Arable Rotation
i do however bring in cattle muck.
No Bagged P&K gets applied the land that year

Legal requirement to test all arable fields every 4-5 years now.

 

[neilo]

Legal requirement to test all arable fields every 4-5 years now.

I've not seen that, not that it wouldn't be sensible anyway. Is it an English/DEFRA thing, or an NVZ thing?

 

[Farma Parma]

I've not seen that, not that it wouldn't be sensible anyway. Is it an English/DEFRA thing, or an NVZ thing?

Tech all part of Grain Assurance ie Red Tractor!

 

[neilo]

Tech all part of Grain Assurance ie Red Tractor!

That’s probably why I haven’t seen it then.

It should perhaps be pointed out that that doesn’t make it a ‘legal requirement’, much as RT would like to have that power no doubt.

It is clearly good practice anyway though, of course, RT or not.

 

[Wombat]

I've not seen that, not that it wouldn't be sensible anyway. Is it an English/DEFRA thing, or an NVZ thing?

Soil and water legal thing.... nowt to do with red tractor (although they always ask for soil tests)

Came in in 2019 https://www.adas.uk/News/are-you-aware-of-the-new-legal-requirement-for-soil-testing

 

[Farma Parma]

That’s probably why I haven’t seen it then.

It should perhaps be pointed out that that doesn’t make it a ‘legal requirement’, much as RT would like to have that power no doubt.

It is clearly good practice anyway though, of course, RT or not.

Yeah thats correct but inspector does ask of evidence of soil testing/sampling in last 4 yr etc etc if you cant show paperwork its a non conformance

 

[neilo]

Yeah thats correct but inspector does ask of evidence of soil testing/sampling in last 4 yr etc etc if you cant show paperwork its a non conformance

I would suggest that’s one of their more sensible requirements, not that they would know how many field parcels anyone would have. Showing that you are doing ‘a bit of soil testing’ probably isn’t a bad thing….

 

[Farma Parma]

I would suggest that’s one of their more sensible requirements, not that they would know how many field parcels anyone would have. Showing that you are doing ‘a bit of soil testing’ probably isn’t a bad thing….

even if you did just so many every 4-5years is enuff but its good practice to be doing this anyways

 

[Mounty]

I've not seen that, not that it wouldn't be sensible anyway. Is it an English/DEFRA thing, or an NVZ thing?

Applies to everyone, nothing to do with RT.

Essentially the rules are aimed at keeping fertilisers and manures in your soil, and keeping your soil on your land. Many farmers already comply with most of these rules voluntarily or through cross compliance for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) or Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) rules. However, these rules stand for everyone, with no exceptions, and will bring all farmers up to the same basic standard of good practice, including those that do not receive BPS or are not in an NVZ.

Link HERE

 

[teslacoils]

So, if you own a field and have no schemes, els etc, and are not in an nvz, then you can get a bollocking for not doing a soil test every 5 years? FML that's complete sh!t.

 

[Mounty]

A tenner every 5 years? Yeah, complete sh!t

 

[neilo]

Applies to everyone, nothing to do with RT.

Essentially the rules are aimed at keeping fertilisers and manures in your soil, and keeping your soil on your land. Many farmers already comply with most of these rules voluntarily or through cross compliance for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) or Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) rules. However, these rules stand for everyone, with no exceptions, and will bring all farmers up to the same basic standard of good practice, including those that do not receive BPS or are not in an NVZ.

Link HERE

Presumably just an English/DEFRA regulation, enforced by your EA. But as above, it’s clearly sensible for everyone to know what they’re working with anyway.

 

[Farma Parma]

Non Compliance for us Arable lads is a big no no tho cant sell Grain into most places without being assured now.

 

[Farma Parma]

So, if you own a field and have no schemes, els etc, and are not in an nvz, then you can get a bollocking for not doing a soil test every 5 years? FML that's complete sh!t.

Just realized am in all of the above & pretty much have too do as iam told or else