Flea Beetle 2019

[Adeptandy]

Probably been a waste of diesel, but drilled 40 acre and attempted to patch in another 25 acre today [emoji848]

 

[solo]

I have farmers who have not used insecticides on cereals in Lincolnshire for upto 10 years with no adverse problems, but please be careful of Sycamore trees that seem to harbour high populations of the little buggers!(aphids)

Spindle Berry tree for peach potato aphid harbouring I was taught. Learn something everyday

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

I’ve seen sensor and monitor kit at Fera under development that would alert of such pests before the agronomist even got to the field

10 years from now the few agronomists that are left will be desk based if they still exist at all

How very boring for the Agro & Farmer. Love meeting up with ours for a chat about life and farming. Robot tractors and office based Agro. I’m out at that, you will be fatter in ten years than now kid relying on tech.

 

[Clive]

How very boring for the Agro & Farmer. Love meeting up with ours for a chat about life and farming. Robot tractors and office based Agro. I’m out at that, you will be fatter in ten years than now kid relying on tech.

Sounds like nirvana to me - only highly skilled staff to deal with and perfect, environmentally and financially justifiable decisions

More time for family and leisure which should keep the weight off !

 

[yellow belly]

I’ve seen sensor and monitor kit at Fera under development that would alert of such pests before the agronomist even got to the field

10 years from now the few agronomists that are left will be desk based if they still exist at all

by then there will not be any products left to aply so we wont need an agronomist or the sensor

 

[Clive]

by then there will not be any products left to aply so we wont need an agronomist or the sensor

This is a good thing for us as farmers - I’m not sure why we morn the loss of products that over the last 60 years have done nothing but make us financially worse off ?

I think what product we do still have will be spot applied as well so robots essential

 

[teslacoils]

Roundup will be allowed only for spot or inter row. Entirely political of course. Per acre limits on all actives. Whole farm phosphate limits. Organic manure rates halved. Nvzs will become nitrogen and phosphate vulnerable zones.

And unlike the us there will be no protectionism. Unlike the EU there will be no carrots. It will be the hurty stick method here.

 

[yellow belly]

Roundup will be allowed only for spot or inter row. Entirely political of course. Per acre limits on all actives. Whole farm phosphate limits. Organic manure rates halved. Nvzs will become nitrogen and phosphate vulnerable zones.

And unlike the us there will be no protectionism. Unlike the EU there will be no carrots. It will be the hurty stick method here.

so with a spot sprayer that identifies weeds that are over the whole field it will spray them all
no different to now

 

[Fish]

All my life people have been predicting the future, and in almost every case they have got it wrong.

 

[Hindsight]

This is a good thing for us as farmers - I’m not sure why we morn the loss of products that over the last 60 years have done nothing but make us financially worse off ?

I think what product we do still have will be spot applied as well so robots essential

And your thoughts on domestic situation if government allows import of commodities where those products are allowed?

 

[gone up the hill]

This is a good thing for us as farmers - I’m not sure why we morn the loss of products that over the last 60 years have done nothing but make us financially worse off ?

I think what product we do still have will be spot applied as well so robots essential

So how does that work with the Glypho that you are blanket spraying after drilling?

 

[Renaultman]

And unlike the us there will be no protectionism. Unlike the EU there will be no carrots. It will be the hurty stick method here.
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Sad but very likely true

 

[Clive]

And your thoughts on domestic situation if government allows import of commodities where those products are allowed?

Sure we will cope

Farmers are good at coping

I try not to worry about stuff that hasn’t happened yet


I don’t see food as my primary product in the future - I see the money being in carbon and what food we do produce a by product

I don’t think these products will need to be banned - we will simply be better off if we don’t use them

 

[Zippy768]

So how does that work with the Glypho that you are blanket spraying after drilling?

Sometimes you have to give @Clive credit, even tho it is more fun to do the opposite.
On more than one occasion he has shown on here attempts and trials to live without glyphosate altogether.
You cant ever say he isnt forward thinking tbh

 

[Clive]

So how does that work with the Glypho that you are blanket spraying after drilling?

My no glyphosate beans trial yielded no different to where I used it this year for example - lot to learn yet but my grandfather farmed very profitably without glyphosate so to say it’s not possible is just stupid !

It’s not banned yet however so I’m not loosing sleep

We leave the EU in just a few weeks now as well

 

[Godber]

My no glyphosate beans trial yielded no different to where I used it this year for example - lot to learn yet but my grandfather farmed very profitably without glyphosate so to say it’s not possible is just stupid !

It’s not banned yet however so I’m not loosing sleep

We leave the EU in just a few weeks now as well

My Grandfather had to farm with Couch and Creeping thistle trying to take over the farm. These perennials will return without herbicides. Deep cultivation through out the summer was the answer.

 

[Renaultman]

My Grandfather had to farm with Couch and Creeping thistle trying to take over the farm. These perennials will return without herbicides. Deep cultivation through out the summer was the answer.

but deep would be 6" max?

 

[Clive]

My Grandfather had to farm with Couch and Creeping thistle trying to take over the farm. These perennials will return without herbicides. Deep cultivation through out the summer was the answer.

Bet he made significantly more money per acre than any of us do however

Progress ??

 

[yellow belly]

Bet he made significantly more money per acre than any of us do however

Progress ??

There was a world shortage of food caused by conflict and a couple of decades of no investment in production
Combined with population increase
We always should allow of a bad harvest but after a couple of good harvests world wide every one in power stops worrying about food shortage

 

[shakerator]

Sure we will cope

Farmers are good at coping

I try not to worry about stuff that hasn’t happened yet


I don’t see food as my primary product in the future - I see the money being in carbon and what food we do produce a by product

I don’t think these products will need to be banned - we will simply be better off if we don’t use them

I see that as soon it’s viewed as a byproduct by a critical mass of farmers it’s time to invest in production !