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The Agrarian

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Northern Ireland
Considering May is spring, I think you could call it a fair summer in N Antrim. A summer with extremes - extreme dry, extreme heat, extreme rain, and yet it turned out pretty well for grassland. Ground now in the best shape I've ever seen it leaving August, set up for the back end. What could possibly go wrong? 🤣🙈

What could go wrong is that we happen to be way under average rainfall for the year. We would need to average 150mm/month for the rest of the year to reach annual average on this farm. Hope not. The only bad month we've had was May.

We have had a number of fair seasons in a row now. At least four. Wonder when they will revert to mean (and go below).
 

Wee Willy

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Location
Tyrone
Cows like docks.
 

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Back Row Man

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Location
Co Antrim
Time you read,how to be a good dairy farmer 1988 edition again,need a refresh
Great grass about, n antrim full of 3rd cut bales, looks like cow out at night beyond the equinox, first time in many years
That could be 4th cut in bales even in N Antrim! I know a man who has 5th in the silo, wouldn't surprise me to see a 6th..its only the 7th September, 6 weeks from now mid October. Costa del Mosside😁😁
 
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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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