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Worth a punt? or fallow it?

Pan mixer

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Mixed Farmer
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Near Colchester
Ouch. With that kind of population you are likely to have a fair bit growing in your silage. As long as you mow it before it flowers you'll be fine. An intensive ley like Westerwolds is just what blackgrass doesn't like. How long will the ley be in for?
Westerwold would only be for a year but I would be drilling it with a longer term grass mix in the autumn for 3 or 4 years probably, that flush in the above photo is only the tip of the iceberg after 30 years of wheat.
 

Pan mixer

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Near Colchester
Got on with the plan today.

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How is your SFI 24 application progressing?

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Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024 -26th Sept

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On Thursday 26th September, we’re holding a webinar for farmers to go through the guidance, actions and detail for the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer. This was planned for end of May, but had to be delayed due to the general election. We apologise about that.

Farming and Countryside Programme Director, Janet Hughes will be joined by policy leads working on SFI, and colleagues from the Rural Payment Agency and Catchment Sensitive Farming.

This webinar will be...
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