I must admit, I would assume there would be a thread about this by now. Sorry if I’ve missed it.
it seems quite serious and totally incompetent by the water company the day they said the water was safe without having the tests .
Last night, the news was saying the contamination came from a...
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I am 20 years old and farm currently have 100 breeding ewes along side our main flock of the. Familys of 500 ewes plus i relief milk everyday. I farm 60 acres of rougher lowland grazing 20 of which is good silage type ground i want to start milking myself whether that be with a...
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I know there is a thread on the cropping section.
but for a mainly grass / livestock / slurry farm how are folks tackling this.
Can you do most yourself & get it signed off by a FACTS qualified bod
Paper system / spread sheet/ computer prog ?
It’s quite noticeable now the extent to which SFI options including over winter cover crops, bird seed mix and pollinator mix require the wholesale obliteration of thousands of acres of ground cover at this time of year followed by redrilling / rotating to another option or spring crop. I can’t...
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Have many found the Yara N Tester to be effective and reliable in what result comes back. Interested to know what growth stages people have perhaps used the tool at etc and other comments about it.
Funding available for nutrient management solutions
Written by Joss Wallace
With good nutrient management, farmers and growers can increase their productivity and protect the environment too.
Nutrient management involves using either organic or manufactured nutrients as efficiently as...
Hi folks,
Got soil test results back today, this was one big block of 25odd acres, I divided it with one permanent fence up the middle, I drained and limed one side and left the other side untouched so far. Only grazing ground but the index levels are gone very bad for the bit I’ve actually put...
How do people judge if it’s weather this thing and hard start to life for them affecting them or underlying issues ? Been white dosed and got cocci dose about 2 weeks ago going by vet advice and the nemo risk forecast
Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland
Farmer Derek Dyer contaminated a private water supply and polluted a stream after a slurry store built from farmyard manure collapsed.
In a case brought by the Environment Agency, Dyer, aged 74, of Crawley Farm, Yarcombe near Honiton, received a community...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
The quality of a company’s product emerging from its factory will depend on several factors, and cost is not always the major item.
What is most important, is the desire to make something that will work as it should, and for a long period of time...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) has issued a crop management update, covering cereals and potatoes.
Crops specialist, Leigh McClean, said: “Frustratingly, spring weather has limited opportunities to get spray and...
Heavy ground is ploughing up badly. Looks alot of work getting into a seedbed.
I reckon I could get a better seedbed with cultivator/disc then power harrowing twice.
Min-till maize a good idea.
Usually would have Subsoiler but I image will only smear it
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
The 2024 spring planting and grass-cutting season is now well underway in the south Antrim area, according to one agricultural contractor.
Darren Russell is part of the Russell Brothers team. The business works out of premises close to the village of...
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