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Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland Agriculture in Northern Ireland can meet its climate change targets while still maintaining current levels of food output. This was one of the key messages communicated by Ulster Bank’s agriculture manager, Cormac McKervey on the second day of...

Seem to be getting a lot of these this year. They tend to land and scraper fairly quickly. What do others do when this happens? As kids we used be taken up in them and dad was given a bottle every time they came.

I've recently been visiting several local farms volunteering my labour for free on evenings and weekends and so far, every response has been a no. Am I missing something? I would have thought farmers would be happy to have an extra pair of hands to help out when needed, especially for free...

Is there less thistles? Has all that wet weather rotted them?🤔

Was drying well , a nice shower to wash fert would have been nice , so we've had an inch since lunchtime , the joys of ag

BFS is hiring a plant operative Billericay Fertiliser Services is looking for a plant operative to make and dispatch the liquid fertilisers we supply to farmers. The successful candidate will fulfill a key role in this long-established, progressive business, and will be working within a small...

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland Sheep farmers are being warned to act now and take preventative measures, as blowfly strike warnings are being sent to farmers in Northern Ireland. The recent week of hot weather will have resulted in an expected increasing strike risk, so preventative...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Oilseed rape breeders continue to be busy behind the scenes exploring genetic traits to help growers overcome the many challenges associated with the crop. CPM looks at some of the latest varietal launches shared at press briefings and...

As title. Our forager costs £30 an acre. By the end of the month we will have completed second cut and so have a foraging cost of £60 and acre where the day before he will be finishing a thick first cut and might be charged out a smidge more than my 30 for twice the grass. Wagons straightforward...

Ploughed an 18 acre field up for reseed would spring barley for whole cropping be to late now ?

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...

Coverage of the Farm to Fork Summit at Downing Street Written by Defra Press Office There has been widespread media coverage following a package of new measures to support farmers unveiled at the Farm to Fork Summit at Downing Street. The news was reported by a number of national...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Potato growers are all too familiar with the threat of late blight and its various genotype guises. In the second of BASF’s Real Results Roundtables, CPM hosts an open discussion to explore where the disease could be heading and how a new...

I am also a child from a rural area in China, and I used to be very poor. I had very little land to cultivate. Our family of four had only 7,175 feet of land. Very little. We farmers were forced to go out to work to barely make ends meet. I would like to know how much arable land you farmers in...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Despite UK cereal cropping reported to be substantially down this season, growers are advised to not hold out for a price hike when it comes to marketing their grain. CPM finds out why. By Janine Adamson As with most things in life...

Ok. Slugs have had a large portion of my legume fallow this spring, despite mixing pellets with the seed, and broadcast on top too. There's plants there, but not thick. Luckily they're larger bushier very obvious plants once they flower. Thinking of drilling some mustard or similar into it in a...

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.

Have a small amount 350 kg ish left over if any one is short south Cheshire

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland A ProCam agronomist has said the key to reliable blight control is to adapt programmes according to weather conditions and using forecasting tools to determine when the threat of blight is at its highest. The agronomy and crop protection business...