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Written by Daisy Bury from CPM Magazine Download PDF Can sugar beet growers successfully use reduced cultivations to reap the cost saving benefits and improve sustainability credentials? CPM learns about a trial comparing different approaches. By Mike Abram In most crops, reducing...

Is the Livestock sector, especially sheep and beef at a significant crossroads? The present long overdue higher prices for sheep may not mean that there will be an increase in production. Statistically there will be a significantly lower lamb crop this year, so it is likely that prices will...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed that winter wheat crops are in a very poor state across England, Scotland and Wales. Courtesy of its most recent crop update, the organisation pointed out that, nationally, the...

Put in 5 acres forage rape, plough, rolled, combi drill. Not a big job to roll it but is it worth it?

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Grass experts at Barenbrug are urging growers to “go softly” with their first cuts, after the wettest 18 months ever recorded in England. Barenbrug’s agricultural manager, Janet Montgomery, said that while grass is “amazingly resilient”, it is...

worst I've seen here for years, reckon the rain made autumn sprays short lived and broadway star seems to have done very little this spring Rye grass and not blackgrass thankfully, but 2024 is certainly not a year where its easy to take a lot of pride in a farm Is it just me or are others...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Crop establishment has been a challenge over the past few months and with the difficult conditions, has come a new appreciation of the plough, as farmers fall back on this well-proven implement to get crops planted. The debate as to whether it actually...

Hi, Been struggeling a little with my crop establishment since i started my farming journey 3 years ago - quite a newbie so be nice :D Only doing cereals for now, so crop rotation is wheat, oats and barley. Tillage is done with a Carrier, and drilling with a Rapid. pH is from 5.9 -> 6.5 on all...

How many dd guys have gone cultivating? Out next door neighbours practices a full range of cultivating and has 95% crop cover after a hard winter we dd a majority of ours and a currently re drilling 50% .cultivating a fair bit as the top is solid from rain. Any one else feal like abandoning...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland BKT has just unveiled its latest tyre aimed at the agricultural equipment market, which it has dubbed the ‘Powertrailer SR 331’. When it comes to tyre choice for tankers, the emphasis has usually been on field performance and the avoidance of soil...

My Cvx 230 is my ploughing/Trio tractor and after just 2700hrs the Michelin Mach bibs are down to 20% mainly because in life before me it dragged a 21t digger around at 35psi. Anyways 650/75 r38 Michelin £3900 Vredstein £2700 BKT £1375 Front 600/65 r38 have similar pricing. Am I going to be...

How much percentage increase in horsepower do bring adding turbo charges on no turbo Case IH 5130 ? I am new member give me push thank you in advance.

Hi all, this year I've decided no more fert.....for now. Got fed up with fert and spray market profiteering and making sure even if we got a huge lift in price for any produce we were only allowed to make the same money as they'd take it all back the next season. Didn't help not having the space...

This is the first year we are having a field of Maize on our farm to sell the standing crop. The only machine we don’t have is a shakerator (or similar) and I always see maize people shakerate the field before or after ploughing… is this necessary? The field is light and has been in an...

FiPL spotlight: the Central Dartmoor Farm Cluster Written by Mark Ward Dartmoor is a distinctive landscape. Open, windswept moorland sheltered woodland valleys, enclosed farmland, varied geology and unrivalled opportunities for recreation are just a few reasons why it was designated as a...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF The right cover crop mix can help improve nutrient management and provide an environmentally-friendly alternative to chemical pest control. CPM speaks to two growers who are making the most of Severn Trent’s funding scheme. By Rob Jones...

Hello, You might roll your eyes at me here…! Two tractors, one with 16.9/34, the other with 16.9/38’s I’m mucking around with the idea of dual wheels, and never more so than in this weather… I’ve been doing some measurements… 16.9/38… adding dual wheels will make the tractor over 3m wide...

Just wondering if there's any further information out yet as to what constitutes no till in the eyes of SFI? Is it a dts/mzuri/claydon direct into stubble? Or is it going to be lower disturbance tine or disc? Supposedly a claydon grain and fert meets the grant spec with the leading tine applying...

I've taken on a few fields and want to subsoil due to past management decisions. I don't do any currently except where I've made a mess with a 16000 L tanker, and using the shaky legs is just to disruptive to the surface and structure. I'd like a leg that is much gentler in it's approach...

Received an email today from NFU welcoming SFI cap and was a result of their lobbying. Can you believe it. !!