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Forward-thinking farmers: Generating better variety intelligence
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Large-scale on-farm testing of oilseed rape varieties is providing the best possible crop resilience intelligence for growers across the country. CPM reports on the programme behind the trials. By Rob Jones With oilseed rape in...- CPM RSS
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Which is better? Organic or Regenerative produced food?
So, things have changed a little, organic is the old school, flat cap wearing, tweed kinda feel. Regenerative is the new kid on the block, rather edgy, slick style but promising a down to earth feel. So in the marketing eyes of the British Retail Consortium who are they going to run with? Who...- Yale
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Grass weeds
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...- Clive
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- Forum: Cropping
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Grain needs to be dearer
Whats these prices like seems dear to me- Gedd
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Groundswell a bit pricey?
Got the email saying Groundswell tickets are on sale. Been to it since the start, but £250 for 2 days entry and camping is a bit on the steep side. Much though I love going probably going to give it a miss this year.- Barleycorn
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- analysis application beef broadleaved weeds camping carbon cattle cereals children combi cover crop direct drilling drilling drills establishment family fendt fire flock fuel gas gate glyphosate grass grazing green farm collective groundswell harvesting health herbal horticulture learning lick maize management market markets methane natural capital paddock plough ploughing pollution rainfall reseed roots security seed sfi sheep soil health solar sprayer testing transport trinity varieties variety wheat
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Who's bottled it ?
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...- whindy
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- ahl1 aphids application avatar bazooka beans beet blackgrass break crop break crops brome brother bydv calves calving carbon cattle cereals claydon combi combo compaction coulter coulters cover crop cover crops cows cranesbill cultivate cultivating cultivation cultivations cultivator defra diesel direct drill direct drilling disc disease drainage drift drilling drills drought earthworms elms environmental establishment fertiliser fertility finance flooding forecast front linkage fuel gas glyphosate gps grass grass leys grass weed groundswell harrow harvest health herbicide horsch insecticide insecticides insurance lambing learning legumes liquid fertiliser malting management market milk mounted nitrogen nutrition oats organic organic matter osr parts peat pesticides plough ploughing pollinator potash potatoes poultry pre-em prilled rainfall regenerative agriculture resilient roundup rtk rye sandy savings second wheat seed seedling sfi sheep slugs soil health spring beans sprinter stubble sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive take-all tillage topdown urea vaderstad varieties variety water management weather weaving wheat winter wheat yielding yields
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So this is Labours idea? Do we like it? Or not?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/25/britain-natural-landscape-tories-labour-sewage-pollution-waterways-extinction This is the first time we have heard this view.. I was always a Tory but now things have changed.. I dont do Politics but maybe this thread with reference to SFI...- Huno
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Maize 24
Frost on the ground in parts this morning and we have 45 acres of maize going in today. I'll let you know in a fortnight wether it was the right call. Hope to get a photo up later.- frederick
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- application beans beef carbon cereals combi continental cover crop cover crops cultivate cultivating deere direct drilling docks drilling drills fluroxypyr forage forecast grass harrow harvest maize milking nitrogen nutrients oats parts peat plough ploughing position roots rtk rye seed sheep silage slug slurry soiler umbilical utv weather weed control wheat winter wheat
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- Forum: Dairy Farming
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Return of the milkmaids
Just thought I would share a picture of wild meadow flowers cheers me up. We used to spread bagged nitrogen on the farm until 20 years ago and had no wild flowers in meadows I remember my dad saying how when he was young the meadows were full of flowers. Now I know what he meant . Over 20...- already dissallusioned
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Direct Driller at Cereals 2024
Direct Driller Magazine will be hosting their very own event at Cereals on 11 & 12 June 2024. Tickets to the show include entry to Cereals Event, Direct Driller conferences, extra hospitality overlooking drill arena demonstrations with big farming brands and VIP extras, including easy access...- Direct Driller Magazine
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Soil Structure Recovery
It’s been a hell of a wet time. We have some seriously slumped soils. What are people planning to do to alleviate the damage? Leave it to natural processes? Deep rooted cover crop? Deeper loosening tine? Plough? A lot will depend on the weather this summer but just wondered what general...- DrWazzock
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- beans cattle cereals cover crop cultivation cultivations direct drill direct drilling disc drainage drilling drought glyphosate grass grass weed harvest herbal maize management oats osr plough ploughing repair roots rye seed sfi sheep slurry weather wheat winter wheat yields
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Real Results Roundtable: Discussing disease
Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Achieving resilient disease control relies on many independent factors coming together under the stewardship of growers and agronomists. In the first of BASF’s Real Results Roundtables, CPM hosts an open discussion to understand the...- CPM RSS
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when can I plough out herbal ley?
wanting to claim on existing herbal leys hoping 1/may start date but some of them are to plough out sept 23 some sept 24, can I claim the the herbal payment in the same scheme year that I am ploughing them out? they'll still be down for 4/5 months of the scheme year where as if I was...- dannewhouse
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- cover crop direct drilling drilling grass grazing herbal herbal ley igl2 insecticide plough ploughing seed seeding sfi wheat winter wheat
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- Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
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Claydon sr drill
I have just bought a claydon sr drill....rightly or wrongly...to trial some direct drilling on easy moving land. My question is do you have to carry the leading tines on the lift arms for depth control and only the seed coulters run on depth wheels -
SFI 24 no till payment
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...- Badshot
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- agronomist ahl1 ahl2 application avatar beans biodiversity break crop carbon cereals claydon co2 combi compaction cover crop cover crops cultivate cultivating cultivation cultivations cultivator defra diesel direct drill direct drilling disc distilling drilling drills drought elms establishment fertilizer financial fuel grass groundswell harvest health insecticide insecticides ipm3 ipm4 learning malting management market mzuri online organic osr parts performance pesticides plough ploughing potatoes roots rpa sam2 seed seeding sfi software spring beans sprinter storage stubble sustainable farming tillage trading transport variable rate weather wheat yields
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Summer Kale
Trying to cheer myself up with thoughts of cows grazing a forage crop in the sunshine. Which varieties are recommended? What is expected DM yield per hectare? Want to graze from first few weeks of July so was thinking to put in late April/early May. Thinking full cultivation to put in as I...- DairyNerd
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NFU claiming credit for 25% SFI cap
Received an email today from NFU welcoming SFI cap and was a result of their lobbying. Can you believe it. !!- Mad Farmer
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- ahdb ahl1 application beans bedding beef beet break crops brome cattle cereals compaction coulters cover crop cover crops dairy defra development diesel direct drill direct drilling disease drainage drilling drought electricity elms environmental establishment family fertiliser fertility finance financial first cut flail forage fuel fungicide glyphosate grass grass weed grassland grassweeds harvest health herbal herbal ley insecticide ipm2 ipm3 ipm4 landowner landowners legumes levy maintenance maize management market markets methane milk mounted mower num3 oilseed oilseed rape omnia osr parasites peas pesticide position red tractor repair roots sam2 sam3 security seed seeding sfi sheep silage soil health solar soyl stress sustainability sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive telehandler tillage transport urea variable rate weather wheat winter wheat yields
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What should the replacement for SFI look like?
SFI unravelling as the policy makers realise food might be in short supply and as of yesterday (25th March) not taking land out of food production is suddenly important to the government. Is it important to the population as a whole to have home grown food production subsidised? What should SFI...- topground
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- application beans bedding beef break crops calves carbon carrots cereals dairy defra diesel direct drilling drilling drought elms environmental ewes fertiliser flooding forage forecast fungicides glyphosate grass grassland grazing harvest hedge herbal herbal ley lambing lambs land agents landowner landowners maintenance maize management market milk organic osr pesticide pesticides plough position potatoes poultry premium pulses roots rpa sam2 security seed sfi sheep silage soya spring bean stress sustainable farming technology weather wheat yields
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SFI - What % have or where you going to taking out of production?
Going off the back of the recent news from Defra and reading the current thread about it it would be interesting to see exactly how much land people where actually considering taking out of production. Thers a lot complaining about not being able to enter more than 25% into the 6 options that...- Phil P
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- agronomist ahl1 ahl2 ahl3 application beans beef beet break crop break crops buffer calving cattle cereals corteva cpd defra direct drill direct drilling dressing drilling environmental establishment fertiliser grass grassland grazing harrow harvest health hedge herbal herbal ley igl1 igl2 insecticide insecticides ipm ipm1 ipm2 ipm4 lambing legumes levy maize malting management market milk num1 num2 num3 oats osr pesticide ploughing pollinator potatoes rpa ryegrass sam3 second wheat security seed sfi sheep silage soil health soil sampling soil test soil testing soil tests solar stress urea varieties weather wheat
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New limits to SFI.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-ensures-food-production-remains-primary-purpose-of-farming- Yale
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