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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

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...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF With an ever complicated story for potato late blight, optimising tools such as varietal resistance and industry monitoring services could help growers to manage the threat. CPM finds out more. By Mike Abram Varietal resistance to...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF A recent study has discovered a species of the phoma pathogen has become less sensitive to azole chemistry. CPM explores the findings of the research and what implication this could have on disease control. By Melanie Jenkins Depending...

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 Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Zoetis is warning all farmers to take regular faecal egg count tests to help prevent unnecessary losses, as data shows that the risk period changes yearly. The animal health company said results from the 25 monitoring farms in its parasite watch...

So as the title really? I’ve mown 40 acres of first cut started at 1pm finished just now 7pm average crop of real nice young grass, would you row up now and pick up tomorrow or take tomorrow just before chopper?

Not sure if this is the place etc, but you may not be aware of the rare event where six consecutive CMEs (coronal mass ejections) have now left the Sun and are Earth-bound, arriving sometime Sunday. As they approach they could merge to give one big flare that, at least, disturbs some satellites...

Even earlier than last year, but seen a bit knocked down today. Plus there's chatter on last year's thread again 😂.... @Tubbylew @carbonfibre farmer. We are still at least three weeks away from making a start, but there is alot of grass already. Id say even at the end of April there was more...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland 500 workers at the Basildon plant of New Holland are threatening strike action over what they claim is a broken promise by the company to calculate pay increases based on the average rate of inflation. The original deal was struck in late June 2022...

Does anyone think we might just get an early spring this time after a very bad winter? Grass is starting to shoot here in Cumbria, I think maybe earlier than some years, think we might get cows out by 20th may this time, some years can be June/July🤔

I want to tidy up my silage fields , docks thistles ,, what do you recommend chem wise , docks will be the worst ..

Interesting to hear your thoughts! We have some sappy first cut, will be tedding behind mower.

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The forecast net margin for average-performing combinable crops businesses for harvest 2024 has fallen to £80/ha, which is 60% lower than 2023. This is according to Strutt & Parker’s revised 2024 and 2025 arable profitability forecasts, which...

Written by Stella Meehan from Agriland Climate change will cause an increase in extreme winter storms combining strong winds and heavy rainfall over the UK and Ireland, new research has shown. The new study was led by experts at Newcastle University and the UK Met Office and investigated how...

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...

How long post drilling can you get away with rolling? Have a reasonably heavy fen skirt / high mag field, the beet have gone in reasonably into moisture, but the surface is very cloddy (very hard clods) and open. Just got finished drilling as it started to rain, so could not roll them in. Only...

I'd be grateful for the collective view. I've got some reasonably clean dawsum that hasn't seen a sprayer yet: Obviously some lower leaf septoria as normal, but otherwise clean. Agronomist reckons 1.1 of Ascra, plus mag man and ccc etc. I'd be interested to know what others are doing in...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The most recent update from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed another drop in winter wheat crop ratings. However, according to the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB), the figure is marginal with 49%...

Written by Aisling O'Brien from Agriland The benchmark for world food commodity prices edged higher in April, as rising meat prices and modest upticks for vegetable oils and cereals more than offset decreases for sugar and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United...