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  1. Defra Farming

    Wet weather and temporary adjustments to agri-environment agreements

    Wet weather and temporary adjustments to agri-environment agreements Written by The Team Credit: James Clark Between October 2023 and March 2024, England experienced the second wettest 6-month period on record. The rainfall was nearly 60% above the 10-year average. Heavy rainfall has a...
    • Defra Farming
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  2. Defra Farming

    Stats you need to know about the Sustainable Farming Incentive

    Stats you need to know about the Sustainable Farming Incentive Written by Amy Cairns Today, we updated the data showing the uptake of actions in the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and the uptake of options in Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (CS). As of 1...
    • Defra Farming
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    • ahl1 ahl2 ahl3 ahl4 analysis application buffer carbon cover crops defra environmental flock grass grassland hedge herbal hrw2 igl1 igl2 igl3 insecticide insecticides ipm1 ipm2 ipm4 lig1 maintenance management mor1 num1 num3 rpa rural payments agency sam1 sam2 sam3 sfi sheep sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive
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    • Forum: News, PR, Shows and Events
  3. G

    Clarkson again

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    • Replies: 625
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  4. Defra Farming

    Webinar follow up: livestock and grassland

    Webinar follow up: livestock and grassland Written by Becky Briggs We recently held a webinar for livestock and grassland farmers in England. A recording is embedded above. In the webinar, we gave an overview of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer and how the scheme supports both...
    • Defra Farming
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    • ahl1 ahl2 ahl3 application beef bvd cattle defra disease environmental fertility financial flock grass grassland health herbal igl1 igl2 integrated pest management ipm2 lig1 lig2 management mor1 nutrients online organic organic matter parts performance pig red tractor rpa rural payments agency sam1 sam3 sfi sheep slurry soil health supplement sustainable farming sustainable farming incentive technology testing variety
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    • Forum: News, PR, Shows and Events
  5. CPM RSS

    SFI herbal ley warnings

    Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine Growers committed to herbal leys as a 2023 Sustainable Farming Initiative option should pay particular attention to the suitability of seed mixtures, warn experts. While Defra has issued guidelines as to what constitutes a ‘herbal ley’ under the...
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    • biodiversity defra environmental fertility health herbal herbal ley legumes performance sam3 seed sfi soil health sustainable farming
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    • Forum: News, PR, Shows and Events
  6. W

    Reject offer and resubmit question

    Cant get through on the helpline and its upto 30 days for a reply to an email, but has anybody found a way around this ......... Application submitted and offer sent out but this was rejected as I wanted to alter it. I've created a new application and gone through the motions however come up...
  7. D

    Claim herbal and cover crop in same year?

    I have a herbal lay but I'm wanting to put a cover crop in over winter for spring barley next year, What's my best bets for claiming, can I claim them both in this year?
  8. Mad Farmer

    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 barley 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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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  9. Derrick Hughes

    SAM 3 Seed Mixes

    Sam 3 SFI Other mixes available 07415121700 SAM3 50 % Aston Crusader Hybrid Ryegrass 10% Meribel Italian Ryegrass 10% Lofa Festulolium 7% Timothy 3% Cocksfoot 3% Crimson , 4% Balansa, 4% Red Clover 8.15% Vetch 0.30 Chicory 0.40 Plantain 0.05 Yarrow 0.05 Burnet 0.05 Sheeps...
  10. Phil P

    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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    • Replies: 108
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  11. Yale

    New limits to SFI.

    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-ensures-food-production-remains-primary-purpose-of-farming
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  12. B

    autumn winter options

    Im thinking about what to put on the fields before ahl2 next year after wheat ,some sort of cover crop or offer it to local dairy men to puts some westerwolds in a bit like they do before maize
  13. Jerry

    Hogs at £200 plus….what price shearling ewes?

    I’ve a number of last years ewe lambs running , the plan was to sell half as shearling breeding ewes as they are decent sorts. But the price of hogs at the moment means they need to be £250 plus as shearlings……
    • Jerry
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    • ahl2 atv barley beef beet break crop break crops calves carrots cattle cereals children claas cows dairy death drilling ewes family finance financial fire flock fodder fodder beet futures gate grass grazing handling harvest haulage health hedge herbal herbal ley hoof lambing lambs landowners maize market mart mastitis milk minerals new holland oats oilseed oilseed rape parts planning permission position premium quad sam3 security seed sfi sheep soya storage stubble trading tup tupping tups vaccination weather wheat worms yields
    • Replies: 291
    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  14. J

    SFI Hefer

    Downloaded SFI Hefer and have a strip of SHINE feature running through 5 parcels. From what I’ve read it seems this means I can’t enter the whole parcel into SAM3 and I cannot just subtract it from each parcel - is this correct?
    • JO216
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    • barley cover crop cultivation direct drill gps grass grassland herbal maize management num2 num3 parts plough ploughing sam3 sfi silage
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    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  15. M

    CS SW9 with SFI SAM3

    We’ve got some permenant pasture we entered into SW9 seasonal livestock removal last spring, we’re now looking closely at putting that same ground into SAM3 herbal lay. Can this be done? The blurb in the press release for SFI seems fairly positive it wouldn’t be a problem, but SW9 isn’t listed...
  16. Kevtherev

    Reduction in arable acreages

    Just a thought Straw shortages for the livestock industry Less cereals for feed Less acreages for the spraying contractors Less agronomy and chemicals Les’s fertiliser sales And so on Hearing big acreages of SFI
    • Kevtherev
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    • agronomy ahdb ahl1 ahl2 barley beans break crop break crops cabbage calving carbon cereals cover crops cows dairy defra diesel direct drilling disease dressing drilling environmental establishment ewes fat hen fertiliser fertility finance flock flooding forage grass grassland grazing harvest health health and safety herbal hse insecticide insurance ipm1 lambing lambs legumes loader management market milk milking num1 num2 num3 osr overdraft parts peas pesticides plough pollinator premium red tractor repair rpa ryegrass sam1 sam3 seed sfi sheep soil test spraying storm stubble trading variety weather wheat winter wheat
    • Replies: 197
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
  17. B

    Herbal ley silage

    Beef finishing here, grass diet with barley and blend to balance. What is people’s opinions on adding herbs and legumes to 3-5 year cut and graze mixes. Could just go for NUM2, but obviously SAM3 is more money. We do 2 cuts first around 20th may which is clamped. 2nd is generally 7-8 weeks...
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    • barley beef dairy fertilizer grass grazing herbal legumes management nitram num2 reseed ryegrass sam3 seed seeding sfi sheep silage slurry
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
  18. S

    SFI Options and Grassweeds

    What are people's thoughts on how they will manage Blackgrass and or Rye Grass in options like Wild Bird Food or Legume fallows? I've been reading through the SFI handbook and have found some options that would be a good fit for us, but I'm nervous of planting something that becomes swamped by...
    • sahara
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    • ahl1 ahl2 application barley beans blackgrass break crops buffer cereals cover crop cover crops cows dairy defra drilling finance forecast grass grass weed grassland grassweeds grazing harvest herbal landowners legumes market milk milking num3 pollinator quadtrac rapid rye ryegrass sam2 sam3 seed seeding sfi sheep slug storage stubble weather wheat winter wheat yielding yields
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: Sustainable Farming Incentive
  19. Derrick Hughes

    Straight Seeds

    AstonCrusader Hybrid Ryegrass £2.49 kg Arman Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass £2.32 kg POLLANUM Westerwolds Ryegrass £2.21 kg AstonEnergy High Energy Perenial Ryegrass £2.98 kg Milvus Red Clover Seed £6.85 kg Liflex White Clover Seed £8.67 kg Red Clover 3 way mix Rozeta Red Clover...
  20. D

    SFI from a dairy perspective

    Feel like i need to make a decision on what to do with this SFI. What are your plans? There are quite generous payments on offer. I have heard of several local farmers putting everything into SAM3, £360ish/Ha, buying some seed and throwing it around and thinking it's easy money. Even the...
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    • ahdb analysis beef cattle cows dairy defra drought establishment first cut flooding forage fuel grass grass leys grazing herbal insurance lambs legumes management milk milking mower nitrogen paddock ryegrass sam3 seed sfi sheep silage slurry weather yields
    • Replies: 77
    • Forum: Dairy Farming
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