tillage

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...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland Analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) estimates that the UK’s self-sufficiency across all farming sectors will reduce by 8% due to wet weather. A projected reduction in arable crops as a result of lower crop area and poor...

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...

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...

Horsch Avatar SD 8.16 Advert added by: Karlis Metrins @mrmetrins Machinery Details Category: Tillage Drills Price: £ Condition: Excellent Description Used 8M 2021 year Avatar for sale. No issues, 2000 ha, ISOBUS, aftermarket installed liquid fert kit with Arag...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Cereals 2024 is being held in Bedfordshire this year and is little more than a month away, with John Deere being one company that is planning a strong presence at the event. Visitors to the event are promised their first look at John Deere’s new S7...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland The 2024 spring planting and grass-cutting season is now well underway in the south Antrim area, according to one agricultural contractor. Darren Russell is part of the Russell Brothers team. The business works out of premises close to the village of...

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...

Never owned or driven a john deere in my life. Looking at a second hand one 2018 with jd loader 3000 hrs power quad transmission 115min/l. What are these tractors like ? Are they reliable? Good on a loader? Stable on a slope?

4m SUMO VersaPlus Drill Advert added by: Thomas Knox @tomittom Machinery Details Category: Tillage Drills Price: £15000 Condition: Used Description 4m drill Tidy example Drilling coulters are getting worn and have some play in them Low...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Amazone has added a further model to its Cenio range of tractor mounted shallow to medium depth cultivators, the four metre Cenio 4000-2. The company already has a rigid four metre version, the latest model folds for carriage between fields, ensuring it...

RABDF Down to Earth, the regenerative livestock farming event, will be hosted at a housed cow unit for the second year in a row; cows milked 3x per day, I understand it to be "high input, high output". Not knocking confinement systems, but can this system really be regenerative? I believe that...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland GSC Grays has expanded its North of England and Scottish Borders team with James Denne and Tom Robertson joining the company’s Alnwick office. Denne and Robertson are joining the recently appointed Victoria Mitchell at the farm business...

Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland There is now evidence to confirm the significant impact of soil potash levels and straw strength within cereal crops. Of course, the issues of straw strength and potential lodging are inherently linked. According to the Potash Development Association...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Deutz Fahr has recently launched a new range of tractors that are said to embody versatility, modularity, strength and good value for money within the utility mid-segment. This segment represents what is commonly referred to as stockman’s tractors...

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...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland Case IH is intending to return to Cereals 2024 on June 11-12 with a new stand that will showcase not only its latest machinery, but also its connected services. The stand will incorporate one of the largest working demonstration plots on the Cereals...

I think we all know that if we want to make money I mean a sensible amount farming is no longer the way, farming is becoming a sideline paid for by the other enterprises. One day people may wake up and smell the coffee but untill then farmers(anything but) will have to rely on other things to...

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 Stella Meehan from Agriland Wet weather conditions in north-west Europe, especially Ireland and parts of the UK, negatively affected the yield potential of crops and hampered sowing, according to the latest Crop Monitoring in Europe report from JRC MARS (Monitoring Agricultural...