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  • Organic versus conventional

    I've been sitting on this clip for a few days, but I can assure you that the fields look much the same now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjlZFb58ZdA So which method should growers be using to try to feed an increasingly hungry world?
    Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by flutefriend on Wed, Jul 16 2008

  • Spring toll evident in North

    Ian Bird's T2 fungicide treatments at Catchgate Farm, Castle Eden near Hartlepool have just been completed on time, despite 64mm (2.5in) of rain in the past week. But the cold wet April has taken a toll on potential yields, he believes. "Our first wheats look OK, but the second crops are a bit...
    Posted to Over the Hedge - Arable Barometer farmers' diary (Weblog) by flutefriend on Fri, Jun 6 2008

  • Blossom midge watch underway in Dorset

    I've just been out again looking for orange blossom midge, writes Peter Snell from North Farm, Horton, Dorset. It was a calm, dry and cool evening and there were a few about but nowhere near the one in three threshold our feed wheats require to justify treatment. Anyway I'm reluctant to spray...
    Posted to Over the Hedge - Arable Barometer farmers' diary (Weblog) by flutefriend on Thu, Jun 5 2008

  • Spring sprung in Scotland

    Spring is here - I think, says Mike Eagers from Trinlaymire Farm, Threemiletown just to the west of Edinburgh. Up to now the weather has been showery and in generally cold with a recent east wind. All the spring bean ( Fuego ) and barley ( Optic and Oxbridge ) sowings are complete, though only recently...
    Posted to Over the Hedge - Arable Barometer farmers' diary (Weblog) by flutefriend on Tue, Apr 22 2008

  • Help needed on farmers views towards agri-environmental schemes

    Hi there, I am a student studying Environmental science at university and am in serious need of a bit more data for a project I am doing for ECM. If any of you have a couple of minutes (if that) could you please fill in the answers to the following questions (very small questionnaire)? 1. What size is...
    Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by student@mmu on Fri, Mar 28 2008

  • Re: Maize

    Not a huge amount Tas, at least not compared with France et al. According to DEFRA June 2007 statistics maize accounts for 130,800ha last year (up 5%). In comparison wheat totals 1,693,000ha, barley (all) 566,400ha, oilseed rape 564,200ha, potatoes 105,300ha, sugar beet 122,200ha, beans 116,000ha, peas...
    Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by Mike Abram - Arable Deputy Editor on Wed, Oct 10 2007

  • Re: 2nd wheat thoughts for 2007 drilling

    [quote user="kansasfarmer"] When you speak of 2nd crop wheat, do you mean what we call double cropping, and planting wheat for a 2nd crop in this calender year? [/quote] Hi KF No, first wheat is wheat following a break crop (non-cereal crop) in the previous calendar year. Second wheat follows...
    Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by Mike Abram - Arable Deputy Editor on Mon, Jul 16 2007

  • April drought

    Now that harvest's underway, in the south at least, just how much impact do you think April's drought had? Someone I spoke to this morning is convinced that it knocked 1t/ha off his yield of Sequel off gravel. Are wheats likely to suffer in the same way, or did the deluges come in time for them...
    Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by flutefriend on Thu, Jul 12 2007
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