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WHD Cereal Seed Growers - where are you?

About 15 years ago the WHD Seed Growers Association morphed into the British Association of Seed Producers concentrating 99% on grass seed production. I would really like to talk to any of the old WHD Seed Growers who did not join BASP because their expertise and production quality is needed in 21st...

Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by farming4profit on Mon, Mar 18 2013
Nuffield and the James Hutton Institute

Well where do I start? I have had a very busy 10 days or so continuing my Nuffield research into the 20t/ha wheat project and it has literally taken me all over the country. On Sunday the 10th February I had a lovely 8 hour drive from Overbury to Dundee, Invergowrie actually, home of the James Hutton...

Posted to Farmer Jake's Blog (Weblog) by anonymous on Thu, Feb 21 2013
C1 Odyssey Spring Barley Seed

Rather embarresingly I appear to have 3.5 t of C1 Odyssey I need to get grown for seed. Anyone out there got single break or wheat stubble (well chitted) with storage through to January for latest top yielding spring barley ? Other opportunities see http://www.farming4profit.co.uk/crop-opp-contracts...

Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by farming4profit on Wed, Feb 13 2013
Re: Sodium lights need to be changed for led grow lights

Yes you are right, the USA are already investing heavily in LED grow light technology, we ourselves have Universities testing our lights with outstanding results so we need to educate the British growers and help them to save money, increase crop yields and dramatically reduce their carbon footprint...

Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by Lightman on Mon, May 14 2012
future eu direct payments

EU agriculture commissioner dacian ciolos is looking to equalize payments across the eu. how can he do this when western europe is a higher cost of production ie labour, fertilizer,chemicals which are all typically 30 % cheaper, land is only a fraction of british land cost and have a lower cost of living...

Posted to Crop comments (Forum) by the arable farmer on Sun, Jan 29 2012
Offley Hoo - Best of British 3

Martin Harwood from Masstock came up with this brilliant display. Everything displayed on the table contains cereals grown within 10 miles radius from Offley Hoo. This stand was very popular with the 1400 visitors and Martin answered questions from the public all day long.

Posted to Open Farm Sunday 2010 (Gallery) by offleyhoo on Tue, Jun 15 2010
Offley Hoo - Best of British 2

Martin Harwood from Masstock came up with this brilliant display. Everything displayed on the table contains cereals grown within 10 miles radius from Offley Hoo. This stand was very popular with the 1400 visitors and Martin answered questions from the public all day long.

Posted to Open Farm Sunday 2010 (Gallery) by offleyhoo on Tue, Jun 15 2010
Cereals 2010

Posted to Valerie Barnes' Gallery (Gallery) by valerie barnes on Wed, Jun 9 2010
Cereals 2010

Posted to Valerie Barnes' Gallery (Gallery) by valerie barnes on Wed, Jun 9 2010
Cereals 2010

Posted to Valerie Barnes' Gallery (Gallery) by valerie barnes on Wed, Jun 9 2010

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