Author Posts: Farmers Guide

  Greely, Colorado, July 2018. With the Disco 1100 RC conditioner mower unit, Claas has set a new world record for the amount mowed in eight hours. During this time

Cultivation immediately after harvesting has become standard practice for growers wanting the best control of problem grass weeds ahead of winter cereal drilling, but it’s about the worst thing they can do after oilseed rape.

Harvest Results from two AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) winter barley trial sites (Lincolnshire and Suffolk) have been published.

By planning ahead and implementing actions now to preserve precious silage stocks, dairy farmers can improve the prospects for the winter.

Gowan Crop Protection, the marketing company for Avadex Excel 15G, is asking farmers and contractors to get its application machinery ready to go, in order to satisfy the anticipated increase

There has been a long running debate on the merits of hybrid versus conventional oilseed rape varieties, particularly in the harsher conditions of northern England and Scotland. For one Central

The oilseed rape area for harvest 2018 in England and Scotland has increased slightly compared with last year, according to AHDB’s 2018 Planting and Variety Survey.

RARE AND HISTORIC MACHINERY ON OFFER AT JULY VINTAGE SALE Cheffins’ Cambridge Vintage Sale at Sutton, near Ely on the 21st July 2018 will showcase a number of classic cars,

Disease and grass weed management should be key drivers of wheat variety choice for many growers in 2018

Protecting sugar beet crop canopies will be key to helping backward crops make the most of late-season sunshine

KUHN Farm Machinery has announced that the latest version of its i-BIO+ baler-wrapper combination machine will be on display at this year’s Royal Welsh Show in Builth Wells from 23rd

Mid-June and many of Sam Patchett’s crops have caught-up remarkably well from the late spring