It seems that a large proportion of fields throughout England have water visible on the soil surface.  Soil texture plays its part...

The title is actually the punch line to a very old joke about the “Business Professional” and a Shepherd.  More on that later. Autumn...

The Duck and goose shooting season (inland) runs from 1st September to 31st January and although I did see some ducks on a farm track the...

One can hardly fail to miss the onslaught of discussion and publications extoling the virtues of “reduced cultivations” (in all there...

Apparently plants can become aroused from the application of Biostimulants when used alone or when used alongside a partner product. ...

One Shot One Kill “I thought about everything that had happened. Just a ton of events. One after the other, all of them had led to this...

Each year I am asked about management of horse paddocks by clients who need better and more consistent grazing for either their friend,...

During 2023 Navy Beans have been grown on farm and in trials. The Haricot Bean is used to provide the UK Public with the traditional...

The discussion around Blackgrass never really stops. There are numerous scientific papers which I have referenced over the years such as...

Who am I to talk, I have never been. However I have attended live shows where artists like Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush and The Edgar...

"The handsome young gentleman dismounted his horse. He was courteous, well educated and wealthy the answer to a maiden's prayer, to be...

Yield Monoculture of Red Clover may result in a lower yield per hectare if compared to when sown with suitable grass species. Variety...

What is important when choosing a winter sown Oilseed Rape (OSR) variety? If you are to believe the popular press it has to be Gross...

Summer is now showing us pretty yellow flowers around the countryside, not Oil Seed Rape I might add but Ragwort. Ragwort is often a...

Variety is the spice of life or so they say, sadly none of my clients are growing spring sown linseed this year so I have none to look at...

The UK’s hottest June on record beating the previous record set in 1940, as well as June 1976 (part of the well-known summer of 1976) was...

Why the sudden interest in beans? Why not come and find out and at the same time say "Hello"? Western Arable (your local grain marketing...

Why am I growing, field beans? The reasons are many and varied but like all crops, yield and quality are essential parts of profitability...

Early History. Tusser (1573) wrote that sowing beans was one of the tasks for November as well as for February and March. The omission of...

Today I had a request for 240lt of Glyphosate to be ordered and delivered onto farm. In 2021 a 20 lt drum of 360 gram material could be...