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Tillage Management: good conditions and catching up on spraying

Weather at the end of December and into the new year provided good conditions for field work for tillage farmers.

HUSBANDRY 7 January 2026

Tillage Management: good conditions and catching up on spraying

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Tillage Management: cover crop management from 1 January

Tillage Management: cover crop management from 1 January

HUSBANDRY 30 December 2025

What to do with cover crops this January

What to do with cover crops this January

NEWS 30 December 2025

Keeping your crop records up to date

Keeping your crop records up to date

Keeping your crop records up to date

NEWS 26 December 2025

Tillage management: wet fields, soil-sampling and planning

Tillage management: wet fields, soil-sampling and planning

Tillage management: wet fields, soil-sampling and planning

HUSBANDRY 24 December 2025

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Tillage management: records, straw payments, fertiliser and wild oats

Tillage management: records, straw payments, fertiliser and wild oats

This week’s management notes focus on management, paper work and preparing for the new year ahead.

HUSBANDRY 5 November 2025

Tillage Management: nitrates, weather and herbicides

Tillage Management: nitrates, weather and herbicides

New nitrates rules are mainly positive for tillage farmers with some restrictions on manures applied in the autumn time.

HUSBANDRY 5 November 2025

Tillage Management: rainfall levels, payments and winter jobs

Tillage Management: rainfall levels, payments and winter jobs

Fields are very wet in most places at the minute so there won’t be too many out with a plough or a sprayer for another while.

HUSBANDRY 5 November 2025

Tillage Management: ploughing, wet weather and cover crops

Tillage Management: ploughing, wet weather and cover crops

Ploughing is allowed from Monday, but land is very wet at present and wont be trafficable for most people.

NEWS 5 November 2025

Tillage management: rainfall levels, temperatures and rules

Tillage management: rainfall levels, temperatures and rules

This week we look at rainfall levels and how reduced temperatures could reduce aphid numbers and the risk of BYDV.

HUSBANDRY 5 November 2025

Tillage Management: safety, seed and winter jobs

Tillage Management: safety, seed and winter jobs

There are loads of winter jobs to be done, from walking the fields to putting antifreeze in the sprayer.

HUSBANDRY 5 November 2025

Tillage Management: oilseed rape, hedges and soil samples

Tillage Management: oilseed rape, hedges and soil samples

Soil samples should be taken before land gets to wet on farms and this year you must comply with new rules.

HUSBANDRY 5 November 2025

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