Adam Horsfield @adam_farming Twitter profile

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

I’m combining on my very own combine. I can’t stop smiling. That is all.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

Today was a very exciting day. My BRAND NEW Aitchison Seedmatic direct drill arrived. It’s the first time I’ve ever bought a brand new machine, and it’s going to bring really positive changes to how I’m farming. Looking forward to the future!

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Adam Horsfield

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3 years

All of 17hp per metre. And it loads itself. Our first crop going in today, exciting and scary at the same time. Play currently postponed due to one headlight not being quite enough. Half a tonne left to go in after work tomorrow.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Had a real feeling of achievement and satisfaction at the end of last week. We’ve managed to get a wheat crop as far as this with a 50 yr old tractor, a drill costing 3 figures, a sprayer that was consigned to the scrap heap and a trusty wagtail spreader. Harvest coming shortly!

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

If anyone needs me, I’m back in my happy place

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

3 years

I've driven brand new 500hp Fendts and 45ft combines, but this is probably the most exciting bit of tractor driving I've done so far. We're having a go on our own.... watch this space

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

I saw next door combining and panicked. Luckily it’s 14.5%

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Put the last of the N+S on last night while there was still some rain in the forecast. Also any later and I’d be looking for some bigger wheels for the 35X!

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

7 months

Today was my last day in the world of Employment. Tomorrow I’m starting a new and exciting chapter with a new boss: Me! Looking forward to a new challenge and sharing how I get on.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

I’ve made a simple modification to my sprayer that will halve the amount of pesticides I use, and it’s something anyone can do

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Made a little make-life-easier contraption. Now hitching up the spreader is easier and safer, and it can be moved out the way without having to hitch it up.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Rolls about 30 mins behind just catching it right

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

We’re off! Extase going in about 250 seeds/m2. All 10ha in by tea time?

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

A fine day for beaning

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Wheat done ✅ bit of a wait for the beans now

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Baler went a lot better in straw with the bigger 10m acrobat swaths than in the hay with the 3m haybob rows. Lesson learnt, acrobat bought, improvement made. Onwards!

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

Out with my peasant farmer’s weed surfer. No idea if it’s going to help but it makes me feel better

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Only using the best ingredients. Seed processed by @AngliaGrainSeed , first wheats Vibrance Duo/Signal/Startup Maxx, 2nd wheat Beret Gold/Latitude/Startup Maxx

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

New grain store is taking shape. Door off to one side is much more efficient, but not good for the ocd!

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

3 years

There’s always someone over the hedge with a bigger toy @hanslope

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

6 months

This trolley makes dropping off the sprayer safer easier and faster. Once the link arms are down the engine goes off, and no need to squeeze in between. Also much easier to move around in the shed without the tractor. Video is double speed but start to finish was 3 mins

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

I guess it’s basically the same thing as a @VaderstadUK carrier?! The field needed discing and rolling, and some of us have full time jobs to go back to on Monday #improviseadaptovercome

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

5 months

Farm update thread: Last weekend we planted spring beans. Another learning experience with the Aitchison but it ended up working really well.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

Harvesting spring beans and admiring my super trendy under-sown multi species cover crop that I didn’t even have to sow, I just allowed the field to express it’s natural choice of vegetation.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

6 years

When your 9R is busy powering the auger so you have to use one of your 9RX’s to weight the auger down....

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

5 months

Direct drilled spring beans coming up

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Having got on so well with the fert spreader trolley, I’ve made a bigger one for the sprayer. Hitching up is now a lot safer and easier, as is moving it around in storage. The casters are rated to 1600kg total for a 600kg sprayer

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

The fleet grew at the weekend. Brought home this new to us Case JXU 105. This will be a huge upgrade for us with lots of things that will make the job safer, more efficient and more comfortable. It’s been out on the tedder already.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

New front LED light upgrade is working well. Forgot about unloading though, luckily I had my magnetic workshop light with me that did the job. Another 1.7ha ticked off last night, same again in that field and it’ll be done

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

What. A. Day. Red Tractor audit this morning ✅ Rowed up the hay at lunch, took a gamble and baled it (only just ready) ahead of forecast rain, expected 200, got 340, carted and stacked 280 by hand 🥴 and left the rest under sheets. Really hope it rains now!

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

Last night made the most of the very brief drop in the wind to get some glyphosate on the stubbles which I’ve greened up well. Hopefully a good amount of blackgrass has chitted outside of the crop. Our first direct drilled wheat crop is nearly underway

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Came home to find I’ve already lost my head tractor driver status! Best go and find something else to do. Teamwork 👍

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

11 months

We had a “learning experience” at the weekend. My new Aitchison does not handle trash well. I’d be interested to hear any suggestions from other users as to how to drill my remaining 2 fields of wheat, which are currently untouched after the combine with chopped straw.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

3 years

Started on some spring work this weekend. Roundup on grass yesterday, TSP on the wheat today. New favourite gadget is the bag dispenser, making it easy and safe to put an easy load on the 35. Ran out of fert within 10 metres of the end of the field, I’ll take that!

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Attended my first monitor farm meeting yesterday and came away with a lot of ideas about improving soil, but refreshing not to hear any gimmicks or preaching, just good practical science based discussion. Anyone got a MF35-sized muck spreader for sale? Oh, and some muck?!

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@redmanmatt

2 years

Great start to winter @AHDB_Cereals monitor farm meetings today with @LizzieSagoo @ajbennett_tweet @Cereals_EA and many others. Good discussions on soil structure, health and livestock integration to arable.. next meeting is cover cropping and nutrition on 7th Dec.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

6 years

Probably my last day driving a combine for quite a while, if not ever. After 6 months and about 11000ac of wheat, canola, soybeans, milo and corn I’ve just about got the hang of it.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

3 years

It’s growing! Actual wheat in (roughly) straight lines!!! Tramlines and everything!

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

Last weekend before it rained we planted some AB8 flower margin mix from @Kingscrops I was planning to direct drill but a few areas were a bit tight so I ran the tines and then discs through to make some tilth. First time running the Aitchison mounted too, took 5 mins to convert.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

5 months

We only got 1 field of Extase drilled last autumn, but I’m really pleased with it. Applied 70kg N yesterday, taking it to 100kg total. Wondering how far to push it?

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Today I became a little bit more qualified at farming. I had a great time on this course and met some great people. Onwards!

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

While Sarah and her mum take the trailer (yes it’s a team effort!!) I’m left with Lola and tea. I think the dog is only interested in the burgers though

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

6 years

We’ve made it to Montana. Currently on a farm that was part of the biggest privately owned wheat farm in the world (95,000ac) back in the 1920’s. Fields anywhere between 199 and 680ac

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Spoilt with today’s tractor getting the rolls up close behind as it’s dried out so much. But they’re going in, that’s the main thing

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Now we’ve figured out growing these crops, we’d best come up with somewhere to put them

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

If you ever feel like your work has no purpose or consequence, just remember there are people out there who design, test and fit screenwash systems to tractors.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Quite pleased with my very low input cover crop holding the field until spring beans. Not just no-till, it was no-drill. Sheep will be along shortly. Obviously I meant to throw this much wheat over the back…..

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

7 months

Made a start on fieldwork for 2024, getting some MOP spread. The JXU rides again! #wagtailersanonymous

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Rounded off a busy weekend by applying pre em to the beans. Much better start than the failed crop of last year. Accidentally overfilled the water on sprayer so had to spray at 6kph, but actually made everything much calmer and steadier. Might do it on purpose next time!

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

You know you’ve made it when @hanslope ‘s trailer guy stops his shiny ‘23 plate Fastrac to get a snap of my 35yr old toy combine

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

7 years

Thank you to everyone who came to our first ever open day, and even more thanks to those who helped make it happen

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

3 years

Amount other things recent weekends have involved a few road trips in order to assemble a crack team of crop-producing machines. They may not be new and shiny, but they also aren't depreciating or compacting, so I'll take that.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

Grass weed herbicide on Sunday and fertiliser on wheat/grass last night. All caught up with farming until T1 next week

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

Fert spreading got a bit easier this year with my DIY hydraulic conversion for the Varispread. No more running round with the window open, reaching out for the lever and getting a cab full of fert. Used a trailer brake hyd ram with spring return. I even painted the bracket!!

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Back from the office having a relaxing evening on the combine watching @hanslope ‘s trailers going past, carting off that shiny new combine

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

6 years

Savouring the last few days of the summer harvest in North Dakota, cutting canola by the Missouri River. My two biggest decisions each day are what snacks to buy and what music to put on. It could be worse....

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

Bit of an update now they’re into podding. Ladybird larvae on nearly every plant and no aphids left. Still feels like the right thing to do

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Right, let’s get this over with. 5ha of beans/thistle bicrop. I want 2t of seed for next year, that’s all.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

In other farm news, we loaded out our first wheat crop, so final yield results are in. 7.75t/ha across 10ha of Extase.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

On this weeks episode of “How Hard Can It Be?”, I’ve bought an electric section conversion kit for the sprayer

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Looking in my slug traps I found a few of these beetles. After some research it seems they’re ground beetles and they can eat slugs? Great! But are killed by most insecticides, so I’m glad avoiding them might be paying off. Overall slug pressure seems low even in trashy 2nd ww

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Wheat 95% done. Just the best half hectare plot left for seed that we’ll do this evening, ready for @AngliaGrainSeed next week.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

The Haymaking Rollercoaster of Emotion continues. Long story short it was baled last weekend in high humidity so the bales sweated. Turns out pure ryegrass is hard to make hay from at the best of times. Coming in nicely now though after a few days out in dry sun

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

After many years of visiting, I actually bought something at the @lammashow today. Hopefully I’ll get a good return on my investment! @baseuk

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Just in case anyone wondered how small the top sieves are on a tiny combine….. Easy for one person to remove by hand! #greasegunforscale

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

4 years

This has been my lockdown project. A 1973 Honda CD175. It was parked in the back of a shed in 1985 and I managed to get it going this weekend. It’s so much fun to pootle round on. Next in the queue is a fergie 35

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

7 months

Got our Lynx spring bean seed processed and ready for planting when it dries up. Trying some Newton Biostimulant to help out with germination. Also have an untreated bag for comparison

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Small combine problems no. 83: baler doesn’t like 2m swaths. Using my new (yes brand new!) acrobat to make 10m swaths.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Off we go with #farminginthedark23 bit of glyphosate ahead of spring beans. Really starting to get the equipment working nicely now, less faffing more farming

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

I really enjoyed my first @baseuk visit yesterday to see and hear from @hanslope Always something to learn from any kind of system.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

I feel quite strongly about sticking to my no insecticides policy, especially when there’s all these around

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

I’ve bought an actual piece of brand new machinery! Some assembly required though. Any guesses?!

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

5 months

New job is going really well too, involves a lot of this

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Making a start on next years wheat crop. The @Agricision ontrak is a great addition this year, and even more so the “new” “big” tractor is a huge luxury

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

6 years

As well as running a grain chaser, and hauling tractors, combines, headers and grain on trucks, it’s been the experience of a lifetime.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

These two have done it again. About half a hectare last year turned into 6ha of hay for this year. Very enjoyable job. Won’t be long making as it’s quite a thin crop (no N fert) but nice and clean stand of ryegrass.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

I really rather hate conventional hay bales and the associated buggeration factor

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

3 years

I'm trying to develop a simple Excel spreadsheet for the farm that works like a basic Gatekeeper. Stock in/out, costs/incomes, but not proper accounting, just mgmt info. Before I spend ages trialling and error-ing has anyone got one I may be able to use/look at for a start?

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

Making a start on Harvest 24 with @AngliaGrainSeed Extase again with Vibrance Duo for the first wheat, Beret Gold & Latitude for the second wheat

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

3 years

Recent farm news roundup. Bought some magic beans (cost infers magical ability), sheep are doing some topping for us and the shepherds hut is nearly ready for guests

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

I wonder if he’ll swap? I’d only need 10 mins to finish the field

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

Am I being naive in thinking this situation will just sort itself out?

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

3 years

We didn't have to go very far for some bits, they were hiding in plain sight (behind the brambles)

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

7 years

Not a bad place to finish wheat drilling for the year, in near perfect conditions after beet

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Great day to be out in the field doing some detective work

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Back on the day job after a fairly successful first weekend harvesting. Approx 4.4ha out of our 9.2ha of wheat done. Broken belt yesterday but luckily had spares. Rained off last night but only 1mm so might lift moisture from low 12's. 1% mc is worth £20/ha to us.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Looking for bean settings for concave clearance in the computer but there’s only wheat and OSR profiles saved, any ideas?

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

6 years

One of my favourite videos from #Harvest18 . I thought it was only car drivers that get impatient behind combines!

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

One of the most valuable things I've learned about statistics is what the Least Significant Difference value means when looking at trials data. It's surprising how often it uncovers false claims.....

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

1 year

The beans are on their way. Much better start than last year. They’ve already had more rain than the crop had altogether last year. Pigeons will be the next hurdle

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Really enjoying the sprayer and tractor setup we have now. Puts in perspective how we started a couple of years ago. Still the same sprayer though that I was given because it was “no good at all”. 2yrs and an nsts test later I’m still not sure what’s supposed to be wrong with it

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

First step towards Harvest 23 this morning. @AngliaGrainSeed doing a great job (of course!) Vibrance Duo, Signal, Startup Maxx on the first wheats, Beret Gold, Latitude and Startup Maxx on the second wheats. Fairly high TGW at 56.5, germ 99%, aiming for 300 seeds/m2 in the ground

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

6 years

I think someone has misunderstood when they were told that discoverys are good for towing #campingdoneright

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

6 years

Checking some fields today I couldn’t help but feel like I was being watched.....

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

6 years

I’ve made it to 11 states (and Canada) both harvesting and sightseeing with a great bunch of people

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

Was initially disappointed with the figure, but on reflection with only 155kg/ha N, and a good price with a small milling bonus, the gross margin is in the low 4 figures so overall a good result. Next year slightly more N planned and some other tweaks to hopefully improve

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

4 years

@RTKfarmer It used to be "This is a pic of my tractor" and you got a reply of "nice tractor" or "lovely view". Now it seems to be constant arguments and there's a lot more politics, which I don't come on here for. I just want farming ideas! Trying to be harsh with the buttons too

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

6 years

Hello everyone, I appear to have neglected twitter. Currently 3 weeks into harvesting across the USA, enjoying something different.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

6 years

Listening to @R1Dance as we convoy 400 miles from Colorado to South Dakota in the USA with the High Plains Harvesting crew, raving at 10.30am local time 🙌🏻 @mistajam

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

2 years

This was interesting just now in the wheat stubble. The soil in my hand is from the 2 holes 30cm apart in the second picture. Left is under vol ww and dry and crumbly, right is under chop straw and is wet enough to make a ball when squeezed.

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Adam Horsfield

@adam_farming

7 years

Best Buy of the day: magnetic and rolls up to the size of a coke can. Good find @Michaelballs77

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