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STOLEN FROM Congleton Garden Machinery's Premises In Congleton CHESHIRE Thursday 01st March around 12:40pm. Very distinctive Triple-Axle Bateson PT76 20' x 7' Tilting Trailer Vehicle used in the theft a Land Rover Discovery. Colour: Green Reg: KY53DNG Any sightings please call Stuart on...

Can I have some views on whether you think this welding is any good, I am trying to get something repaired under warranty, but it doesn't look like the manufacturer is going to be much use. I know nothing about welding but to my untrained eye the weld looks quite shallow and finishes on the...

Has anyone got any tips on reducing the fat cover in lambs that have done a bit too well? Going though the lambs yesterday there are a fair few at a wide range of weights 38-45 kg that have gone out of spec, condition score 4 and even higher. I was thinking of tightening up the grazing a bit to...

Looking out across some fields this morning and there are a couple of thousand seagulls waddling around. I can understand how they might have confused the fields for the sea by the amount of water lying out there but what are they doing? Are they casually harvesting my population of earthworms...

Does anyone graze pregnant ewes on red clover / ryegrass silage aftermath. From what I have read it is considered safe 6 weeks after the the rams have come out for there not to be any adverse effects from the progesterone levels in the red clover. The field I have in mind has not been cut since...

There have been quite a few threads recently along the lines of performance recording and improving flock productivity. Next year I am going to be switching to outdoor lambing and I am hoping to tag lambs at birth to create family trees and possibly start to use maternal ebvs. The question is...

The lamb price seems to have taken a bit of a tumble today down 50p per kg at some markets. Down to around an average of 175 at markets like Drayton and worcester. What could cause such a big fall in one week. Has demand for lamb fallen. due to hot weather.

I'm thinking of overseeding some fields with a white clover mix, does anyone have any experience of using iSeed fertiliser seed dressings from Yara. Its going onto a very open spring reseed on field thats got some really heavy areas in so I was thinking the iseed might get better germination...

Does anyone have any evidence that lamb prices are adversely affected by not having an electronic tag at market. Is it viewed as a must have by the buyers. Looking at trying to reduce costs where possible.