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I have worn out two Rotowiper’s and have now moved onto a Logic . Vastly superior (imo) on grassland for thistles and nettles.

@Crashem8340 Do you have increasing numbers of ticks on farm and do you treat ewes for them ? Your location will also have a bearing on tick activity. Small lambs is a symptom of tick bourne fever when niave sheep are introduced to a previously unincountered tick population.

Are these lambs from Ewes new to your farm ? Ticks ?

Never quite as much as you think they should be. Depends how big they are. Big variation around the country depending on breeding . At Ashford recently the biggest but not fat, fat around the £80 mark, although been attending to lambing matters recently so might be out . Ring Hobbs Parker at...

Read my post . I’m over it . But I don’t have to agree with you just because.

I understood the predictions to be what would happen after we left rather than any interim . The pound has gone down because the money men think we are not such a good bet . A better exchange rate into our biggest market has perked things up . Happy Days. When we have actually left it will all...

Others have explained my thinking. We haven’t left yet. I only look at this as a sheep farmer as far as TFF is concerned. At present we have tariff free access to EU for sheep meat . The future is far from certain either way . With high tariffs to our biggest market will mean a massive hiatus...

Just £50 you’re not that confident. As far as I can see a lot of farmers have bet the Farm on there being a satisfactory outcome .

Until you want to hitch anything on the tow ball which is much further under the carrier than the 550 Grizzly. It put me off right off. I can’t afford that many osteopath sessions!! The new Kodak is ‘Mickey Mouse’ compared to the previous Grizzly IMO.

Although I can find myself arguing to justify both, I would offer the Auction Market and it’s associated aesthetics and Support payment systems that have cushioned and distanced producers from the food market.

Do you think he has a relative in the US ?

Agree with your sentiment but if the payments continue to be significant the likes of RSBP will very soon engineer some appropriate ‘business ‘ to qualify . As stated above it’s very difficult to see how the two can be separated . A landowning farmer should quite rightly have access to...

Getting a flock of sheep through the winter at the lowest cost relevant to expected output is surely what everyone’s after . How that’s achieved is pretty much down to the ‘shepherd’. If your land and climate can accommodate some level of rotational winter grazing it definitely needs...

Be wary of disease ( joint ill) build up in your penning area as lambing progresses. Just a thought.

BCS is the driver for all these decisions.

Depends what breed they are. Big variation . I’ve never found stores of a ‘certain breed’ actually weighing 40kg make the money.

I reckon there is only a margin ,( even then slim when the last lamb leaves the shed ),if the lambs are already grown to weight but lack finish(+40kg) . If not the store ring is the place to be if you haven’t got good grazing ahead. There will always be someone a bit more optimistic with...

The Chinese were quite good at this sort of thing thousands of years ago . Terracing I think they call it !

The location manager/Back office should provide you with all the documentation . Not much use you waving a document at them as they won’t sign anything until it’s been through the legal team. Just remember you are in charge and don’t let them push you around . Don’t fall into the old trap of...

I’ve been involved in several of these and all legit filming companies will give you an agreement to sign basically a ‘release document ‘ detailing terms and price. Beware Beware the film industry is full of sh1!s , they all want to be your best mate until they have what they want. If you are...