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1: I failed to retain staff today
I failed to retain staff today
Im putting my hands up.. I struggled to retain a member of staff today. Couldn’t believe it, an employee refused to drive a 3 year...
Forum: Agricultural Matters
Oct 23, 2017 at 6:34 PM -
2: Today at work
Today at work
Just mentioned in Ag matters it might be interesting if everyone just took a picture today of what you were doing, however mundane it...
Forum: Pictures & Videos
Oct 23, 2017 at 6:11 AM -
3: The Disappearance of the All Round Farmer
The Disappearance of the All Round Farmer
With the demise of mixed farming, the specialisation of the industry into arable and livestock units, the employment of specialists in...
Forum: Agricultural Matters
Oct 23, 2017 at 1:33 AM -
4: Breeds of stock that have been imported and failed
Breeds of stock that have been imported and failed
as above , what breeds have been imported and failed to make a impact , know of a couple to start , contain and Norwegian sheep
Forum: Livestock & Forage
Oct 23, 2017 at 5:50 AM -
5: How much Harvest has been lost/abandoned in Scotland?
How much Harvest has been lost/abandoned in Scotland?
Here in the West of Scotland we have experienced the worst summer that I can remember with hardly a dry harvest day. We have 18 acres of...
Forum: Agricultural Matters
Oct 23, 2017 at 12:38 AM -
6: Trespassers
Trespassers
Just wondering what measures people have gone to stop trespassing whether it’s intentional or somebody wondering off footpaths unaware...
Forum: Agricultural Matters
Oct 23, 2017 at 1:02 AM -
7: Welfare Facilities .....do Farmers even know what they are ?
Welfare Facilities .....do Farmers even know what they are ?
I`ve worked on a few farms of different sizes as well as having worked in other industries , one thing that stands out on farms is the...
Forum: Agricultural Matters
Oct 23, 2017 at 9:49 AM -
8: Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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9: Rotational grazing profit per acre
Rotational grazing profit per acre
It has been suggested on here that in terms of profit per acre rotationally grazing beef cattle can compete with dairy on a profit per...
Forum: Agricultural Matters
Oct 23, 2017 at 1:15 PM -
10: Expensive tup!
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11: Feeding Sucker Calves
Feeding Sucker Calves
So after all the conflab on the cost of breeding and feeding sucker calves I thought I would ask what folk actually fed these beasts. I...
Forum: Livestock & Forage
Oct 23, 2017 at 11:27 AM -
12: Struggling to get or retain good staff ?
Struggling to get or retain good staff ?
From what hear and read many farms struggle to get good staff so I thought I`d start a discussion as to why this is , its pretty obvious...
Forum: Agricultural Matters
Oct 23, 2017 at 3:59 AM -
13: It's Monday. Another week, another pickup
It's Monday. Another week, another pickup
This time a new brand to the market. The much anticipated facelift of the Nissan NP300, called the Mercedes X Class. [MEDIA]
Forum: Machinery
Oct 23, 2017 at 8:05 PM -
14: Selling my own meat
Selling my own meat
Hi I was wondering what do I need to do to sell my own lamb locally? Do I need any licence or does it just need to be sent to a proper...
Forum: Livestock & Forage
Oct 23, 2017 at 7:40 AM -
15: Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker
Silage / Straw / Hay Price Tracker
Someone get us started
Forum: Livestock & Forage
Oct 23, 2017 at 8:43 AM -
16: is growing soya the way forward??
is growing soya the way forward??
I am watching countryfile and an agro chemist forecast there is going to be a huge increase in acreage of soya grown but will...
Forum: Cropping
Oct 23, 2017 at 8:42 AM -
17: what are rules using red diesel in tractor when it should be white?
what are rules using red diesel in tractor when it should be white?
there is a purge in Mid Wales or is it happening through the country where police are impounding tractors for running on red diesel...
Forum: Agricultural Matters
Oct 23, 2017 at 2:54 AM -
18: things that make you smile
things that make you smile
As an antidote to the grind your gears thread perhaps we need one to make us smile. To kick off I had my daughter and grand daughter...
Forum: Agricultural Matters
Oct 23, 2017 at 5:09 AM -
19: Milk Price Tracker
Milk Price Tracker
Why no milk price tracker thread? We have them for; Beef Lamb Feed Fert Combinables Sprays Fuel
Forum: Dairy Farming
Oct 23, 2017 at 10:38 AM -
20: Septoria
