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    Brewdog’s Scottish Forest

    I think I also read somewhere that the greenwashing side of the business is set up as a separate limited company, so I imagine if they are required to repay a significant amount they will just go bang, and start again. I guess that’s proper regeneration!
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    Thoughts please

    Years ago I shut off a bit of rough grazing that our in calf heifers had access to, I felt we were getting a lots of warts and a few bling quarters and I felt it might be the rushes causing tiny cuts like paper cuts and then allowing infection in. Noticed a big difference the next year. Not...
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    Kier Starmer

    By memory, I think it was a joke note left by Liam Byrne for his successor, which has since gone into folklore as a monumentally stupid thing to have done!
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    Driverless (automated) cars

    Can’t see it happening. When there’s an accident and they look at the data, and see the car made a choice to avoid something or someone and caused harm to someone or something else, is insurance going to pay? or will they say the vehicle did it deliberately and so no payout. Then there would...
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    Dairy farming wellies

    Never notice them myself, set them at the start, never had them catch on anything if that’s your query.
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    Vehicle Tax and MOT

    Northern Irish plate possibly. That shouldn’t make a difference, but sounds like he’s uninsured. Sorry
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    Dairy farming wellies

    Aigle Parcours 2 here as well. Never had the uppers fail, tend to wear through the sole first. Usually get more than a year out of them, but don’t wear them much in the summer.
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    How do I listen to podcasts/use phone while working???

    I have shokz as well. On my second set, 1st lasted about 3 years worn all day when I’m working, also had a warranty issue sorted no problem. The call quality is v good and I can hear them fine in a handler with the door open. Some podcasts and radio seems quieter than others but sometimes to...
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    Loch Neagh, Northern Iron

    It’s not actually algae, it a bacteria which is rapidly reproducing. It’s only called algae so it sounds simpler for the news.
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    Robotic milking

    You can Change it manually when you calve them in, I think that if you don’t you’ll still have the same problem, as when you go to calving and then put in 3 days ago or whatever date, the separation until date doesn’t change. It has caught me out before with a calved cow bought in. I think that...
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    How soon can a cow get back in calf ?

    I accidentally ai’d one at 10 days years ago and she held, was a bit surprised!
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    Northern Irish Politics Thread (or what passes for politics in NI)

    It’s an easy pr win for Sinn Fein to their supporters. Mary Lou was told last night she wasn’t invited, but travelled this morning to make a big deal out of it. She isn’t always at these meetings, and has no democratic mandate in the uk (apart from the IRA army council) as she has never been...
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    Northern Ireland Milk Price Tracker

    Did some this afternoon on the app and all went through ok. Bit of a faff though, compared to the computer program, it was one click and you’re done, whereas now you have to re-log into aphis every 2 wks.
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    All things Dairy

    We had this 10+ yrs ago, had cows milking nearly 3 wks before going clear on both delve and lab tests. Milk company said they had a lot of bother at the time, and that coincidentally everyone used cepravin, that had the problem. Drug firm just denied everything, said farmers records must be...
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    Audi s4/s5 tdi

    Have an a7 Quattro. Average 33 to 34 mpg on normal use. That’s a 268 bhp auto.
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