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I have a bracket on each tractor made from a female end of a small pto shaft. The control box has a male bit of pto shaft and slides straight in. There is a turn screw to set height with.

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Pea viners moved in today, always a site I like to see to reminisce about driving them in my student days.

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Number 9

I hope so, I purchased one online as couldn’t go to the sale. However I spoke to two other farmers who have bought from Ervie in the past who couldn’t rate them high enough. Can’t wait to see him and now really looking forward to 2023 calving to see Hereford cross calves from mainly Shorthorn...

Looks to big for cleavers but hard to get a scale in the picture. They could possibly be burdock seeds.

The red and white one is a fair size bull calf, the three fairly identical brown and white ones are all heifers which are small but are fairly bouncing around now. There was a lot of calf in one cow.

Yes, have been wondering about that, tags are going to be a bit big for them for a while!

I am sure we can use it over the next few months! I restocked at Harbro yesterday along with additional bottle to speed up the process and reduce the competition for the first bottle. The mother lets them suck but I am letting her out of the pen for a while to give her peace

Calves all born naturally and unassisted a few days ago. A review of the calving camera footage confirmed all four calves came from same cow.

I have worked alongside Gavin a number of times over the years, usually over a soil pit on a wet day. I was shocked to hear of Gavins passing and my condolences go out to yourself Nathan and the rest of your family.

A bit difficult watching a calf repeatedly getting its head stuck in a lamb bale feeder

Scottish Government announced a derogation for 3 crop rule for 2020 today.