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I was told explicitly by the NFU Cymru president Aled Jones only 2 weeks ago and in my own kitchen that the GFC would NOT go ahead on April 1st as it would need their consent as stakeholders-I didn’t believe him then and will carry out my threat of leaving the NFU if it does! I suggest others do...

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Have filled in the Govt Consultation form today, the one on the website- not for the fainthearted! All the questions seem to be steered towards the acceptance of the scheme as it stands. The NFU one is probably easier, but I wanted to put in personal examples of how it would affect our farm...

Sold a load of 4 string 80 *70 wheat straw bales yesterday at a local auction-£33.00 a bale! :)It is nice clean bright straw (8ft bales) but unfortunately it was my last load:(

A question I asked of Dave Ashcroft ( the architect of the Welsh SFS scheme) at a meeting in Usk last week (Aled Jones was present too), was who is going to compensate me for the loss in value of our owned land. This is on the basis that arable land in my part of the world that is capable of...

Thinking about alternatives for Red Tractor (I'm talking about grain here, but could be applied to other commodities, like milk say), why not have every load of grain sampled at intake where it could be tested for things like protein or moisture or specific weight or admix or mouse...

After a dry interlude of a couple of hours, chucking it down here again this morning in Monmouthshire. Just checked the rain gauge and already over 6" of rain this month- most of it in the last week!!!

Ok-lovely sunny morning with no wind.walked the rape and thought I could travel on the rape to get the bifenox on ( tramlines quite firm after a few passes already. Sprayed the first field, travelled ok, got back to the yard and it started raining!!!!!! Our forecast (BBC) is still showing a dry...

Thanks for all the replies-now set up with help from a friend who is far more knowledgeable than me!

Is there a quick and simple way to engage and disengage the PTO automatically when the lift arms are lifted/lowered on a JD 155R with command pro-such as on a power harrow? On my Massey you simply press the auto button when the lift arms are lowered and PTO is engaged-doesn’t seem to be an...

Looking at our OSR yesterday, flea beetle damage seems worse behind min tilled seedbed whereas the crop that was ploughed and combination drilled seems to have suffered very little damage, despite the plants being in full view for the little buggers. Both methods had chicken muck before planting...

Aaaaaaaaargh!!!!!

Absolutely throwing it down here this morning-have had 16mm in the last 4hours and no sign of it easing off! Got excited last night when we many to cut some wheat at 15.4% . Think it’s going to be a while before we get down to that again🙁

Sold a long time ago , I'm afraid!

As already said, this arrangement has worked for a number of years and I always present him with a detailed breakdown as to how I have arrived at the final figure. There has never been any problem with the bill being paid. The biggest increase has been the cost of silage in the form of bales...