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    train wheels

    You can see how a home made silage compactor built with railway wheels was built on pages 8 and 9 of the current issue www.farmideas.co.uk Been used for 5 years
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    the grocer...magazine

    Ged Futter launced a report 'Is the UK food supply chain broken? at the OFC this January with similar content. He criticises the supermarkets for: A fixed price long term agreements B untrained buyers who move jobs every year or so C Excessive auditing with one of the 40 farmers he...
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    LAMMA 2017 versus 2024

    Plus an area for odd-ball micro companies like Practical Farm Ideas . This year was excellent, despite the lights. Good atmosphere as well. Congrats to all involved
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    LAMMA 2017 versus 2024

    I was doing the Practool SuperDrill at the time and always had an interested audience of people who had the need to make big holes. And people were interested in the issues of Practical Farm Ideas - they'd stand by the tent for ages reading copies for free.
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    What are you working on today, TFF?

    Issue 1 - 1 of Prac Farm Ideas showed a forager gearbox with a couple of teeth broken off. The youthful drivers reversed the chopper to clear blockages without waiting for it to stop. Solution was to use make the repair by building it up with hard weld and then shape with grinding disc. It...
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    Not Quite Farm Engineering or a Quick Bodge.

    10 out of 10!
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    Children driving tractors, how old is old enough

    If you understand how things work, you have a better chance of preventing things going wrong. At 13 he'll be hanging onto inforomation, like what happens when he starts the tractor when it's in gear. When the brake pedals are unlocked. Dad or Fred can make it a practical lesson.
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    Deferring state pension

    I deferred and decided to leave it that way for a while. I have kept working on Practical Farm Ideas and really didn't feel much older when passing pension age. After 9 years I to cash in - the interest is compounded and has always been generous. I put it into a pension and so keep the tax...
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    Sowing rather than drilling?

    Thanks for the comments which are really useful. Bury's remark that one pass can get overly complicated is v true. I also wonder about the desire to have the drilled field looking as if notheng has occured. The invisible slot seems to be a a target in itself, when in reality the goal must be...
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    Good cheap tractor and finance

    My experience with Zetor was excellent. The newer ones have Deutz 6 cyl , bowden gears etc
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    Well said Andrew Ward!

    Have you tried Osma drain pipes for pedestals? Featured in Prac Farm Ideas
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    Starting up!?!

    Good luck, and listen to the advice given. Things have got to be in the right place - land values, interest rates, customer base and so on. That's beside your age, family commitments, fitness and general strength. Plus the ability to enjoy a working week of 60+ hours and still be worried about a...
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    Bridleway/Footpath Upgrade

    You can find used Astroturf available for the haulage. Councils have a disposal probelm when renewing playing fields.
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    The Farm Ideas workshop miracle

    The Citroen went into hospital needing a new front (hydro) strut... ugh. The guy had a real struggle with one of the 3 bolts holding it all together, which in the end snapped. The thread was so tight it damaged the bolt extractor. He didn't know this workshop miracle I was told when I first...
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    AHDB’s four Sector Councils publish levy increase proposals

    I'm very much in agreement with Silliam. Benchmarking doesn't guarantee success, although some will proudly say they are doing it, almost as if it were a vaccination. In situations such as farmers face today it may be that the whole population has difficulty in making a profit, and the only...
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