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Used to buy pure heifers at the socitey sales at Exeter and cross them with Angus and Lim to produce more sucklers. Great cattle but the risk of bringing TB north of the border was too high. Quietest cattle we ever had. The downsides were occasionally you would get some rediculous big teats and...

21p on friday with M and M energy for a Endurance E3120 (55kw wind) . £8/ month reading charges and still have same metering charges with Western Power, I can live with that. Currently with Drax but will not offer

The last picture is not my building but gives you an example from the same construction company. Hopefully with slat mats they will never ban them??? 🤔

Yes they make a shuttered and pour down the side of the post

2.4m (8ft)

We're doing a tank at the moment with panels. We've got a number other tanks on the farm some poured. Some 50 years old shallow tanks built with brick. A poured tank will always be stronger and was going to be the same price but we opted to go with one local company to do the whole job as not a...

50mm from solar to tank and 32mm transition line to troughs could of gone for 25mm but 32mm would hold more in the system. And about 40m head

Solar panels

There was a few things I d not like about the system. Like there solar tressels we're very light made so we built out own with sleepers and z purlins. We have had teething problems but all good now. Think they are adapting there systems all the time and will be getting better all the time.

Agrismart put a solar system in last summer. Works well. 100000 litre bladder with 7k of pipe to over 10 large water troughs. Will try and get some pictures

We've had a rebuild done by Britwind. More like £50k!! New bed plate, shaft and bearings. These E3120s supposedly have a 100% fail rate so better done.

Bought a secondhand one a few years back. Very pleased with it. They are big money new £55k. We paddell roll the ploughing and used it to direct drill clover into ley and cover crops into stubble. Can be a bit more uneven emergence wise but after a few days you hardly notice. If you have hills...

PS Suppied by Linton and robinson environmental good company to deal with and not taking as big a margin as other companies I quoted!!! Lagoon could be done for under £30k

Permastore 500,000 installed for about £50-55k without the concrete and about 100 cu m needed if I remember. 50 cu m Reception pit £5-6k