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    Cereals 2023 dates/days

    Never assume. Cereals has been held on a Wed/Thu for as long as I can remember, but I've just realised this year's dates fall on a Tue/Wed. Bit of a pain to reorganise other things that week. lesson learned. Wonder why they have moved the dates though? Tuesday used to work well as a first day.
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    Used round baler for £5-6k

    Would you go down this route to do a few acres of grass on a stock farm each year? Or get in a contractor? Are balers at that sort of budget likely to cost more to maintain than a contractor would cost to hire in? Just wondering on past experiences with a troublesome mower. If f spending that...
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    Wye College Video 1988

    You may know this already, but sadly Seale-Hayne is no more either.
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    Wye College Video 1988

    I can get it in again if you want to pen a piece for me :)
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    Wye College Video 1988

    I had seen this before, but not for a while. A bit before my time ('94-'97). For any old Wye students out there, I've just taken over the editorship of the old students annual again, and am keen to hear from anyone happy to pen a few words about wheat they've been doing since leaving. It's a...
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    Starting from Scratch - Advice Welcomed!

    You know that old saying about the best way to make a small fortune being to start with a large one? I can't think of any current faster way to lose money than putting it into pigs. Investing in land is one thing. Spending it on sure-fire money-losers is quite another. With feed (grain) prices...
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    New toy day

    Brokerage commission on that must be a fair whack... 😊
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    Ineos Grenadier and Land Rover Defender

    Had a chance to look around both of these at the Festival of Speed at Goodwood last week. Is there anyone on here running the LR yet? And anyone tempted by the Grenadier when it becomes available next year?
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    AGCO IDEAL breaks ground in the UK

    Has anyone else switched to an Ideal for the coming harvest?
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    Anyone read this in yesterday's Times?

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    Jeremy Clarkson "Farming" 16/8/2020

    And this sort of rot isn’t going to do the farming industry much good, is it?
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    Jeremy Clarkson "Farming" 16/8/2020

    For a journalist who spends his time writing about mechanical things, he doesn’t seem to have much interest in finding out how machines work. Or is he running some type of secret prototype combine with a novel unloading system...?
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    New toy day

    Have you run Deutz-Fahr combines before or is this your first? Any particular reason for your choice? You don't see many.
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    Farm jeep wish list ( aka the Ineos Grenadier Farm R&D thread)

    Sorry again - I’m just not quick enough to keep up with you, Cowabunga...
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