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    Mounty reacted to Cab-over Pete's post in the thread Calcifert vs ground limestone with Like Like.
    Thanks @Mounty Like I said, the bulk lime calculation was way out and I thought the granular seemed weighted and biased to make it...
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    Mounty replied to the thread Calcifert vs ground limestone.
    I won't repeat a lot of whats been said but I'll add a few basics that haven't been mentioned. 1 acre of soil to a depth of 6" weighs...
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    Mounty reacted to nxy's post in the thread Applying Lime with Haha Haha.
    Irrbarren are huge and don't just own all the quarries, they own all the lime spreaders and all the ready mixed concrete businesses too...
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    Mounty replied to the thread Applying Lime.
    I knew someone in France would comment 🤣. Can't remember exact location but lime was a tiny bi product of the largely industrial...
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    Mounty reacted to Cab-over Pete's post in the thread Applying Lime with Like Like.
    I think we are a dying breed @Mounty SFI is another reason not to bother with it for some farmers. At the very least it’s stretching...
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    Mounty replied to the thread Defra SFI Payment Leaflets.
    You also need an invoice to prove that you've had the soil sampled to create (and if asked to, provide) the variable rate maps. To date...
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    Mounty reacted to davidroberts30's post in the thread Applying Lime with Like Like.
    The "lime is too dear argument "is quite amusing🙄 You happily spend say 80quid a acre on fert to get a cut of silage and that's gone in...
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    Mounty reacted to Anymulewilldo's post in the thread Applying Lime with Like Like.
    When it got over £20/t grandad stopped buying it. Said it was too dear. Now I’ve started doing 40 acre a year as the whole farm needs a...
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    Mounty replied to the thread Applying Lime.
    I've tried most of the pH probes and wildly inaccurate. Often effected by moisture so gives you a different reading if its been raining...
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    Mounty replied to the thread Row crop wheels measurement.
    Something like this
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    Mounty posted the thread Row crop wheels measurement in Workshop Projects.
    Has anyone got some front row crops? Need to know diameter of the wheel (not including tyre). Also need to know approx circumference of...
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    Mounty reacted to Brisel's post in the thread Gypsum on high Mag clay? with Like Like.
    Calcium is a macronutrient, not a micronutrient. To alter the soil structure, you need lots of it. A little is better than nothing but...
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    Mounty reacted to Bongodog's post in the thread Running 8 wheeler tippers with Like Like.
    Yes, application is with transport commissioners for own fleet of 20, at peak think it was over 30 subbies for Hanson.
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    Mounty replied to the thread Running 8 wheeler tippers.
    Is that the one in St Ives? I'd heard that. Bit ambitious if they're planning to do all the haulage theirselves?
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    Mounty reacted to PI Stsker's post in the thread Running 8 wheeler tippers with Like Like.
    Don’t believe everything you hear. I had a meeting last week with the logistics manager of a big quarry we work out of 75% of the time...
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