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    Box profile Cleaning?

    What does everyone use to clean plastic coated box profile sheets? Is it safe to use TFR and pressure wash off? It's been up 6 years now and the Juniper Green has started to look grim.! Large area wanting done. Any suggestions? Products?
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    Dairy Farm For Sale

    https://www.onthemarket.com/details/13804796/ - Impressive and extensive Pembrokeshire farm of about 568 acres.
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    Dairy Farm For Sale

    https://www.onthemarket.com/details/13611714/ - An exceptionally well presented fully equipped 321.57 acre modern dairy farm with 4 bedroom farmhouse, extensive modern and traditional buildings and a slurry-fed AD plant.
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    Dairy Farm For Sale

    https://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbdhrudfr230012 Another Nice one in Scotland.
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    Dairy Farm For Sale

    https://www.onthemarket.com/details/13240351/ - Lot 1 - Rhyddgoed Farm Comprising Rhyddgoed New Farmhouse, Extensive Modern and Traditional Farm Building and 157.25 Acres - Offers £1,000,000 Subject To A Farm Business Tenancy With 14 Years Unexpired Offers in excess of £1,000,000 invitedLot 2 -...
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    New Thread (never been done before….ever)

    Duroc for the hardiness and meat quality! 😀
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    Selling the sheep and keep only Sucklers!

    Yes.. ideally want to only keep the one bull.. but we house the calves after weaning..
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    Selling the sheep and keep only Sucklers!

    Yes agree.. we build new houses as a full time job and have other schemes on the farm including hydro electricity.. I do enjoy the cattle though..
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    Selling the sheep and keep only Sucklers!

    Good Evening all. As the title suggests.. its a hard hill farm and we are seriously thinking of selling the hill ewes after this year?!? Keeping around 200 welsh mountain ewes and 80 ewe lambs at present and running a herd of 40 suckler cows. Mostly Saler Cross. Just under 400ac from 1100ft up...
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    Full time farming to part time?

    We found that we enjoyed the farm work more when the financial pressure was taken away through another income or job.although still treating the farm business as a business not a hobby!!..And as mentioned above its the lifestyle and work balance that is the most difficult part.Especially around...
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    Full time farming to part time?

    We used to own 6 HMO's 4 of which was student accommodation. Good ROI compared to similar outlay... But we decided at the time concentrated on our plumbing and heating business and later went on to do new build developments on greenfield sites which was a better way forward for me. Just my...
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    Full time farming to part time?

    And plenty of hassle ....🙃
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    Full time farming to part time?

    We used to run a plumbing and heating business alongside our small hill farm. It was a nightmare to try and juggle priorities.. I gave up 8 years ago and used the capital tied up in the farm value to buy our own small development sites. Only small 2-4 houses/bungalows st a time.. haven't looked...
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    What 50cc + chainsaw ?

    Have a small makita for light work and a husky 550xp for the rest.. would say the 550 is as good as any as a all-rounder in my opinion
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    Very novice hydro question.

    A right... sorry I can't help as have only experience with high head turgo and Pelton turbines... Good luck
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