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Sarahs Sustainable Generation Ltd, will get you a good deal.

Pleased to go on board with Farm Matters after 24 years on Farmplan. Neil uploaded our cattle into demo which made playing around more meaningful. Registered calves and movements with ease. Batches and groups no problem. Swift reply to any query, brilliant.

That's ours arrived this afternoon, bang on average arrival date going back years.

As an aside, I remember my father dehorning calves at a day or two old with a caustic soda stick, holding it with grease proof paper. It was quick and accurate after scuffing the bud with a penknife. Must have been stored in a sealed jar? Tried to get some years ago to do the odd calf but only...

The correct way to measure a stamped bushel was to overfill it, then give it a dunt with the roller that was then used to sweep the surface grain off. That way the weight was consistent.

Excel and Absolute bridging software worked fine for me but bit the bullet and moved to cloud based Freeagent. Accountancy fees much reduced.

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I have seen docks that seemed to be infected with rust / fungal infection. Could a pathogen be engineered to attack them only?

Our Proven 6 installed in March 2011 averages 34.63Kwh per day. A capacity factor of 24.05. It is installed on a 6 meter mast and slightly close to some trees. I recon if it were on a higher mast it would do half as much again. Simple machine, trouble free, with minimal maintenance.

Last of ours left today. Although August and September were kinder they suffered a dreadful May, June and July up here. Will miss them darting about.

Not much different this side of the Pentland Firth either. Grass fields suffering badly unless under-stocked. Arable crops are 2 - 3 weeks behind normal. There will be no swallows fledged this season, too cold and lack of insects have seen to that.

Our first pair arrived this morning, four days earlier than last year.

I wish our postie would deliver more cheques - mostly junk mail here!. I fear for rural delivery longer term given that more commerce conducted by e-mail.

The cold and wet aftermath of hurricane Bertha wiped out the second ? brood in their nests here. Too long a spell of bad weather and no flying insects for the parents to catch left them to starve. Nature can be so cruel! They all left here middle of last week, as said before sad to see them go.

Dreadful tragedy. Terrible loss for his wife, young son and parents. Will be greatly missed in the local and wider community. Sympathy and condolences to his family.