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I had no idea Andersons were still using Loam Farm as their imaginary business. As a junior consultant I worked on setting up that project in the early 1990s. I think it was launched at Cereals in 1991 or 1992. At the time we thought up three farms Clay, Loam and Brash which had different...

Got fed up with trying to fix this having checked out the lever, wiring and solenoids so called in the dealer. The chap they sent out said "lower/tilt switch power short to ground" actually means the Brain/ECU has picked up an unexpectedly low voltage in something its connected to, its probably...

I guess it would depend on rotation but with just Wheat and OSR and in the south of England we used to be done and dusted in three weeks. That was 25 years ago, my last UK harvest was 1999. Here we can be harvesting from June till Christmas.

With a warmer climate and a range of crops running from barley through to grain maize you can keep a combine running much longer than the 4 week window in the UK. Have a look in the south of france, spain italy etc and you will find big houred combines without heading east. My 2166 is a...

There is a well organised Police de Chasse that control shooting very tightly. Shooting is as popular in France as fishing is in England. Almost 1 in 10 of the population have passed the exam to have a hunting licence which is even more surprising when you hear 97% are men. My (admittedly...

The answer is complicated but generally yes but only because the law hasn't been updated since its introduction so certain regions allow it . Anything .22 including magnums etc or less is generally regarded as a target calibre only. Local accepted practise is that even a .222 is regarded as...

Always think its odd plenty of deer (including reds) and wild boar are shot here with solid slugs out of 12 bores yet the .22 is not a legal hunting rifle so can't be used for rabbits etc.

She was a proper eccentric living on her own with numerous dogs. When she went into care no relatives showed any interest in her so a "court representative" was given control and the house was cleared and sold. All her best stuff including some nice antiques was taken away by a dealer who was...

The aristocratic previous owner of my farm in France spent many years as a missionary doctor in central Africa, she started to become quite deluded in later life and seemed to think I was her farm manager. When in her 80s they finally carted her off to a care home we discovered that she had...

Triticale would be the automatic choice for that slot here, though I know marketing it is a problem in the UK. When I take account of specification deductions triticale can be the same price as wheat on my land. Plus 2nd wheat would get an extra fungicide and 40 more units of N to get same...

EDF are one of them yes. They rent any roof space they can get and are covering outdoor car parks for free just to get permission for installing panels.

What are solar panel companies paying to rent roof space in the UK? In France if you can justify a shed that big and get planning permission the rent for solar panels would cover the cost or if you prefer solar panel companies will build it for you for free. They rent the land for 20 years...

We are just finishing off another Screb shed it was a different size to yours but you can play on their website and get an instant quote. 80 ft x 60 ft x 18ft eaves galvanised frame with fibre cement roof would be 28k euros here before negotiation (about 24k pounds). You can play around and...

We are having problems with our 526-56 today, no boom functions are working at all. It's showing an error code L020 which I think is lower/tilt switch power short to ground. I have tested and bypassed the red stop button but still no joy. I have now completely unplugged the joystick and its...

You would be surprised how much urea is applied in north america in the autumn onto bare ground six month before drilling maize.