Recent content by simonk88

Definitely worth doing, we started with two from school 8 years ago, today one manages our 100 sucklers, does all baling, grass work, runs one of the drills and keeps an eye when I'm not around, the other drives a seed drill, lead spray operator and drives the combine. Currently have a placement...

It will be, need to get our own one really to keep experimenting, needs drier conditions to kill what is moved around Looking at a horsch Not really at the moment, just need as wide as possible

Tried it here, worked in WW in the right conditions, tried in spring barley too and was a revelation! Can miss out pre-em and Avadex on SB and use the tined harrow instead

Hi, Has anyone had any experience of Ovlac ploughs? Particularly the larger models?

You can have a mixed farm, we work with 3 local guys on muck for straw (as well as our own suckler herd), we also grow grass leys for them as an arable break, the leys (and our cover crops) are grazed through the winter by another 2 local guys sheep, we take chicken manure and now trying to get...

local HGV centre

It costs us £100/trailer including any remedial work done, they get tested before harvest in June with the tractor it will be used with (Drawbar height makes a massive difference to braking efficiency and load compensator valves). Same place does any repairs, cost in minimal and they have access...

Done 11,000 in mine since Nov, really good truck, prefer it to the 2.4 I had before

Can't understand why you would have a contractors baler on the farm?!? One of the major ways blackgrass is spread round here. We bale most straw with muck for straw agreements, but its our own baler and they collect the bales from the field.

Get points round here for not showing amber beacons, had two guys get points for not having beacons on when on the road, reason cited was road safety.

Fantastic looking crops! Used a DTS here for 8 years now, still important part of our system along with two disc drills

Any takers for Astro Turf for cow track etc?

Why would you think that? Do we need two combines? No, so there isn't any reason to have two. We are lucky with large fields, 250-300ha cropping blocks that are by and large all accessible with the header on. The grain storage was centralised 20 years ago and has been updated with a new dryer...

We have dropped from 2 combines to 1 across combinable 5000ac, freed up an extra person and lots of capital. More efficient and cost effective to extend the working day and use the dryer than run two machines. We would aim to start cutting by 8am and stop by 10pm, quick blow down and everyone...

Digestate is fantastic for crops, growing wheat with only 80kg/ha bagged N and the rest digestate, they are 11t/ha crops. We build muck heaps, like a silage clamp, with a 360, compact it down, it makes a compost in relatively few months. We would get loaded at the livestock farm but run...