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    NFU claiming credit for 25% SFI cap

    I wondered if they had canvassed their members too,think they may be a little disingenuous with this claim. I stand to be corrected though.
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    NFU claiming credit for 25% SFI cap

    Have they ? Surely they can't claim that ,Tom Bradshaw was on the RT board meeting that approved GFC unanimously.
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    Ewe with blood in milk

    Lambed a ewe last night and the lamb,although very bright,seems unable to suck on the teat.I milked her out and tubed the lamb and repeated 3 hours later.The colostrum/milk was fine.Went to do it a third time and the milk was pink from,I assume,a little blood in it.The udder is soft and...
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    What should the replacement for SFI look like?

    I suggested protein payments to Janet Hughes.Good for the environment by improving our soils,less importing of Soya,Palm oil,Maize grain etc so lessening our carbon footprint. She was not interested at all.
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    AIC welcomes Defra cap on SFI actions in move to sustain food production

    Yes and who are they accountable to. They weren't very flexible with the non assured,non traceable imported wheat entering our mills of which uk farmers who aren't members of RT are denied access.
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    Kubota M6 experiences

    if you don't mind me asking where you are in Wales and was it a local dealer ? PM if you prefer.
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    Kubota M6 experiences

    Just to say we run 3 M7173 kvt's and have bought 6,in total, since they came out . Few small software issues but nothing that's stopped a tractor from working. Overall very pleased with them.
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    Kubota M6 experiences

    A friend has one ,not sure which model but around 140hp I think.Its on a mixed farm doing livestock duties ,combi drilling etc.I think he likes it. He does lurk on here,occasionally, but I can't remember his handle.He did a review of the tractor on YouTube so maybe worth searching for it.
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    New limits to SFI.

    If the actions were always intended to be implemented on smaller areas of the farm then why the fu#k didn't they tell us in the beginning. Utterly shambolic ,they're making it up as they go along. It could of all been done in a simple,straightforward easy to follow manner but that is not...
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    New limits to SFI.

    I believe they originally said that the increase in soil health and organic matter as a result of SFI options would increase yields by around 10 %.I can't remember who said it unfortunately. It did make me chuckle how they thought taking land out of production would increase production.
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    New limits to SFI.

    DEFRA = Organised chaos. Period.
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    Combinables Price Tracker

    I thought that.All the Countries of the World were going to shut Russia down with punitive sanctions restricting their access to finance markets and their ability to export ,especially oil/gas. As you say political bullsh#t.
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    Lambing losses.

    Losses come in many ways, Born dead,sometimes rotten, Lay on in the pen, Unexplained death, Odd one with a difficult lambing watery mouth,though we haven't had one for a few years, Schmallenburg,had a few at the start, Abortions I've never really recorded deaths but,no doubt,it would be higher...
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    River Wye Pollution

    I see you have hinterland as your location,I watched it on TV the other night .It was an old episode but a good watch,even more so when someone I know had a small part in it.Blink and you might miss him though.Local man to you,quite a character too.
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    River Wye Pollution

    The reporter on BBC Midlabds today is a Farmers daughter near Hereford.I wouldn't think,for one minute,a planning application would affect the way she reported the article. They're a good family.
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