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    Ground Source Heat.

    Thanks for all the replies, l can answer some of the questions but l will try another installer l have just had heard good views on if he is any use l need him to answer some of your questions and the ones l am not clear on, just feel the system not 100% as my electric use is now £100. weekly, a...
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    Ground Source Heat.

    Yes there is a manifold all connections in view, l know the layout two trenches one metre deep coiled pipe in both, most things appear normal apart from electric use l feel we are running 90 % on electric, my only other observation has been the grass over one pipe is always paler green, asked...
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    Ground Source Heat.

    Had my Ground Source system in now twelve years, absolutely perfect, but just feeling now that the ground loops are not working 100% any one on here had the flow checked on the ground loops?
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    Ive been keeping a secret...

    Congratulations, well done l know how you feel we had two bulls sold to MMB from our Snowcella family and one sold to represent the British Friesian Breed at the Porto Alegro fair in Brazil, that was over forty years ago but still get that happy feeling.
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    Farm shop & cafe

    Who were the other two farm shops?
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    Renewing the chillers in farm shop

    We fitted a long line of closed chillers with the fridge unit outside, works fine but our fruit + veg on open shelving suffer badly from the heat in the farmshop so all the salad leaf product l put in a closed fronted chiller successfully, our new shop in 2016 be built as one large building, we...
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    Barrister with Dairy Equipment claim experience - Recommendations

    From my bitter and costly experience, do not employ someone who has done regular legal work for the NFU MUTUAL, they will look after them first to protect their income.
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    Livestock transport to Italy?

    l think brexit will have made things very difficult today, back in the 1970-80-90s l sold pedigree heifers to France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Iraq, Iran and kuwait, all flew by air, l sold twenty four heifers to Japan, the buyer wanted me to go with them on ship to look after them, promised...
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    Worst, Best Companies, You Have Had The Misfortune To Deal With?

    The worst people l have found in my sixty five years in farming is the NFU -- MUTUAL and if you are using both may the Lord God help you.
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    Did anyone ever hear of Yorkshire Storage Equipment or buy anything from them

    Dealt with them a number of years, always first class products, first class service.
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    If the nfu are

    A mouthpeace of the Mutual.
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    Milk Price Tracker

    Went out of milk twenty one years ago not out of choice, still interested and log in here now and then to see what you are getting paid for milk these days, i understand it is still rock bottom but reading through the threads everyone seems to be getting a differant price, so whats the average...
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    "Rusty" rather than novice but advice on treatment for bought in cattle

    Cost of death, thats something most of dont even think about, we were never vaccinated for BVD until one BVD. Persistant infector from four miles away broke into our farm, that caused the death of over four hundred pedigree cows in our dairy herd, this nearly broke me, if i had not spent the...
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    Issues with neighbours

    At the end of the day if they are your stock you are liable for any damage they cause.
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    "Rusty" rather than novice but advice on treatment for bought in cattle

    BVD vaccination a must if you are buying in cattle.
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