Louis Mc
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- Meath, Ireland
Think we are sorted now thanks. We have a morning visit and an afternoon one, neither of which are art galleries 
Groundswell: The No-Till Show
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Mark C
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- Bedfordshire
Think we are sorted now thanks. We have a morning visit and an afternoon one, neither of which are art galleries
the bright lights of Stevenage 'Leisure Park' is a must! especially after 10pm!
matttargett4
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I booked a couple of tickets and merrily paid then got a call from barclays fraud squad asking me about it, so i reassured them it was fine it was for on event in a field run by mankini clad blokes i met on the internet who dont use their real names.
They authorised the transaction and told me to have a great time!
They authorised the transaction and told me to have a great time!
Finally got all cover crops drilled and novel trial plots for everyones edification. If we don't get any rain, at least you can look at the slots we made.
For information, the evening activities look like being Charles Dowding talking no-dig gardening from 6-7pm and Jill Clapperton and Bud Davis doing a reprise of the rainfall simulator, with Jill giving a more general talk for a more general audience (ie not specifically aimed at farmers) from 7.30-8.30pm. We've had so much interest from 'the public' as it were, we thought we'd make use of the lecture hall and put on a show for them. Anyone who's got Groundswell tickets is free to come to either or both of these talks. There should be a bar running by then. Anyone who wants to come to the evening show, but not the daytime can buy a ticket from www.firesidefestival.org , which is part of the martianess's empire.
For information, the evening activities look like being Charles Dowding talking no-dig gardening from 6-7pm and Jill Clapperton and Bud Davis doing a reprise of the rainfall simulator, with Jill giving a more general talk for a more general audience (ie not specifically aimed at farmers) from 7.30-8.30pm. We've had so much interest from 'the public' as it were, we thought we'd make use of the lecture hall and put on a show for them. Anyone who's got Groundswell tickets is free to come to either or both of these talks. There should be a bar running by then. Anyone who wants to come to the evening show, but not the daytime can buy a ticket from www.firesidefestival.org , which is part of the martianess's empire.
dontknowanything
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- Cambridge
Think I saw your drill on the a505 yesterday, are you pulling it with a JD tractor nowadays?
Not us...we were most of the day beside the A505, but unsighted from the road and there's a dark blue tractor in front of the drill. When that (NH) was out of action earlier in the year we borrowed a demo JD...lovely pictures of that tractor in the current issue of Practical Farm Ideas
Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Without trying to sound rude, what can I hope to get from the day if I attend?
It all sounds very interesting and appeals to me, but will I gain anything for my business?
I'm a lime and fert spreading contractor. I like cattle and sheep, I'm convinced that in the next decade or two more and more arable men will have to get feet on their farms and (when wheat is £150/t +) I wish I farmed myself!
Shall I attend or will I be wasting a ticket that someone who could apply the knowledge could have?
It all sounds very interesting and appeals to me, but will I gain anything for my business?
I'm a lime and fert spreading contractor. I like cattle and sheep, I'm convinced that in the next decade or two more and more arable men will have to get feet on their farms and (when wheat is £150/t +) I wish I farmed myself!
Shall I attend or will I be wasting a ticket that someone who could apply the knowledge could have?
If you're half inclined to come along, I'd say do it. You never know what you might learn. Its about balance, and in your line of work you're well placed to encourage people to do it, and of course provide the service of spreading.
Warp Land Farmer
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- Hazzard County
You could be £7 lighter if you buy me a cuppa when your there!
Simon Chiles
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- Surrey/ Kent Border, UK
How did it go? He slipped me a few quid not to attend, probably because I threatened to wolf whistle and shout encore before he started.
Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
£7!!!!!!!!!
Bloody hell!!
I'll bring my flask. It was alright last time we met!
Bloody hell!!
I'll bring my flask. It was alright last time we met!
Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Ok, its £40 for a ticket, we drill 200 ac with a claydon and rootcrop a further 100ac. I'm all for learning a bit more but is this for me? The ticket price makes haymarket look like a charitable organisation...
It would be good to see you Pete. I reckon you'll learn all sorts of useful stuff...but then I would say that. There's still a few tickets left, first come first served, don't be shy. I don't think the tea will be quite that expensive
It was very moving. Most of the audience stayed awake all the way through. A fiver well spent to keep you away though.
You get what you pay for and there is no better use of money than education
When I consider what zerotill has saved me £40 would have been a seriously good investment
It's not an event to wander around getting free stuff and warm beer from bored reps while looking at shiney machinery, it's a place to either begin or extend knowledge of a farming system that might just be the only way it's possible to farm profitably and certainly sustainably in the future
But if £40 is too much it's probably not for you, the desire to learn or change is clearly not that great
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Feldspar
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- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
Says he who's spending a lot more than £40 on a foreign trip that I bet isn't primarily to further your no-till knowledge.
What foreign trip ?
Feldspar
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- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
I thought you were eschewing the font of knowledge that will be Groundswell in favour of a holiday. I admit the possibility of it being a non-foreign holiday.
Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
You paid for me to get into cereals and I learnt sweet FA!
But you've provoked me into coughing up the cash, i'll be there on the 30th to learn what I can.