Today at work

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d williams

Member

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,941

Hilly said:

They ain’t big enough to kill , but yes , they will be small at this sale .

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Do buyers like cattle with so much cover on them to graze ??
That’s if the ones going to market are as covered as your keepers

 

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Cowslip

Member

Mixed Farmer

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,942

turnout has started and my new bull is getting along nicely with the older one.

 

Hilly

Member

Location

Scottish Borders.

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,943

d williams said:

Do buyers like cattle with so much cover on them to graze ??
That’s if the ones going to market are as covered as your keepers

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Yes they do at that mart.

 

Jerry

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Devon

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,944

Hfd Cattle said:

Quite enjoy it for a change . I'm normally a Thatchers man but I was given a few bottles of Aspall a couple of days ago .

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can’t stand thatchers. Stowford press is usual choice.

 

alex04w

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Co Antrim

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,945

A follow on from yesterday. Started with lifting stones.

Then a little lime on to raise the ph from 5.8 to 6.1.

Then some seed in. 12 acres of beans and 8 acres of oats for home feed.

 

bluepower

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

mid devon somewhere

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,946

Jerry said:

can’t stand thatchers. Stowford press is usual choice.

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Thought you would be on Sandford Orchards, keep it local!

 

Robert K

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Essex

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,947

How do you drive like it that with all the stuff on the carpet.

Hfd Cattle said:

9560 hrs
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slim shiny said:

Now I know what to get you for your birthday https://www.eurocarparts.com/p/draper-4-tray-cantilever-tool-box-567771880?type=shopping

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Ill chip in towards that

 

Hesstondriver

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

Huntingdon

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,948

Boxing Day

and today

 

Jerry

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Devon

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,949

bluepower said:

Thought you would be on Sandford Orchards, keep it local!

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Devon Red, and Devon Mist are up there. My apples do go there .

 

Aspiring Peasants

Member

Location

North Pennines

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,950

Last job for today I hope, pure Beltex shg, first lamb with leg back needed a bit of a pull, second one easier

 

New Puritan

Member

Location

East Sussex

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,951

Muddyroads said:

Finished picking another 1200kg leeks.
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@Muddyroads - do you hoe between the leeks when they are smaller? If you do, at what point do you have to stop, i.e. when are they too big?

 

Muddyroads

Member

NFFN Member

Location

Exeter, Devon

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,952

New Puritan said:

@Muddyroads - do you hoe between the leeks when they are smaller? If you do, at what point do you have to stop, i.e. when are they too big?

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I do, but in all honesty I didn’t do as much as I wanted to last year. The main restriction is soil moisture in the autumn. The early ones grow quite a bit taller than the later ones, so tractor clearance is an issue.

 

Adeptandy

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

PE15

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,953

Another 10 acre patched in today, across 2 blocks

 

snarling bee

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Bedfordshire

• Apr 3, 2021

• #116,954

75 acre field drilled this arvo, Got locked out of the cab at lunchtime so had to borrow a key from a neighbour (with our only key in the ignition).
2 notes to self, 1) Buy a spare key, 2) Don't shut the cab door without taking the key with you.
Straight lines thanks to the wonders of modern electronics.
8m Vaderstad drilling at 7.2 to fit in with 36m tramlines, so seed rate and area have to be adjusted by 10%.
I have done 250 acres on a tank of diesel, but 1000 litres didn't fill it!!

 

Hfd Cattle

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Hereford

• Apr 4, 2021

• #116,955

Robert K said:

How do you drive like it that with all the stuff on the carpet.




Ill chip in towards that

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It all finds a place to settle eventually

 

Hfd Cattle

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Hereford

• Apr 4, 2021

• #116,956

Jerry said:

can’t stand thatchers. Stowford press is usual choice.

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Most ciders will do for me except these

Lent my IW flatbed to a neighbour yesterday and he left me a box full.
They are full of everything except apple ! same goes for 'standard ' strongbow

 

Tomr10

Member

• Apr 4, 2021

• #116,957

Standard gives me heartburn I do like the cloudy though

 

Jerry

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Devon

• Apr 4, 2021

• #116,958

Hfd Cattle said:

Most ciders will do for me except these
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Lent my IW flatbed to a neighbour yesterday and he left me a box full.
They are full of everything except apple ! same goes for 'standard ' strongbow

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Strongbow is vile. Water with some flavours added.

 

Jerry

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Devon

• Apr 4, 2021

• #116,959

Penultimate ewe lambs a big single, with a bit of rare help from me as head and one leg out.

Loads of milk so a 200m dash to grab last orphan lamb and a wet adoption perfect in field.

Love it when a plan comes together!

Just one more ewe to go!!

 

Zippy768

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Dorset/Wilts

• Apr 4, 2021

• #116,960

davidroberts30 said:

Dont they just get "brushed" out when you drag the bale wrap out...

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I find the dirt gets brushed out, but leaves a trail of straw instead........give with one hand, take with the other