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Papa smurf

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Cornwall

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,101

Foxcover said:

What’s your drill? Kuhn ph with Lemken coulters?

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Yes it is. On it’s 4th or 5th season here now.

 

cows sh#t me to tears

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

southern riverina Australia

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,102

First Lucerne bales of the season

660kg av

 

Gerbert

Member

Location

Dutch biblebelt

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,103

Just about finished mowing out a bunch of ponds. I can turn the bucket 90 degrees which adds all kinds of oppertunities.

 

Just because

Member

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,104

Couple of loads out of market today by the time I came back for my second load place is empty always surprises me how fast they empty

 

sticky

Member

Location

Near Stratford upon Avon

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,105

Just because said:

Couple of loads out of market today by the time I came back for my second load place is empty always surprises me how fast they empty
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What was the trade like compared to a fortnight ago?

 

sticky

Member

Location

Near Stratford upon Avon

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,106

Fetched the ewe lambs back to the buildings for a worm ready for a move tomorrow.

 

Kidds

Member

Horticulture

Location

Near Beeston Castle

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,107

Pan mixer said:

Still looking for land drains. Found one, traced it down by the marks in the clay.

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Found where it joined the next one, hole flooded.

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Pump couldn't keep up but further investigation revealed that the water was coming back up the drain from the river where the outfall is just under water, will have to wait a bit methinks.

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Do you not have a prodder that you poke down to find the drain, saves a lot of digging.
Mine is a few feet of 10mm round bar pointed on one end with a tube welded as a T for a handle at the other. It was my Dad's before I got it. Done some prodding over the years that has.

 

cows sh#t me to tears

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

southern riverina Australia

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,108

5am...getting there...Sun will be up soon. easier to stay awake then..

 

Just because

Member

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,109

sticky said:

What was the trade like compared to a fortnight ago?

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No different I avarge the same. How did the surprise go ?

 

Pan mixer

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Near Colchester

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,110

Kidds said:

Do you not have a prodder that you poke down to find the drain, saves a lot of digging.
Mine is a few feet of 10mm round bar pointed on one end with a tube welded as a T for a handle at the other. It was my Dad's before I got it. Done some prodding over the years that has.

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Yes I do but the slight problem is that there aren't many stones in this ground but occasional ones that put you off the scent.

The other problem is that the ground is so hard a 10mm bar would need knocking in with a big hammer, when it is soft enough to push it in by hand the whole lot is 18 inches under water. Trying to sort things out before that happened.

So today I went to find a fence on the other side of that field as there is a ditch behind it the bottom of which that is higher than my field.

So coppicing the hedge, take down the fence (easy, threaded plain wires) dig ditch out, mend fence. The other side is not ours and is a very long way to track in a digger - at least 2 miles.

 

Adeptandy

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

PE15

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,111

Last dog walk of the evening, the joy of having pups and the late night wanderings with the mum

 

Muddyroads

Member

NFFN Member

Location

Exeter, Devon

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,112

Adeptandy said:

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Last dog walk of the evening, the joy of having pups and the late night wanderings with the mum

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There’s something about a full moon

 

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thorpe

Member

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,113

Muddyroads said:

There’s something about a full moon
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is it a full moon tonight? heard on the radio last evening it was hunters moon , never heard of it!

 

Muddyroads

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NFFN Member

Location

Exeter, Devon

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,114

thorpe said:

is it a full moon tonight? heard on the radio last evening it was hunters moon , never heard of it!

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Risk of coastal flooding around here as a result of heavy rain and spring tides.

 

Pan mixer

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Near Colchester

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,115

Partial eclipse here too. Cloudy and wet though

 

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thorpe

Member

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,116

Pan mixer said:

Partial eclipse here too. Cloudy and wet though

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2023 just keep's on giving!

 

Flossie

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

Lancs

• Oct 28, 2023

• #143,117

Shipped another 10 in to market on Thursday. 3 Blue heifers had a cracking trade, but the Simmies and 1 Angus were a bit underwhelming (the prices, not the calves )

 

sticky

Member

Location

Near Stratford upon Avon

• Oct 29, 2023

• #143,118

Just because said:

No different I avarge the same. How did the surprise go ?

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Very well thanks.

 

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Wombat

Member

BASIS

Location

East yorks

• Oct 29, 2023

• #143,119

Hmm not sure there is going to be a lot of work going on, had this since 1 am 45 acres underwater

 

CPF

Member

Arable Farmer

• Oct 29, 2023

• #143,120

This week started the pond, prep site for the new flood bund. Dug trench to remove the topsoil down to the clay, then filled it with clay to start the bund, as well diverting the land drain, which run across the centre of the pond.