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    Scotland new sub’s and AECS

    So during her speech at NFU Scotlands AGM, Mairi Gougeon, cabinet secretary for agriculture, detailed out their ‘route map to agriculture reform’ and the ‘list of measures’ that will be fitted into the new tier system. All good so far but still no detail of how much of their budget will be...
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
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    Edinburgh Uni Accommodation.

    Daughter starts Edinburgh Uni, Kings buildings, in Sept. Starting to look for accommodation. Wife and I never went to uni so does anybody have any advice on how to go about it. Does she just pick a room she likes and book it or hold off to see if the Uni can put her in touch with other students...
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    Scottish Capital Grant Scheme?

    I filled in the form for above scheme to claim for an auto steer system for a tractor. Out of the blue earlier this week a gps supplier cold called me wanting to come to the farm to quote me for a system. He had all my details but when I asked where he got my details tried to fob me off with I’d...
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    • Forum: Machinery
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    Calf Creep what do you put in yours.

    Started to get prices end of last week for creep feed for spring born calves. I think I need to start them a bit earlier this year as grass is short. Prices seem to be north of £250. I‘m thinking this is on the high side given the recent feed barley price and poor returns we’ve had on fat...
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    • Forum: Livestock & Forage
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    Silage Pit Size?

    baling all my silage at the moment for around 650 cattle inside for the winter, I usually bale around 3400 bales a year and use lots of plastic. Bales usually average 700kg. What size would I need to build a pit to hold this tonnage? Google gives lots of different answers. I’m scratching my...
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    Cattle handling system floor.

    I’m about to start installing a new handling system and am wondering what type of finish to put on the concrete to stop them from slipping? Some of the marts have an almost sand paper like coating in the rings and where cattle move a lot and there’s no chance of anything slipping but I’m...
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    Mchale HS2000 help

    Had our HS2000 for three years, the last few days it's been giving trouble with the arm that lifts up to catch's the wrap then pulls it to the knife. The left hand one works fine but the one on the right is very slow to lift up. The last few days it's just been slow but today it's so slow the...
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    Grass slitters

    I have some very wet grass fields. Have been out for a dig today and the soil is dry around 3 inches down. The land is very rocky so can't subsoil. Will a slitter work to let the water away from the surface. Just wanted to no before I waste anyone's time getting a demo
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