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  1. Farmer Fin

    Phosphite stimulant in wheat?

    Unsurprisingly our winter wheat is struggling. It has poor root development and has being suffering from manganese deficiency which we don’t normally get. It’s had manganese and NPKS this spring all ready. T0 is approaching and was contemplating some phosphite in as well as PGR and trace...
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    Novatel MF

    Does anyone know how to change the network operator on fieldstar 5? Mine keeps trying to connect to EE which doesn’t seem to connect to the internet to run NTRIP.
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    Idiots guide to sowing with a one pass

    Have bought a 4m one pass with tank on front. First time doing our own. What do I need to know / would be usefull hints? One of my first questions is how many headland runs to do? We are on 28 m tramlines and have had some contractors do 5 and some do 6 dependent on the field. Are people just...
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    Mynewholland online parts book

    I can’t seem to find the online parts book for me my combine. I used to be able to log in and use the interactive parts manuals but I can’t find them now. When I go to mynewholland it just gives me the operator manuals. Have they moved them / am I looking in the wrong place? Cheers
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    MF6499 oil out the breather cap

    Hi, One of our 6499s blows oil out the breather / filler cap on the back end when lowering a cart if you put it in float to drop. It does it on more than one cart and on different spools. We have swapped the cap and that made no difference. It seems to be getting worse. Local dealer has said...
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    OSR Glyphosate dose

    What sort of dose are people using for OSR desiccation? Getting conflicting advice between 1080 and 1440g per ha of active.
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    What blades for shearing sheep?

    We have 2 ewes to shear. Wife has a Lister Liberty clippers that she uses for her horse. What blade would be best for a general shear. Not fussed about it being overly tidy just as long as I don’t cut the hell out of the sheep. Thanks
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    SAF EFA Maps - Scotland

    A post of the Scottish farmers. I am using the map on the Rural Payment website for doing my EFA. When I "finish" it and go to print preview it is giving me my 2022 EFA as well on the same map. Has anyone else had this issue? Cheers
  9. Farmer Fin

    Converting to 4g comms for wind turbine?

    Hi Has anyone upgraded their comms for their turbines themselves from 2g to 4g? Had a quote to do it but wondering how straightforward it would be do do ourselves. Thanks
  10. Farmer Fin

    Does you carbon audit effect what you get paid?

    Is anyone getting paid more or less for their produce dependent on their carbon audit? And if so how are they finding it? I believe Arla have something like this, any veg / spud farmers? Thanks
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    If you generate carbon credits are you carbon negative?

    Can someone elaborate about being able to sell carbon credits through regenerative farming. Does that mean you are carbon negative and supposedly locking up more C than you are producing?
  12. Farmer Fin

    Connect iPad to Intellieview IV???

    New to me combine has Intellieview screen for all the functions. I see you can add another Intellieview screen to run the gps separately (I saw a demo machine in the summer that was running like this), but can I connect my iPad to the Intellieview to run as the second screen? Thanks
  13. Farmer Fin

    Serrated washer which way?

    Probably a stupid question, but which way round does a serrated washer go? Bolt, serrated washer, plate, nut. Do the serrations go bolt or plate side?
  14. Farmer Fin

    NH Intellisense worth it?

    Is NH intellisense any good? What are the pros and cons of the system? If you had it would you go back to not having it?
  15. Farmer Fin

    Greening effects of strobes in cereals

    It seems to be accepted that strobes prolong greening of a crop. Are there any difference between strobes and is the effect still seen so much with their loss of activity? There appear to be a few papers but I can’t access them as I don’t have a subscription.
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    Storm Arwen crop damage by SSE compensation

    Can anyone advice on the going rates of compensation for damage done to wheat when SSE were repairing the lines? We have 2 fields which they needed access to. One was just with vans which has left tire tracks, the other other had a tracked machine into replace a pole which has scrubbed out quite...
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    EFA (Scotland) greening options

    Considering EFA greening for this autumn. What have people grown in the mix / works well? It would be going in after SB so would have a short window for growth.
  18. Farmer Fin

    BASIS beet help

    Hi I am doing my BASIS and have no knowledge of beet. Could someone give me a copy of their typical spray programme? DM if you like. Thanks
  19. Farmer Fin

    MF auto steer ready

    Afternoon. We now have 2 MF tractors which are auto steer ready. 1 4 years old and another 10 years old. They both have plates and plugs on the roof. Is is just the case of attaching an antenna to the roof plug and it should come up on the datatronic screen? Are there systems that are...
  20. Farmer Fin

    Rasp bar tightness Tx66?

    Any know how tight to tighten the nuts on new rasp bars?
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