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Owdoo, Question as above, anyone got any experiences of brands etc. Gotta use more of the leccy we're generating. Got a decent heatstore with 2 immersions. Immersun mk2 seems to be the 'Fendt' of the pack...... Price and spec to match, trouble is they've been they've been bust once, and...

Morning, as per title..... Got a 'proper' shed going up at last, to complement my assortment of telegraph pole, and ex Ww2 cast offs, Couldn't stretch to galvanising, just to protect bottom 3 ft from the bullsh#t that emanates round here, so five pillars are gonna need protecting. We painted...

This bloody heatwave! !! Combine mans turned out today, hydraulic oil alarm buzzing its head off. Big 'Top filter ' replaced last year, got to the point of removing bottom filter completely for a round..... Still the same, Affecting coolant temp now. Any ideas???? Tia Hydrogen! !!!! You...

Lying in bed on a Saturday morning. ... (I'm in a 'bit of a pickle ' don't y'know) Sick of gloom mongers on't news, flicked over to bbc2 'A farm for the future ' A bit 'over eco' in some of its sentiments, but fundementally an excellent informative programme, presented in an excellent, non...

Been looking to add this to a 'downer cow' thread, but too gormless to find one. couldn't find @jimmer sling. Anyway , at the end of May had a home bred heifer calving,to our easy calving bull, one friday night, bit of a feel , summat persuaded me to shout vet. Huge bull calf, dead, pulled...

Listening to an 'excited' civil servant( Gus oDonnell) on R4 looking ahead to the forthcoming Brexit negotiations. ...... "We're assembling a great team under the leadership of Oliver Letwin.... ......" Yep. The same fella that decided it'd be a good idea to use the Bps as a trial run...

Just been watching that second rate lefty interviewer Andrew Marr, tie Mrs Fish face in knots over a Scottish rexit (remain and exit at the same time..... stay with me) Shell get her way, cos "actually Scotland isn't leaving owt it's remaining European "( 'owt' s my addition). Anyway, her...

Just to deepen the doo doo I'm currently in, phone came out of top pocket getting out of tractor tonight, six ft onto concrete , bugger. Got calving records , bulling dates and other files that are important (backed up 7weeks ago, but still plenty of stuff since). Anyone know how to get in it...

Turned out spraying for first time this year, usually, when I press the 'spray' symbol in bottom left of screen, it 'paints' the bout I'm doing green. However. Today it isn't 'colouring in' but when I turn into next bout , my last run is then coloured. Have I pressed summat wrong? Is it just...

The picture on the front page of this weeks Farmers Guardian epitomises exactly the ethos that exists with agriculture's customers. "We promise to pay OUR farmers (fair enough, just) for OUR fresh milk" Mr TESCO , et al. If I go and fill my trolley up in one your stores, but only give...

Gonna tweak my barley/urea/molasses ration. Rolled beans circa £150?? Hipro soya circa £300?? (Tote bag/2 gal bucket method of inclusion into mixer, so logistics need to be taken into account ) Usually get few foot problems once pushing em hard. Putting some bicarb in already, probably...

Looking at pic of @HM's first calf of year, and putting off braving the bloody deluge outside, as long as I can. Listening to out cricketers actually shaping in sunny SA. has got me all philosophical. If sucklers don't make owt (much), as seems to be the concensus. Why do so many folk keep...

Got a couple of telegraph poles well buried in the only good concrete on our yard, that have jumped out in front of various fast moving, solid machines recently, and have come second. They're big enough to drop a smaller one in , if I can get the stubbs out. Any bright ideas how to do it...

I certainty don't claim any input to this poem, other than it was sent to me by a mate, who's colleague wrote it. Thought it was worthy of sharing to a wider audience. visited a dairy farm with my dad and got a bit creative with a little poem when I got home! Just sums it all up to me...

Deere to Take Measure of Farm SlumpEarnings report to shed light on duration of slump in farm-equipment sales By BOB TITA Nov. 21, 2015 9:07 a.m. ET "As the farm-equipment industry sputters to the end of its worst sales year since 2009, Deere & Co. will soon provide clues to how much more...

As above, no pics cos it went bloody dark on us. I nipped across road to take half of a shaft off shakerator we've bought, before tea. Two hours later, two men , four sizes of hammer, gas bottles , pry bars and a 5 ft crowbar and the b*stard things off. All cos that stupid little pin they...

Years ago since old fella tried to gas us out prop corning barley. This year's wonderful harvest looks like leaving us with a pile of 'moist' grain. What rate per ton at 18%? 20%? TIA

Found this whilst looking for summat else. D'y reckon the cattle on here will be watered and rested every four hours? Wonder if the drivers have a little plastic card saying they're competent to drive more than 30 miles.

Bingham (or similar) Flight feather puller.

Where do I start? It's not a rant but gonna be a long one.... Once upon a time , twelve months ago , I had a bit of an altercation with a ditch cop and paralysed me self for a couple of days. After a weeks stay ,being attended to hand and foot(and spine) by the best medical professionals...