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OH reported being in one of the sheds this am where Swallows traditionally nest and hearing a regular 'plop,,plop, thud as a pair tried to build a nest with far too wet mud and more was landing on the floor than sticking to the nest site. After all that distance .. what a shame!

miserable down here walking domestic dog in fields, let alone anything heavier!

Storm gale, thick mizzle fog, really cold, feeling thoroughly ****** off .... and then I stood in yard getting soaked and cold with big stupid grin as I watched our 1st 2024 pair of Swallows checking out the facilities. I felt really sorry for them.

Whilst any industry has a duty to not pollute waterways it makes me MAD that they are always picking on farmers whilst regularily showing footage of the water industry LEGALLY discharging sewage into rivers and the sea. If that was a farmer doing that, they would be overun with officials and the...

What Swallow in its right mind would come here yet!! Feeding calves, taking as long as I can under cover, 4 warm layers back on + wooly hat, freezing gale blowing with hail showers. Having said that, 1st Chiffchaff here 3 days ago .. but he's gone ever so quiet since!!

One way to cure unemployment rates.... so many more officials needed to police domestic gardens! Be good forJoe Public to experience a little of what we go through .. but it will never happen

Poor OH gets the brunt of my rants every time we go out for drive. WHY oh WHY do so many 'farmers' cut their hedges down to bank level? It dries me MAD! There's a lot of hedge cutting going on at moment wherever they can get a firm access. Its not hedge cutting. Its total destroying. So short...

Did I hear right!!!? Millions coming our way to improve our IT etc so that we have less reliance on foreign workers? and better outlets for food we can't sell? Apart from installing robots, I can't see, on the face of it, what impact this would have on the dairy industry. What about other sectors?

New rules on 4x4s? Did I miss something?

I want someone .. and surely the NFU should be doing it very loudly even if they are already doing if behind the scenes.. to stand up, support uk farmers and counter the constant misinformation that is constantly banded about, not just by tunnel vision people but also people who really should...

Would be interested to know how people get on buying stock from Tb4 areas and moving them into more frequently tested areas. We've been really lucky avoiding tb, so far!, for many years but when we did have it, it was always in bought in stock. We can to the conclusion, rightly or wrongly that...

I've been saying bird flu all summer. So VERY noticeable the absence of birds across all species.

Loads of berries here this year. Best for years ...but .. Still cronic shortage of birds. Been like it for months now. Just had a Blackbird back last week and a few tits on the bird table.

General public percepton and experienced stockmanship are so far apart a lot of the time that the only answer is regular visits to the dentist to repair the damage of persistent teeth grinding! I do not have the skill to argue the toss in a controlled way when I am being told absolute ********...

AYR v grazed/block calving. There is surely no right / wrong way as it all depends on your land type, annual rain fall, size of herd, staffing, available buildings etc etc etc... but at the end of the day, if Saputo or whoever, had the choice of consistently filling a tanker at one pickup all...

This thread needs renaming from 'are you planning to jump ship' to drink and drugs chat'

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Struggling with the very same problem. One apparently only dairy people undrstand

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So true,especially with generations of home bred pedigree. The heart keeps overridding the undoubtedly sensible head