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Looking to hire one in the midlands area. Anyone know of any or have one?

Evening all. This is more a question to see if I was wrong for expecting and should of asked. We’ve brought a second hand parlour a few months ago. Went and looked at it asked questions about the feeder and if there were included and if the whole milking setup was included. Yes we were told...

Over the next few weeks we are expanding are suckler herd and reducing the sheep numbers. We make are suckler cows out of the beef calves born off are dairy cows. At the minute we run alot of Lims and Charollais. With the plan to bull therm with a Bazidaise, Charollais or Blond. I’m after a cow...

Evening all, just finished another slow and painful day of chopping mix of light 3rd cut, wet 3rd cut seeds and overgrown 2nd cut. My issue is, I’ve got a 1995 Claas jaguar 860 self propelled. I brought it secondhand spring 2022. Last year it mauled through 3 cuts. Since it was put away...

Evening, I’m looking for advice as to where the best place to buy laying hens for. Im based in north Staffordshire. Im after 100, but everyone I’ve rung tell me I’m after to many or to few.

So I’ve sat and watched Tom Pembelton as normal for the bedtime routine. And he’s brought a product called supersoil. An organic fertiliser. Has anyone on here used this? Or know anyone that has?

I’m in the process of building a mobile hen coop to follow my dairy cows around the farm. After talking to a lad who does this with a suckler herd he says you’re best with a hen per cow. So of that I’ll need 110 hen. So I was thinking of building my coop out of a 12ft by 8ft cattle trailer. What...

With them on offer on the 2023 grants. Just wondering what milk carts people are using and what people recommend?

We’ve been looking into them for a few years now. But with grants available we’ve gone deeper and I’ve been talking to a few men who reckon that they only last 2 years then you can’t find anyone to work on them? Is this true?

We are mainly dairy but do run a small group of suckler cows of 20. After talking to a group of men at market the other who all seemed shocked that we only run a bull with them for 9 weeks, Bazadaise for 6 weeks, Angus for the last 3 weeks. It made me wonder was my ‘hobby’ herd been run out of...

Is the app worth using or is it just another Herdwatch where you have to pay to get the basics.

Talking to a bit of a hero the other day reckons for seen maize round baled. firstly is he just been a hero or has anyone seen, heard or even witnessed this happening in the UK.

With corn prices on the up even more now. After been quoted £290/ton for a General nut I’m thinking of cutting back on corn in my youngstock and replacing it with fodder beet. What are peoples thoughts on that and what are others trying to do?

Hi all. I’m a dairy farmer at heart but I’ve but grow a few acres of turnips for a few year now. But next spring I’ve got great plans to plant only 2 acres of potatoes to bag and sell. Where would you get seed potato’s from or do I raid my local wilko and what variety would people recommend?

I’m trying to put a CB radio into a manitou MLT 630-105. But I’m struggling to find a way to get power to it. Is the re a easy wire in the cab I can just hook up to?

5 years we talked about building a new parlour. So me and my dad sat down and come up with are own ideas on where to put it. After a few fall out it was clear that it was only ever going to be built in one place and my idea wasn’t going to happen. After agreeing that it was just easier to say...

I brought a pedigree tup last year at the breeds main society sale. I put him with 14 ewes that and been with a teaser tup. When it come to scanning only 2 were in lamb. So as I was still in the 4 month warranty I contacted the society office to see what to do. But as I’m not a known name in the...

For the last few summers are butterfats have drop just below where the milk contract want them. We’ve tried add different things to the corn but it seems a dear way about it. We are a closed pedigree Holstein herd and want to stay closed and mustly pedigree. It’s a slower fixes but what would be...

I've got a selection of pure bred Charollais rams for sell. Shearlings, lambs and a 2 shear. All for sale. Been shown corn but never been pushed. Grown on grass at 1000ft on the Staffordshire/Derbyshire border. There's good shape and size to then. MV accredited, wormed, fluked and treated...

Afternoon. I’ve just finished 1st cut and I was wondering what is the best thing to put in my pick up tyres and my Chopper. We Run a Reco Mengele SH40 and since we have swapped onto the pick up side for side loading I’ve and issues with my 78 year old Grandad flattening my little wheel. He’s...