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    Help a man out

    I don't think Tim Parton posted much here but sometimes did. Others will know him. He seems to have had an awful accident and (I think) he was a farm manager so may not have as much to fall back on as others. It sounds absolutely horrendous, so sorry to hear of this, it could happen to any of...
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    Stitching spring barley into winter wheat

    Anyone doing it? I've got a poor field of wheat which I was in two minds about keeping but now stitching in a low rate of barley in it. Be an interesting experiment
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    • barley drilling weather wheat winter wheat
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    • Forum: Cropping
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    Core drilling into stone wall

    I need to make a 4" hole through a stone wall for a vent. Stone/ rubble wall is 2ft thick and probably a mish mash of all sorts of crap. Does anyone know if core drills can do it nicely? Need a long bit! - Possibly could drill from each side if a pilot hole
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    What's the carbon footprint of a packet of crisps?

    Looking at the whole picture from the frying to the supermarket storage space to the nutrients provided the footprint of a bag of fresh air with some salt and a few slices of potato must be massive. Why is there no focus on the carbon footprint of all these non proper food processed food...
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    • beef carbon cereals co2 cows financial fuel grass health market methane nutrients pollution potato potatoes savings sequester sequestration storage transport
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
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    Campbell - Tickell Consultancy - are they qualified?

    1. Are they really that qualified to do this RT governance consultancy? 2.Is there anything in the remit of what they have been asked to do and the quality of their survey that they are remotely capable of producing a truly independent report? 3. Would such a company (going on the quality of...
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    Trimble cfx750 not picking up signal

    Having increasing problems with my Trimble picking up the rtx signal and taking ages to go green. Any ideas why? Is there a reset? I've paid for a 5 year sub but I'm wondering if it has maybe blocked it.
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    Chainsaw

    Stihl MS251 needs a repair and it will cost about £250 to repair. My old 024 is still going well, but I like to have two around. Weighing up my options (not an intensive user - 5 full days a year). New Sthil likely to be £490. Quite tempted to go Makita petrol but they are not quite the...
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    • chainsaw deere derv disc disease fuel insurance mower parts premium quad repair stihl warranty
    • Replies: 104
    • Forum: Machinery
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    "Sustainability is the license to trade"

    I've been mulling over this statement as it is one that has been bandied around in the face of the GFC heist. Quick google shows it means nothing really. I'm pretty sure it is related to the ESG requirements for large business' with a turnover of over 500 million or have over 500 employees...
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    • ahdb beef carbon cereals children co2 cows dairy defra electricity environmental fertiliser financial forage fuel gatekeeper grass grassland hedge insurance management market methane milk organic peat premium red tractor sfi sheep soil carbon sustainability sustainable farming tillage trading transport weather yields
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
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    Health Insurance

    How many of you have it? Never really thought about it til recently. Had a quote today which was "only" £65 month but I'm 46. I realise it gets dearer as you get older but given how tricky it is to see a GP in some areas and the likelihood of farmers needing a new knees and hips at not old...
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    Net Zero - its over.

    It was obvious it was always going to be ridiculous but we've reached the point now where it is being mocked. I'm sure we will evolve away from fossil fuels in due course, but net zero is dead. Good thing too because whether you are a climate change acolyte or not, as a policy it was absolutely...
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    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
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    TX68 bottom grain cross auger

    How do you remove it? Does the bottom pan swing down at all?
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    Enteric Fermentation

    I know we've been through it a bit before but can someone explain to me how enteric fermentation actually exhales more green house gases than the feedstock that goes in? Wikipedia tells me: As a by-product of consuming cellulose, cattle belch out methane, there-by returning that carbon...
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    • Replies: 50
    • Forum: Agricultural Matters
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    Combine auger tube damage

    Foolishly have just put a dent in the combine auger tube. The flight is running well without ticking so it's not catching but any ideas for taking the dent out? Quite shallow but presume too strong for dent pullers?
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    Red Tracto how legal is it really?

    https://www.gov.uk/cartels-price-fixing/types-of-anticompetitive-activity Anyone fancy a scan through through this and see if they feel overwhelmingly that the Red Tractor/ NFU/ AIC behind closed doors thing does not have a case to answer to competition law? What are the feelings of the big...
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    Relay testing

    do these sort of things work...
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    How was Broadway Star performed on Brome this year?

    Had really poor control this year. Not sure why after a couple of good control years. What's everyone else' feeling?
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    • atlantis barley beet broadway star brome dff drilling fodder fodder beet liberator malting pacifica pdm plough ploughing pre-em residuals roundup rye ryegrass second wheat seed slug storage weather wheat
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Cropping
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    Agrolog Grain Spear

    https://www.agrolog.io/wireless-sensor-spear Anyone got one? Claims to do moisture and temperature and its wireless. Not priced too badly.
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    25% of Wheat Value is Nitrogen

    That's what it works out for me at the moment. 870ton N 190ton Wheat Going to be a tricky year. That is not a sustainable ratio!
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    • fertiliser financial grass harvest npk sulphur urea wheat yields
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Cropping
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    TX68 Self levelling shoe pivot bearing

    Rear bearing pivot on the self levelling shoe has collapsed. any idea where to start? Surely not a shoe out job is it?
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    Sulphur

    Best source of foliar sulphur please? I'm short of bagged sulphur
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    • agronomists ammonium analysis application cereals diesel foliar magnesium nitrogen osr polysulphate potash sprayer sulphate sulphur urea yara
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Cropping
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