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Thinking of going back to 24m from 36m. My boom height control system on my 36m is woeful and needs a big upgrade which is huge money so I’m thinking of going back to 24m which would also allow me to go back to granular fert instead of liquid (I’ve posted a thread on that in the cropping...

I’m thinking of making the move back to spreading fertiliser instead of using liquid. Anybody done it and regretted it? We can’t put on liquid P & K so have to use a contractor and as we are 36m spread pattern is hit and miss. We’ve had scorch last year and this year with this year in...

What’s the longer term view of what is going to happen with prices? I’ve been around a few dealer yards over the last week or so and generally they all seem to be trying to reduce stock levels. They are reluctant to trade things in and the amount of times I’ve heard ‘you’d be better off selling...

we’ve accepted an SFI offer and have 45ha of AHL2 split up into 10 blocks. On the offer we obviously named the fields for this year it’ll go in. However due to a last minute change to cropping I need to swap an area around. The total area will remain the same so is this just done on the annual...

So they’ve got the same chassis, gearbox, engine and suspension. Body panelling are different marginally but effectively they are the same vehicle. The price difference is £5000-£6000 for the same model with the Amarok being more expensive. However the Amarok has 5 years warranty where as the...

You are a cereal farmer so understand all the pressures farmers in general are presently under. Your videos over the last 2 years have highlighted things like high fertiliser prices, low market prices, high machinery prices etc and it gives your none farming viewers an understanding of what we...

I must of missed this back many years ago at school but what’s the problem with Jewish people? First I heard about it was the Labour Party issues and now what’s going on in Gaza. What’s the problem ?

Not much mention of the quadtrack on this forum. Not sure whether that’s good or bad! I’m looking for opinions please. It would be an older one between the £40,000 - £70,000 price range. HP isn’t important as it’s more about the ability to travel in less than ideal conditions putting in cereals...

We’re having a business restructure for tax reasons and we need to shift a loan into a new company. The current lender of said loan wants £12,000 arrangement fee to do this so I’m thinking of going to market and doing it with somebody else just because it’s annoyed me somewhat. We’ve been with...

They want to change a transformer in the corner of a domestic paddock but can’t get their vehicles in so want to access via my field which has milling wheat currently growing in it. They won’t wait till august when I said they could access for free and need to do it now even though there’s no...

Who makes one of these? We’ve got a JS130 which has been great but got an ongoing job where we’d be better with a blade as well so I’m thinking of swapping it. I’m looking used though.

Lots of manufacturers selling these with big prices differences between the water version compared to the fertiliser version. What’s the difference in reality because I’ve spoken to a couple of suppliers and get the impression there’s no difference other than the word fertiliser means a price hike.

A local dairy farm has asked us if we’d think about growing some whole crop rye and forage maize for their dairy herd which they want to expand but don’t have the land to provide the forage needed. So what could we expect yield wise (realistic please say 6 yr average) if built into an arable...

Been approached by a new neighbour who’s doing an extensive renovation of a property to see if they can dig up 60m of a farm track to connect them into a water main. I’ve no issues with them reinstating properly as I’ve seen the quality of the renovation. However …. a) the water main they want...

Anybody got one? Are they any good? It would be for a 13t machine.

How is this normally done? Direct or through a merchant?

We’ve a field that has 4 houses that sit in a dog leg. The field slopes up (very slightly) behind the houses. The field isn’t drained as it’s sand soil over gravel. Directly behind one of the houses the field has dipped slightly due to water collecting. We think (but aren’t sure) it used to flow...

Anybody had section control fitted to a sprayer? I’ve found a very tidy but old SP on farm. It’s 12/24/36m but doesn’t have section control. Any ideas on cost?

I have a couple of friends farming 5000ac and 9000ac respectively in the U.K. and then a friend in canada farming 10,000ac and a friend in estonia that manages 20,000ac. The Canadian and Estonian operations look simple enough. Massive equipment farming in areas with low population. The roads...

Been reading about this a bit over the last few weeks where by experts are saying misuse is going to lead to super rats. It’s got me thinking because we’ve been bringing straw in today from field stacks to put into sheds that have now been emptied of grain. For as long as I can remember we...