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Hi can anyone recommend a PV system servicing/maintenance business which covers Essex please.

Thanks guess it will be launching soon if it is running

Does anyone know if this will be running again this year?

Woodland trust are doing hedge planting grants at the moment, think it’s called MoreHedges. Can pay a fair bit if the cost.

Thanks I’ll give you a call sometime sounds interesting

Anyone know of any farms working together, one breeding another finishing? Really most of the ground I have would be better used for finishing rather than breeding stock, there must be farms who are the opposite to this. We could take lambs at weaning and finish them. I don’t want to start...

Personally I can’t make beans pay, peas sometimes fantastic but sometimes disastrous OSR very risky and not that exciting even when it goes well. Oats ok but not a proper break. GS4 leys grazed blow them all out of the water in terms of profits and reliability and build a heap of fertility which...

Can be rotational doesn’t have to be the same field for 5 years. I have floated the idea of 2 year leys with a few farmers, people are keen but don’t want to do CSS or are already in it

Sounds pretty useful for someone but for me I am looking for something solely for grazing as don’t house sheep and only feed bales if really in a muddle (graze aftermath/cover crops over winter). For a 3 year ley I would establish and pay £200/ha/year you can keep the straw and sub. Doesn’t...

I have 2 year GS4 herbal leys at home which work well. The hurdle I haven’t crossed yet is getting leys onto other people’s farms (just get the PP/aftermath). No one wants to commit for the 5 years of a CSS even if there is another £300/ha/year in the pot. The idea of having a crop in for more...

No but blackgrass isn’t the sole driver in everyone’s decision making. There’s no magic bullet with blackgrass but this could be part of the puzzle and take pressure off of chemistry/other cultural controls.

Trying to work out a grazing mix that works for finishing livestock and is attractive to arable farmers as a break crop. Interested to know thoughts on -length of time (1/2/3 years?) -priorities for arable farmer (fertility/weed control/cash) -dates (establishment/termination). My guess if from...

Grazed a new gs4 ley pretty hard last autumn and all the species were identifiable in the spring. I would think hard grazing would encourage the ryegrass to dominate though as it will recover and grow later into winter/earlier in spring than the rest of the mix!

I have seen the original paperwork relating to planning permission and it says local in the conditions

Yes by searching I haven’t found anything clear to define local so I guess it is something the occupier has to prove/justify if challenged

As far as I can tell this is a genuine sale.

‘Employed locally on agriculture’ Anyone got a definitive definition of locally in the context of AOCs? Are we talking 50 yards, 3 miles or same county? Or is there no set definition? Considering buying a place and want to know if I am compliant with the rules or not.

Has anyone felt the need to change the sabre tine leg/Coulter set up to a metcalfe or anything else? Just bought a toolbar one with 4 rows of tines which should help with trash flow but interested to hear peoples views or adaptations made

keen to try growing some Sulla as I think it could be a great legume for short term leys. I am struggling to find a seed supplier. Anyone got any leads or any experience of growing it?

Have they found a buyer yet then?